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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

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

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