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When planning your Vancouver Island vacation consider these attractions and businesses. Many are within the Comox Valley and all are ‘day trips’ from your base at Two Eagles Lodge.
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Vancouver Island Events
Vancouver Island Attractions
Outdoor Adventure
Pubs, Restaurants, and Coffee Shops
Adventure Tours
Local Museums
Vancouver Island Events
This multi-day festival features local artisans and musicians.
This long-running event features musicians from all over the world. Featured performers have ranged from Roberta Flack to Dan Hicks. This is a fun family. The event is held on the second weekend in July
Comox Marina Park Nautical Days
For over fifty years this event has been one of the highlights of the Comox Valley’s summer events.
Campbell River Shoreline Arts Society’s
Directory for annual chainsaw carving competition hosted by the Campbell River Shoreline Arts Society.
Parksville Sand Sculpting Competition & Exhibition
This annual sand sculpting competition features some of the world’s finest sand sculptors. You will be truly amazed by their ability to transform sand into works of art.
A listing of all the events happening on Vancouver Island. This listing contains many of the smaller events that we haven’t got room for in this page.
Section 8 Ski & Snowboard Courses
Section 8 Snowsport Institute offers ski & snowboard instructor training, mountain leadership courses and other ski and snowboard adventures.
Events in Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland.
Vancouver Island Attractions
Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens
With one of the “largest rhododendron collections in Western Canada” this is a perfect place to spend a relaxing afternoon.
Goats on the Roof at Coombs Market
This is the most unique market place on Vancouver Island. A collection of stores selling everything for hats to imported pasta. And – yes there are goats on the roof
It is hard to believe that this world famous garden was once a barren quarry. Summer or winter this is a MUST SEE attraction.
Cathedral Grove – MacMillan Park
A protected grove of old growth forest. Highway 4 goes through the park. This is a very popular with limited parking.
Outdoor Adventure
Mount Washington – Summer & Winter Adventure
Explore Mount Washington Alpine Resort, Vancouver Island’s largest year round family resort for skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, hiking, scenic chair rides and more.
Guided Fishing Charters for Salmon and Halibut from the most productive areas on Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada.
All your scuba diving and kayak needs, not to mention some of the best scuba diving in North America
Comox Valley Kayaks and Canoes
Kayak and canoe lessons, rentals and tours. Spend an enjoyable day kayak touring in Baynes Sound.
Relic is Ucluelet’s forward thinking Surf Shop and Surf School, conveniently located near the entrance to town.
From scuba diving to snorkeling with the sea lions and Friday Jazz trips to Hornby Island, this company has you covered in the Comox Valley & Campbell River.
Island Pursuit Sport Fishing is the Comox Valleys premiere fishing charter company. Your host and guide Steve Veloso has generations and a life time of fishing experience on the coast.
Island Dream Custom Cruise Tours
Island Dreamer tours are so different from other tours in the area. Not only are you on a beautiful boat with all the comforts of home (instead of an inflatable whale-watching boat without a bathroom or a metal boat that lacks comfort), but your trip is totally customized (assuming what you ask for is safe!). Ask about VIP perks for Two Eagles guests.
Pubs, Restaurants, and Coffee Shops
Whistle Stop Neighbourhood Pub
Great pub adjacent to Courtenay Airpark. Check out their menu and their ‘Jam Night’
The Backstreet Pub is known locally for its great lunches and live entertainment. Check their website for details.
Italian cuisine with a great view of Comox Marina.
Freshly prepared menu using a lot of the valley’s local ingredients.
Contemporary fare with an emphasis on local sea food. A spectacular view of the Comox Marina and inner harbour.
One of the most popular restaurants in Courtenay. Reservations are recommended for both lunch and dinner service.
LOCALS RESTAURANT – Food from the Heart of the Island
Featuring local produce, the menu changes with the season. Many products are from organic farms.
Don’t let the name fool you – there is more than just the areas finest chocolates. In addition to chocolates they have “24 flavours (seasonally) of house-made gelato and sorbetto and even a full-service cappuccino bar.”
Adventure Tours
British Columbia’s first whale watching company was established in 1980. Orca (killer whales) and many other marine mammals frequent the Johnstone Strait and Robson Bight area. Stubbs Island Whale Watching is locally owned and operated by Jim and Mary B
Van Isle Fishing and Marine Adventures
Year round mid Vancouver Island salmon fishing charters & marine tours. Group and family fishing in calm waters, prawning, boat tours, and sightseeing.
Check out the Vancouver Island Underworld at Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park. Open year round for adventures ranging from mild to extremely wild! Explore on your own or on an educational guided tour. Check out the new Cave Theatre, Museum, fossil display
Recording Of Whales in Johnstone Straight
The voices of the orcas from Johnston Straight, Canada. – requires Real Player
Corilair offers site seeing tour of some of the most remote and spectacular location on Vancouver Island – a definite MUST DO!
A tour with a difference. Explore the Comox Valley’s culinary delights. Starting with a tour of a local winery and finishing with a gourmet dinner.
Both whale watching and grizzly tours. They guarentee you will see a whale or your next trip is free.
Grey Wolf Expeditions – Kayak Tours
Grey Wolf Expeditions have kayak tours for all skill levels. Their new Orca Adventure Camp, lets you enjoy whale watching, camping, kayaking, hiking or just relaxing on the beach.
Exciting Whale Watching and Grizzly Bear Viewing Tours departing in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
Island Dream Custom Cruise Tours
Island Dreamer tours are so different from other tours in the area. Not only are you on a beautiful boat with all the comforts of home (instead of an inflatable whale-watching boat without a bathroom or a metal boat that lacks comfort), but your trip is totally customized (assuming what you ask for is safe!). Ask about VIP perks for Two Eagles guests.
Local Museums
Come and visit our award winning, regional history museum!
“One of the finest aviation libraries in Canada” plus static displays outlining the history of the RCAF and 19 Wing Comox. Among the planes on display is one of the few surviving Mark IX Spitfires, currently being restored to ‘flight ready’ conditions.
Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre
Discover BC’s past. From displays of the Paleozoic Era to the settlement by First Nations over 4,000 years ago and the later exploration by Europeans, the Courtenay Museum has something for everyone.
Cumberland, BC History and Culture – The Cumberland Museum
Cumberland has a great connection with its past as a coal mining town.