The northern region of Vancouver Island is a collection of resource-based communities that are rich in First Nations culture. Here you’ll find the oldest town on the Island, the best fishing in the world, and superb whale watching. View the area’s historic sites, museums and art galleries; take part in its recreational activities such as swimming, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and caving.
This tiny, quaint, seaside village overlooking a peaceful bay has become a mecca for visitors from around the world. With its beginnings as a one-room telegraph station in 1912, this historical boardwalk village has most of its buildings on stilts over the water. For photographers, saltwater anglers, bird-, whale-, and marine wildlife watchers,...
Rich in history -- both First Nations and European -- and industry -- forestry, mining and fishing -- this active coastal community is also a year-round destination spot for divers and anglers. Port Hardy is the gateway to such north island recreational areas as the wild and rugged Cape Scott Provincial Park. It’s also the home to a major B.C....
Surrounded by dense forest, this sheltered harbour is the heart of the North Island logging industry and the area is aptly known as “Tree Country”. Highlights include forestry tours as well as caving at nearby Little Hustan Caves Park. Overlooking beautiful Broughton Strait, Port McNeill serves as a great base for diving, whale watching,...