Tour Vancouver Island

Tour Vancouver Island

Take a few days to enjoy the scenic wonders that Vancouver Island has to offer. From Duncan enjoy an exciting railway trip to Victoria over high trestles and through tunnels. You can also take a bus or car and drive over the Malahat. From its eleven hundred foot summit you get an eagle eye view of sparkling inlets and islands. While in Victoria take a tour on an authentic double-decker bus to the famous Butchart Gardens.

You may also like to visit Chemainus, which is known as "The little town that did". The town of Chemainus has won many awards for its famous murals and community restoration. At thriving Nanaimo many old buildings have been restored and at Qualicum and Parksville there are quiet beaches to explore.

Be sure to head on to Campbell River for salmon fishing. Around Campbell River, there are many fishing resorts and historic fishing villages. At the top of the island, you can welcome the ferry from Prince Rupert as it arrives in Port Hardy.

From Parksville you may wish to cut across the island, through Cathedral Grove, a virgin forest, to the Pacific Rim National Park where thundering waves wash the miles of sand known as Long Beach. Watch for eagles, osprey, deer, elk, sea otters, sea lions and the mammoth gray whales.

Vancouver Island is only 300 miles long. Take time to explore it while you are here!

For further information contact:

Tourism Vancouver Island
302-45 Bastion Square
Victoria, B.C. V8W 1J I
Website: http://www.islands.bc.ca/
Phone:(250) 382-3551
Fax: (250) 382-3523
E-mail:tavi@islands.bc.ca

For more information, pleased contact:

Duncan City Hall
200 Craig Street, Box 820, Duncan, B.C. V9L 3Y2
Tel (250) 746-6126 Fax (250) 746-6129
E-mail: Duncan@cow-net.com
Or visit the website at: www.seaside.net/duncan

Duncan Visitor Information Centre
381 A Trans Canada Highway, Duncan, B.C. V9L 3R5
Tel (250) 746-4636 Fax (250) 746-8222