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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

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

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