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An Afternoon of Guitar with Jesse Epp & Bob Wilson Saturday, November 15, 2025 | 2:00 PM | McMillan Arts CentreTickets: $25 Spend a Saturday afternoon wrapped in the warm sounds of guitar as two extraordinary Vancouver Island musicians—Jesse Epp and Bob Wilson—take the stage together at the McMillan Arts...

Notch Hill is home to the impressive yet endangered Garry Oak ecosystem. It provides incredible views of the land and surrounding waters.

Rathtrevor Beach has almost a kilometre of sandy beach at low tide and it attracts an average of more than 500,000 visitors annually.

Englishman River Falls Provincial Park features two magnificent waterfalls and is set within a lush old-growth and second growth forest of Douglas Fir, Cedar, Hemlock & Maple.

A network of trails guides you through the majestic grandeur of an old-growth Douglas Fir forest where some of the trees are over 800 years old.

A network of trails guides you through the majestic grandeur of an old-growth Douglas Fir forest where some of the trees are over 800 years old.

A network of trails guides you through the majestic grandeur of an old-growth Douglas Fir forest where some of the trees are over 800 years old.

The gardens and woodland are perched on the edge of an oceanside bluff overlooking the Salish Sea. You can stroll through the winding pathways and magical surroundings of an ancient coastal Douglas Fir forest and meander through the gardens lined with rhododendron, cyclamen & trilliums.

The Parksville Community Park is located along a picturesque & ecologically significant stretch of the Salish Sea. The Brant geese pause here every spring to feed on herring roe on their journey from Mexico to Alaska,

Ian Howie is a stone sculptor who lives in a rural area near Port Alberni.  He personally collects the marble used in his sculptures from deposits on Vancouver Island and Quadra Island. Ian is a power tool carver using diamonds saws, angle grinders and die grinders.  All pieces are hand...

Ian Howie is a stone sculptor who lives in a rural area near Port Alberni.  He personally collects the marble used in his sculptures from deposits on Vancouver Island and Quadra Island. Ian is a power tool carver using diamonds saws, angle grinders and die grinders.  All pieces are hand...

Ian Howie is a stone sculptor who lives in a rural area near Port Alberni.  He personally collects the marble used in his sculptures from deposits on Vancouver Island and Quadra Island. Ian is a power tool carver using diamonds saws, angle grinders and die grinders.  All pieces are hand...