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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

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

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