Ads
related to: visitor center near me vancouver island
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is 456 km (283 mi) in length, 100 km (62 mi) in width at its widest point, [4] and 32,100 km 2 (12,400 sq mi) in total area, while 31,285 km 2 (12,079 sq mi) are of land.
Parksville is a city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2021 Census, Parksville's population was 13,642, representing a 9.5% increase over the 2016 Census. [1] Parksville is well known for its large, sandy beaches at Parksville Bay and Craig Bay.
The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive over a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada. [1]
Granville Island Model Trains Museum, Vancouver, closed in 2008 [34] Granville Island Sport Fishing Museum, [35] Vancouver; New Westminster Police Museum, closed in 2015, displays now part of the New Westminster Museum [36] The Niagara Falls Museum; Royal London Wax Museum, Victoria, website, closed in 2010 [37] Storyeum, Vancouver
Harbledown Island, site of New Vancouver; Malcolm Island (loc. of Sointula) Turnour Island, site of Kalugwis (Karlukwees) Village Island, site of Memkumlis (Mamalilikalla) Hull Island; West Cracroft Island; East Cracroft Island; Klaoitsis Island; Kamano Island; Hanson Island; Minstrel Island; Gilford Island, site of Gwayasdums
The early popularity of national parks, like Banff and Yoho, created speculation about other potential parks, like one on Vancouver Island with access to the Pacific Ocean. The recreational potential of Long Beach was known and the nonprofit Canadian National Parks Association put forward the idea, in 1929, of it becoming a park.