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

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