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Ladysmith (Vancouver Island, V8C 2H7)
1. Ladysmith / Dunsmuir Islands / Ivy Green Park / Kulleet Bay Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (250) 245-6400 - Leave a Public Review
Dunsmuir Islands - After James Dunsmuir (1851-1920), founder of Ladysmith, Premier of British Columbia (1900-2) and its Lieutenant-Governor (1906-9). Son of Robert Dunsmuir
  2. Chemainus 13 - Leave a Public Review
  3. Ladysmith Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  4. Oyster Bay 12 - Leave a Public Review
  5. Oyster Land District - Leave a Public Review
  6. Roberts Memorial Park - Leave a Public Review
  7. Woodley Range Ecological Reserve - Leave a Public Review
  8. Yellowpoint Bog Ecological Reserve - Leave a Public Review
  9. Boat Harbour (Cassidy, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
10. Cassidy / McKay Peak (Cassidy, 8km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
After Tom Cassidy, who arrived here frorn Iowa in 1878 and was soon joined by his wife. A son later took over the farm and worked it until most of the land was needed for the airport.
  11. Douglas Land District (Cassidy, 8km) - Leave a Public Review
12. Chemainus / Governor Rock / Stuart Channel (Chemainus, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
From the Island Halkomelem word meaning 'bitten breast.' The horseshoe shape of the bay reminded Indians of the bite that a frenzied shaman would inflict upon a spectator during certain tribal ceremonies.
  13. Chemainus Land District (Chemainus, 11km) - Leave a Public Review
  14. Halalt 2 (Chemainus, 11km) - Leave a Public Review
  15. Halalt Island 1 (Chemainus, 11km) - Leave a Public Review
  16. Saltair (Chemainus, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  17. Say-La-Quas 10 (Chemainus, 11km) - Leave a Public Review
  18. Squaw-Hay-One 11 (Chemainus, 11km) - Leave a Public Review
  19. Tent Island 8 (Chemainus, 11km) - Leave a Public Review
  20. Tsussie 6 (Chemainus, 11km) - Leave a Public Review
21. Westholme / Mount Sicker (Chemainus, 11km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Mount Sicker - After John J. Sicker, a pioneer homesteader with a reputation for stubborn individualism.
  22. Canoe Islets Ecological Reserve (Thetis Island, 10km) - Leave a Public Review
  23. Lyacksun 3 (Thetis Island, 10km) - Leave a Public Review
  24. North Galiano (Thetis Island, 10km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  25. Rose Islets Ecological Reserve (Thetis Island, 10km) - Leave a Public Review
  26. Shingle Point 4 (Thetis Island, 10km) - Leave a Public Review
  27. Whaleboat Island Marine Park (Thetis Island, 10km) - Leave a Public Review
28. Gabriola / Descanso Bay / Gabriola Island / Orlebar Point (Gabriola, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Spanish for 'rest' or 'ease.' Galiano and Valdes left a record of how they came to give this name in June 1792 to this haven on Gabriola Island:
  29. Gabriola Island 5 (Gabriola, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
  30. Gabriola Sands Park (Gabriola, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
  31. Ma-Guala 6 (Gabriola, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
  32. Pirates Cove Marine Park (Gabriola, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
  33. Sandwell Park (Gabriola, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
  34. Wakes Cove Park (Gabriola, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
  35. North Cowichan (District) (North Cowichan, 20km) Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (250) 746-3183 - Leave a Public Review
36. Crofton / Mount Richards (Crofton, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Crofton, after Henry Croft, a mining engineer who was a brother-in-law of James Dunsmuir, the coal and lumber magnate. In 1900 Croft, manager of the Lenora, Mt. Sicker Copper Mining Company, bought land on Osborn Bay on which to build a smelter.
  37. Maple Bay (Crofton, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
38. Osborn Bay (Crofton, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Osborn Bay - After Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Sherard Osborn, RN (1822-75), Arctic explorer and author, who served with distinction in the Crimean War.