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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

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

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