About Parksville

Parksville is a beautiful city on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Often called The Jewel of Vancouver Island, it is located along provincial highway 19A, 150 kilometres (94 miles) North of Victoria, and 37 kilometres (23 Miles) North of Nanaimo, lying between breathtaking Englishman River and French Creek.

For thousands of years the area was inhabited by the Coast Salish First Nations people and was left undiscovered by Europeans until 1792 when Captain George Vancouver sailed by. It is said that in the early 1850s an Englishman died crossing an unnamed river, and soon after the entire area was known as "The River" or "Englishman River". Later in the 1860s a trail was pushed North from Victoria to Comox, opening the area up to settlers. It was not until 1886 that the first family arrived, lead by John Hirst. Parksville was named officially named in 1877 after the area's first postmaster, Nelson Park, in 1877 and was not incorporated as a village until June 19, 1945. Parksville became a Town on April 1, 1978 and a City on June 1, 1981.

Today Parksville is a buslting tourism and retirement hub, with over 10,000 full-time residents. With two world famous sandy beaches, Parksville Beach and Rathtrevor Beach (part of Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park), innumerable public parks, an expanding downtown core and a vibrant social scene, it's no wonder that that this amazing little city has experienced it's unprecedented growth year after year.

Links

Community:

• Chamber of Commerce
• City of Parksville
• Oceanside RCMP Detachment
• Oceanside Tourism Association
• Parksville Area Guide
• Rotary Club of Parksville, Canada RI District 5020
• Zap! Area Guide

Accomodation:

• Ascot Manor
• Pacific Shores - Resort and Spa
• Parksands Beach Resort
• Quality Resort - Bayside
• Sandcastle Inn
• Sea Edge Motel
• Skylite Motel
• Tigh-Na-Mara Resort and Spa
• VIP Motel

Golf Courses:

• Morningstar Golf Course
• Fairwinds Golf and Country Club
• Arrowsmith Golf Club

Parksville Office
314 East Island Hwy.
Parksville, BC V9P 2H1
Phone: 250.248.8371
Fax: 250.248.5841

Qualicum Beach Office
689 Memorial Ave.
Qualicum, BC V9K 1S8
Phone: 250.752.3375
Fax: 250.752.1889

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