Located at Canada’s southwestern border, the city of Vancouver boasts majestic mountains, sparkling ocean, rainforests and beautiful foliage in all four seasons. A vast multicultural population, endless activities, and excellent infrastructure ensure Vancouver is welcoming to all. While the city has excellent public transportation, it is a great walking city - easily accessible, clean, green and safe. Vancouver caters to almost any interest throughout the year; visitors can enjoy world-class shopping, gourmet meals, outstanding live entertainment, sporting events, theatre, outdoor adventure, a huge array of watersports, and spectacular sights and attractions. The city is also known for its easy access to Whistler, the Canadian Rockies, Victoria, and Vancouver Island. Don’t miss the opportunity to traverse the thrilling, famous Capilano Suspension Bridge and its new related activities, including palpitation-inducing cliff walks and historical tribal sites.
Set on the Ucluelet Peninsula of Vancouver’s scenic west coast in British Columbia, Ucluelet is renowned for its breathtaking landscapes, thriving ecotourism, and ample culinary charms. This tranquil fishing village is surrounded by the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and provides an excellent base from which to explore the beautiful Barkley Sound and the Broken Islands. Nature lovers will delight in the enthralling ancient rainforests, remote beaches, and epic coastal views. One of Ucluelet's main attractions is the Wild Pacific Trail, a popular walking circuit. Popular activities on offer at this destination include surfing, kayaking, hiking, wildlife-viewing, biking, fishing, boating, camping, birdwatching, sailing, picnicking, swimming, scuba diving, sightseeing, and golfing.
Dubbed the ‘Salmon Capital of the World’, Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia located on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island. This thriving adventure and eco-tourism hub is renowned for its breathtaking scenery, eco-adventures, and world-class salmon fishing. Campbell River is home to all five species of Pacific Salmon, which makes it a sought after fishing destination popular with sports fisherman and draws anglers from all corners of the globe. While Campbell River is a big city, it boasts a small town charm and offers visitors plenty to explore with a choice of museums, art galleries, boutique shopping, fine dining, and countless cultural and historical treasures. Popular activities include: fishing, boating, skiing, whale watching, diving, hiking, bear watching, camping, golfing and scenic flights.
Extending across thousands of square kilometres of land and coast, Great Bear Rainforest makes up a vast section of the world’s biggest surviving coastal temperate rainforest. The park is situated on the Pacific coast of British Columbia, and is a natural wonderland of glacier-carved gorges, snow-capped mountains, ancient cedar groves and sparkling rivers that teem with salmon. Named for the bears that inhabit it, the park is the only place on earth that you have a chance of viewing the Kermode or ‘spirit’ bear – a subspecies of the black bear of which roughly one in 10 are pure white. Other species that inhabit the park include grizzly bears, wolves, cougars, and eagles, as well as whales, sea otters, dolphins and sea lions that frequent its coastal waters.
Quathiaski Cove, the central community of the Discovery Islands, enjoys an idyllic location on the southwestern corner of Quandra Island in the Strathcona Regional District. It serves as the commercial hub of Quadra Island and as the arrival point for the BC Ferries that travel between Campbell River on Vancouver Island and Quadra Island. Visitors to this quaint area can enjoy the many cafes and pubs, browse the colourful shops lining the Q-Cove Plaza and visit the weekly Quadra Island Farmers' Market, which is brimming with arts, crafts, flowers, and an excellent variety of food.
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