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

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