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Qualicum Bay (Vancouver Island)
1. Bowser / Dunsmuir / Fanny Bay / Horne Lake / Mount Mark (Bowser, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Bowser - After William John Bowser, Premier of British Columbia 1915-16.
  2. Deep Bay (Bowser, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  3. Qualicum Bay (Bowser, 4km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  4. Helliwell Park (Hornby Island, 13km) - Leave a Public Review
5. Hornby Island (Hornby Island, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Hornby Island - According to Captain Walbran, named by the HBC about 1850 after Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby (1785-1867), commanding the Pacific Station from 1847 to 1851.
  6. Mount Geoffrey Escarpment Park (Hornby Island, 13km) - Leave a Public Review
7. Tribune Bay Park (Hornby Island, 13km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
Tribune Bay - After HMS Tribune (Captain G.T.P. Hornby), a screw frigate mounting thirty-one guns, transferred to this coast from the China Station in 1859 to increase British strength during the San Juan crisis.
  8. Bowser Ecological Reserve (Qualicum Beach, 15km) - Leave a Public Review
  9. Dashwood (Qualicum Beach, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  10. Dolphin Beach (Qualicum Beach, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  11. Hi'tatis (Qualicum Beach, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  12. Hilliers (Qualicum Beach, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  13. Horne Lake Caves Park (Qualicum Beach, 15km) - Leave a Public Review
  14. Little Qualicum Falls Park (Qualicum Beach, 15km) - Leave a Public Review
  15. Northfield (Qualicum Beach, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  16. Qualicum (Qualicum Beach, 15km) - Leave a Public Review
17. Qualicum Beach (Town) (Qualicum Beach, 15km) Your Host(s): Municipal Administration, Phone: (250) 752-6921 - Leave a Public Review
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.
  18. Qualicum National Wildlife Area (Qualicum Beach, 15km) - Leave a Public Review
  19. Réserve nationale de faune de Qualicum (Qualicum Beach, 15km) - Leave a Public Review
  20. Spider Lake Park (Qualicum Beach, 15km) - Leave a Public Review
  21. Whisky Creek (Qualicum Beach, 15km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  22. Lieutenant Ian Philip MacDonald Picnic Area (Fanny Bay, 16km) - Leave a Public Review
  23. Newcastle Land District (Fanny Bay, 16km) - Leave a Public Review
  24. Rosewall Creek Park (Fanny Bay, 16km) - Leave a Public Review
  25. Sproat Lake Park (Fanny Bay, 16km) - Leave a Public Review
  26. Taylor Arm Park (Fanny Bay, 16km) - Leave a Public Review
  27. Boyle Point Park (Denman Island, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
28. Boyle Point Protected Area (Denman Island, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
After David Boyle, first lieutenant on HMS Tribune when she was on this coast in 1859-60. He later became Governor of New Zealand and president of the Institute of Naval Architects.
  29. Buckley Bay (Denman Island, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
30. Denman Island / Lambert Channel (Denman Island, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
After Rear-Admiral Joseph Denman, FRS (1810-74), Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station 1864-6.
  31. Denman Island Park (Denman Island, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
  32. Denman Island Protected Area (Denman Island, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
  33. Fanny Bay (Denman Island, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  34. Fanny Bay (Denman Island, 20km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
  35. Fillongley Park (Denman Island, 20km) - Leave a Public Review
36. Coombs / Hilliers (Coombs, 19km) Your Host(s): Canada Post - Leave a Public Review
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.