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1. Parksville (City) / Englishman River
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Englishman River: named, at least as early as 1883, in commemoration of an otherwise forgotten Englishman who drowned trying to cross this stream. |
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2. Rathtrevor Beach Park
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Rathtrevor Beach Park - In 1885 W.H. Rath, formerly an officer in the Royal Navy, established Wildrose Farm here. |
| 3. French Creek
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| 4. Nanoose Land District
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| 5. Cameron Lake (Errington, 5km)
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| 6. Dunsmuir Land District (Errington, 5km)
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| 7. Englishman River Falls Park (Errington, 5km)
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8. Errington (Errington, 5km)
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Errington - An early resident, Duncan McMillan, is presumed to have taken this name from a passage in Sir Walter Scott's 'Jock of Hazeldean.' |
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9. Mount Arrowsmith Park (Errington, 5km)
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After the famous English cartographers Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823) and his nephew John Arrowsmith. |
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10. Coombs / Hilliers (Coombs, 8km)
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Named after Captain Coombs of the Salvation Army, which in 1910-11 established a settlement here for a number of working-class Englishmen and their families from Leeds, Yorkshire. |
| 11. Bryn (Nanoose Bay, 10km)
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| 12. Gerald Island Park (Nanoose Bay, 10km)
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13. Nanoose Bay / Enos Lake / Richard Point / Wallis Point / Ballenas Islands (Nanoose Bay, 10km)
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Enos Lake - After John Enos, the name adopted by a Portuguese who pre-empted here in 1864. Captain Walbran has a story that, when the Indians began to harass Enos, he flitted around them, dressed in white, playing a ghost in the night, |
| 14. Bowser Ecological Reserve (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 15. Dashwood (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 16. Dolphin Beach (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 17. Hi'tatis (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 18. Hilliers (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 19. Horne Lake Caves Park (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 20. Little Qualicum Falls Park (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 21. Northfield (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 22. Qualicum (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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23. Qualicum Beach (Town) (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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Qualicum - Dr. Robert Brown, reporting on his explorations on Vancouver Island in 1864, mentions the beautiful tract of country extending past the Quall-e-hum River. |
| 24. Qualicum National Wildlife Area (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 25. Réserve nationale de faune de Qualicum (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 26. Spider Lake Park (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 27. Whisky Creek (Qualicum Beach, 10km)
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| 28. False Bay (Lasqueti, 19km)
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29. Lasqueti (Lasqueti, 19km)
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Lasqueti - Named by Narvaez in 1791 after Juan Maria Lasqueti, a prominent Spanish naval officer. |
| 30. Arbutus Grove Park (Lantzville, 19km)
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| 31. Jayem (Lantzville, 19km)
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32. Lantzville (District) (Lantzville, 19km)
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Lantzville - After Harry Lantz, an American who invested in a coal mine at Nanoose. |
| 33. Nanoose (Lantzville, 19km)
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