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The Alberni Valley has a museum [44] and many ancillary attractions, including Sproat Lake, which is located just outside Port Alberni. The world's largest aerial firefighting flying boats, the Martin Mars Water Bombers, once made their home on nearby Sproat Lake .
Port Alberni BC 49°14′04″N 124°48′18″W / 49.2344°N 124.805°W / 49.2344; -124.805 ( Port Alberni City Port Alberni municipality ( 18427 )
Alberni Valley Heritage Network National Historic Site of Canada McLean Mill National Historic Site is a steam-operated sawmill on Vancouver Island , officially open to tourists since July 1, 2000.
Alberni Valley is a broad valley located at the head of Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is home to Port Alberni , Sproat Lake and other outlining areas. The term is largely used as a synonym for Greater Port Alberni and adjoining communities but is used in a larger regional sense as well.
The Alberni Valley Heritage Network in Port Alberni, British Columbia consists of the Alberni Valley Museum (First Nations culture, local and industrial history and folk art), the McLean Mill National Historic Site (a historic steam-operated sawmill), the Alberni Pacific Railway (a steam-powered heritage railway), and the Maritime Discovery Centre.
Home of the last Martin Mars type waterbombers, and near Port Alberni, Sproat Lake is a popular summer recreational area for the Alberni Valley. Highway 4 runs along its north shore. [2] The lake maintains a small wintering population of Marbled Murrelets which also nest in the area, the only freshwater alcids on Earth. [citation needed]