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Vancouver Island’s Comox Valley: A Mountain Biker’s Dream

Posted on 13. Feb, 2010 by Andrew Findlay.

Of course, as with most things involving government, the Provincial Trails Strategy is bureaucratic and a kind of anathema to the anarchic spirit of the sport. But it’s also a progressive attempt to better harness the tourism potential of mountain biking.

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Vancouver Island: A South Island Roadtrip

Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by BCAA.

Port Renfrew is an old logging/fishing community at the mouth of Port San Juan, where the San Juan and Gordon rivers flow into the sea. There is a cluster of small homes here, plus a general store, smattering of eateries and lots of history. Beside the wharf sits the newest incarnation of the Port Renfrew Hotel (the original landmark structure was formerly a loggers’ bunkhouse, barged across the strait in 1927), serving decent grub alongside its spiffy new waterfront accommodations.

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Vancouver Island: Surfing the Wild Side

Posted on 28. Jul, 2009 by BCAA.

I’m too far inside, so I paddle hard for the outside. This is easily the biggest set we’ve seen. My pulse quickens, my heart drops. I’m in the worst possible place. I redouble my efforts, taking long, deep strokes in a race to the edge of the reef. If I make it before the wave I’ll be home free. If not I’ll be pinned to the rocks.

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Vancouver Island: 5 Hot Plots for Garden Lovers

Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by BCAA.

Butchart gets all the glory, Cougar Annie’s the poetry. But here, we focus on the back-stories of five fave Edens in Vancouver Island’s verdant understorey

by Helena Zukowski

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