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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

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

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