Vancouver Island Vacation Recommendations

[Kabong]

Just remember all you guys thinking it would be nice to move here.
The average price of a home last year was $500,000

[marie]

Just to do my part to push Powell River tourism

Canoeing and camping http://www.discoverpowellriver.com/v...canoekayak.htm

Diving
http://www.discoverpowellriver.com/visitors/dive.html

and we're just a ferry ride from the Island

[muck]

Originally Posted by marie

Just to do my part to push Powell River tourism

Canoeing and camping http://www.discoverpowellriver.com/v...canoekayak.htm

Diving
http://www.discoverpowellriver.com/visitors/dive.html

and we're just a ferry ride from the Island

You forgot the most important one... "Marie's Tank Tour".

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Yup, Marie's tank tour is worth every penny. I lived 4 years in Powell River & there are many great places to visit on that side of the water. I highly recommend taking the boat taxi over to Savary Island & spending the day or more on the beach. It's gorgeous there.

Anthony

[marie]

Originally Posted by muck

You forgot the most important one... "Marie's Tank Tour".

And everyone goes home with free digitata

[TheReefGeek]

Was that the average across the whole island?

[Kabong]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

Was that the average across the whole island?

Thats for the Greater Victoria area. But the lower 1/2 of the island is all pretty close to that range, Unless you want to move to the middle of no where. North 1/2 of the island is cheaper but is more country living if you know what i mean.

[StirCrazy]

Ok couple things, I personally would not recommend a west coast tour of the Island, yes pick a place on the west coast like tofeno and visit it but there is actually not much of a way to tour the west coast as the main road is up the east coast. so if you go to a place on the west coast you end up back tracking to get anywhere else.

now in Victoria there are several parks, Ocean walks ect to see.. I think if you alot two days for Victoria you will be good, then you got bouchart gardens, if you like gardens and stuff like that it ranks up with the best and you can spend the better part of a day just wandering in there. my recommendation is to go there on a Saturday about noon - mid afternoon depending on how much you like looking at plants, then leave after the fireworks.

there are also two good castle tours, on down townish Victoria, the other is in Colwood (about 20 min drive from downtown)

as you go up Island Cathedral Grove is a definite see, (huge ass trees) the town of Chemanis is becoming world famous for the murals painted by famous painters on sides of buildings. there is pretty much a scenic drive all the way up the island that follows the water line so if you like that you will find all sorts of little towns and nick nack stores, restaurants ect.. if you are in to Caving Horn lake is becoming world renowned for its caves.

there is a ton more but I will stop here.. find a good website, I had one I will post the like if I can find it.

Steve

[TheReefGeek]

Thanks Steve for the info, I had read about Horn Lake Caving and was planning to go there, I do enjoy caving and they have some neat 3 and 4 hour tours there.

Most people seem to enjoy the west end of the island around Tofino, what is there to do there? It seems to me that most of the stuff to do is alone the east side.

Im not into sitting on the beach, so maybe Tonfino is not the place for me?

[christyf5]

I agree with Steve, Tofino is a bloody long drive for a walk on the beach and a 5 minute tour through town. You don't want to spend your whole day driving. If you need to go to the beach, Botanical Beach or Rathtrevor get the job done for me.