Map of Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands

Communities Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands

Campbell River
Comox Valley
  Black Creek
  Comox
  Courtenay
  Cumberland
  Merville
  Union Bay
Coombs
Cowichan Valley
  Chemainus
  Cobble Hill
  Cowichan Bay
  Crofton
  Duncan
  Honeymoon Bay
  Ladysmith
  Lake Cowichan
  Mill Bay
  North Cowichan
  Shawnigan Lake
Discovery Passage, Johnston Strait and Queen Charlotte Strait
  Dent Island
  Sonora Island
Gold River
Lighthouse Country
  Bowser
  Deep Bay
  Qualicum Bay

Mt. Washington Alpine Resort
Nanaimo
  Lantzville
  Yellow Point
Northern Gulf Islands
  Alert Bay
  Cortes Island
  Denman Island
  Hornby Island
  Quadra Island
Parksville
  Errington
  Nanoose Bay
Port Alberni
Port Hardy
Port McNeill
Qualicum Beach
Quatsino Sound
  Port Alice
  Quatsino
Sayward
Southern Gulf Islands
  Gabriola Island
  Galiano Island
  Mayne Island
    Village Bay
  Pender Island
    Pender Island North
    Pender Island South

  Salt Spring Island
    Fulford Harbour
    Ganges
    Long Harbour
    Vesuvius
  Saturna Island
  Thetis Island
Tahsis
Telegraph Cove
Tofino - Ucluelet - Pacific Rim
  Bamfield
  Tofino
  Ucluelet
Victoria
  Central Saanich
    Brentwood Bay
  City of Victoria
  Colwood
  Esquimalt
  Fernwood
  Highlands
  Langford
  Metchosin
  North Saanich
  Oak Bay
  Saanich
  Sidney
  Sooke

Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands

There are 225 Gulf Islands, many of which are quite small and only accessible by private boat. The largest island is Vancouver Island, comparable in size to the island of Japan. The other six less inhabited islands; Saltspring, Mayne, Galiano, Pender, and Saturna fitted with small cozy villages, accommodations, art galleries, park lands, and great outdoor camping and exploration.