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FROM OCEAN TO EYE LEVEL

Where, Spring/Summer, Strathcona Collective

As a small collect-and-release aquarium facility, displaying a selection of animals in an ethical and sustainable ...

Words By

RICKY BELANGER

Photo By

SHAWNA EGGLESTON

Campbellton

Fall/Winter, Strathcona Collective, Where

For decades, the renowned Campbell River surged past the small neighbourhood of Campbellton all but unseen by ...

Words by

Morgan Ostler

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

Bute Inlet

Fall/Winter, Strathcona Collective, Where

If a crow flew from Campbell River to Bute Inlet Lodge, he would aim for Mount Doogie Dowler. Doogie resembles a ...

Words by

Kelly McQuillan

Photos courtesy of

Bute Inlet Lodge

Experience Tahsis

Spring/Summer, Strathcona Collective, Where

Located on the West Coast of Vancouver Island within the traditional territory of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First ...

Words & Photos by

Kira Marshall

Moutcha Bay Resort

Fall/Winter, Get Outta Town, Strathcona Collective, Where

When the nights grow cooler and the roads become less lively, the savvy local traveler packs their bags, knowing ...

Words by

Erin Brizard

Photos by

Michael Hack

THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS

CV Collective, Spring, Where

Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle swoops low across ...

Words & photo by

Sophie Vigneau

LIFE BEGINS AT 40

CV Collective, Where

A quick Google search on turning 40 will tell you everything from “You’re on the brink of a mid-life crisis” to ...

Words by

Mike Manara

Photos courtesy of

Mount Washington

COMOX MARINA

Collective Efforts, Fall, Where

The Purple Martins swirl and swoop in the air above my head, their bright chirping punctuating the sound of the ...

Words by

Judith Wright

Photos supplied by

Courtenay & District Museum

PARADISE MEADOWS

CV Collective, Summer, Where

They say you should stop and smell the roses if you want to enjoy the journey. I’ve discovered my own ...

Words & photos by

Wendy L Macdonald

SID WILLIAMS THEATRE

CV Collective, Spring, Where

It doesn’t feel like there are 500 seats inside the fairly boxy, grey, glass building at the corner of 5th Street ...

Words by

Tara Murphy

Photo by

Boomer Jerritt

SERENITY IN SEAL BAY

CV Collective, Where, Winter

Smooth leather reins are held tightly in the hands of a nervous six year old who is guiding an eternally patient ...

Words & Photos by

Kyle Hansen

HIDDEN TREASURES

CV Collective, Fall, Where

As a tour guide for the Cumberland Museum, I am drawn to stories of people within our local history—I read family ...

THE KUMUGWE BIGHOUSE

CV Collective, Summer, Where

If you ask any local about things to see in the Comox Valley, there’s a strong chance they’ll mention places like ...

Words by

Keisha Everson

Featured photo by

John Kelsey

LOST AND FOUND

CV Collective, Spring, Where

A light rain is trying to fall, but it’s more of a mist in the air that clings to eyelashes and hangs, tremulous ...

Words by

Nora Bingham

Photos by

Paige Owen

BRIDGING HISTORY

CV Collective, Where, Winter

Roaming north along Royston’s Union Colliery Line, the air is damp and heavy with the scent of smoke wafting from ...

Words & Photos by

Bevin Clempson

MEMORIES OF CHINATOWN

CV Collective, Fall, Where

Walking along the old Wellington Railway trail where alder, hard hack and osier dogwood create a bower of ...

Words by

Dawn Copeman

Featured photos by

Ed Brooks

GOOSE SPIT

CV Collective, Summer, Where

Follow winding Hawkins Road up and over the hill to Goose Spit on a sunny day, winter or summer, and you’re bound ...

Words & photos by

Kristy Pedersen

WRECKIN’ SHOP

CV Collective, Spring, Where

For the past 90 years Royston’s rusty monuments to Vancouver Island’s nautical history rests on the Comox Harbour ...

Words by

Allie Jenkinson

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

DRAC’S CASTLE

CV Collective, Where, Winter

If you’re rattling down the back roads of Merville on your way to Mount Washington or searching the Tsolum River ...

Words & Photos by

Ross Bodenmann