Tourism & Culture
BCBusiness + Tourism Nanaimo With a flourishing art scene, endless hiking and biking trails, a variety of restaurants and a very mild climate, Nanaimo is the perfect place for the ultimate Vancouver Island experience—it all starts here! Outdoor enthusiasts will love Vancouver Island’s...
Here at BCBusiness, we like to promote our home province. That should be obvious. So usually, when we poke fun at a list that ranks The Best Somethings in Canada, it’s because it cherry picks a bunch of things in...
Life Story: Emily Slobodzian and Faro Burgoyne met while working at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort in 2016 and started dating shortly after. A couple of years later, after a few big trips, they decided not to go back to work...
For the past two years travel has been local out of necessity. But the stay-close-to-home mandate opened our eyes to an amazing reality—we just might live in the best place in the world. So we’ve doubled down on the staycation...
Round trip: 14 kilometresElevation gain: 625 metresLocation: Stawamus Chief Provincial Park (Squamish) Climb the three peaks of the Stawamus Chief for classic clifftop views of Howe Sound and the Squamish River valley. From the day-use parking area, stroll through the campground to...
My wife and I do not own hiking boots, nor do we own bikes. We’re not rock-climbers, and the vast amount of adventuring we do is more in the line of culinary and thirst-quenching pursuits. So, what did we do when...
Which beach? That’s the question we ask on summer days in Nanaimo. The sweet, small cove near the parking lot at Neck Point is perfect at daybreak. Sure, the morning might be cold and the water dark, but once you get...
Round trip: 12 kilometresElevation gain: MinimalLocation: Naikoon Provincial Park (Haida Gwaii) Running from Tlell to Tow Hill, the bucket-list-worthy East Beach Trail covers 89 kilometres on Graham Island. Sample the south end of this remote coastal route and pay a visit...
“I was born in June when the spring salmon were just starting to go up the Nass River,” the groundbreaking Hazelton-based painter Roy Henry Vickers once said. And this same season is the perfect time to gain your own inspiration...
Round trip: 16.5 kilometresElevation gain: 480 metresLocation: E.C. Manning Provincial Park (southwest of Princeton) Surrounded by woods and meadows, Poland Lake is a lovely destination. Find the trailhead on Gibson Pass Road and set off west on the Poland Lake Trail. Head...