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Vancouver Island’s history features the original First Peoples, who chose this region for their ancestral homes, and the European and Asian immigrants who crossed an ocean to build a better life for their families. Coal mining, fishing, and logging had to find a balance with the ways of the First People to form an essential respect for culture within each of the communities, making it possible for everyone to live, love, and work together peacefully and enjoy all the Island has to offer.

Art, History, & Culture Businesses

Arts Council of Ladysmith & District/Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery
Chemainus Valley Museum
Janet Strayer Art
Royal BC Museum
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Nanaimo Museum
West End Gallery
Courtenay & District Museum & Palaeontology Centre
Nanaimo Arts Council
Salt Spring Arts Council
Terrill Welch Gallery
Homalco Wildlife & Cultural Tours
The Alberni Project – HMCS Alberni Museum and Memorial
Artful: The Gallery
Marion-Lea Jamieson
The Port Theatre
I-Hos Gallery
Kaatza Station Museum & Archives
Sooke Region Museum & Visitor Centre
Jan’s Glass by the Sea Gallery & Studio
Tally-Ho Carriage Tours
Coastal Waves Fine Art
Mosaic Earth
Artina’s Jewellery
Treewind Studio
Maple Leaf Adventures
Coho Books
Carr House

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