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Parksville hosts an annual Canada Day celebration. In the morning there is a parade that runs along the Island Hwy. Residents and visitors gather along the road to watch the procession and then walk down to Parksville Community Park where there are vendors, including food trucks, live music performances, some carnival attractions, and fireworks ...
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Oceanside is a name adopted for a group of communities on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.It is part of the Regional District of Nanaimo and includes the City of Parksville and the Town of Qualicum Beach as well as the unincorporated communities of Nanoose Bay, Coombs, Errington, French Creek, Bowser, Deep Bay, Qualicum Bay and a few other smaller centres.
Location of Lasqueti Island. Lasqueti Island (US: / l ə ˈ s k iː t i / lə-SKEE-tee) is an island off the east coast of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Georgia, qathet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada and has a population of 498. [1] A passenger-only ferry connects the island to the community of French Creek, near Parksville ...
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Around 1910, the Nanoose Bay train station opened, [10] and was a flag stop when Via Rail on Vancouver Island ceased in 2011. Adjacent stops were about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south to Wellington, and 11 kilometres (7 mi) north to Parksville. [11]
A non-profit society, the Vancouver Island Transportation Corridor Coalition (VITCC), announced formation on July 7, 2020, to facilitate the return of rail service to Vancouver Island. The VITCC mandate is to promote modernizing the former E&N rail corridor as the backbone of the Island's future transportation system for commuters and freight ...