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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

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

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