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

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