Local Information

Downtown Qualicum Beach offers a unique mix of gift shops, galleries, boutiques, and restaurants.

"Conde Nast Traveler gives Vancouver Island Top Spot!"

Vancouver Island was awarded ‘Best Temperate Island in the World’ in 2004 followed by Medeira, Capri, Tasmania, and Mount Desert.

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Here are a list of links that we hope will be useful for you to learn more about Qualicum beach and Vancouver Island. Please scroll down to view all the links or choose from one of the categories to jump down to links within that category:

• Local Information
• Golfing
• Skiing
• Local Attractions
• Local Adventures
• Fishing Charters
• Transportation
• Weather

Oceanside Region (www.oceansidetourism.com)
Parksville – Qualicum News (www.pqbnews.com)
Town of Qualicum Beach (www.qualicumbeach.com)
Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce (www.qualicum.bc.ca)

Arrowsmith (www.golfarrowsmith.com)
Bear Mountain Golf and Country Club (www.bearmountaingolf.com)
Crown Isle (www.crownisle.com)
Eaglecrest (www.eaglecrest.bc.ca)
Fairwinds (www.fairwinds.bc.ca/golfing_at_fairwinds.htm)
Golf Vancouver Island (www.golfvancouverisland.ca)
Morningstar (www.morningstar.bc.ca)
Pheasant Glen Golf Resort (www.pheasantglen.com)
Qualicum Beach Memorial (www.qualicumbeach.com/living_golf1.asp)

Mount Washington (www.mountwashington.ca)

Bard to Broadway (www.b2btheatre.bc.ca)
Coombs Old Country Market (www.oldcountrymarket.com)
Denman and Hornby Island (www.hornbyisland.com)
Heritage Forest Walking Trails (www.zapbc.com/heritage)
Milner Gardens (www.qualicumbeach.com/living_milner.asp
Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery (www.bcsupernet.com/schoolhouse)
Vancouver Island Vintners Association (www.islandwineries.ca)

Horne Lake Caves (www.hornelake.com)
Grand Vista Tours (www.grandvistatours.com)
Jamies Whale Watching (www.jamies.com)
MV Lady Rose (www.ladyrosemarine.com)
Pacific Rainforest Adventure Tours (www.rainforestnaturehikes.com)
Seadog Kayaking (www.seadog.bc.ca)
Tofino Whale Watch (www.tofinowhalewatch.com)

Parksville Pro Guides (www.zapbc.com/parksvilleproguides/detail.htm)
Salmon Eye Charters (www.salmoneye.net)
Tofino Fishing (www.tofinofishing.com)

Air:
Baxter Air (www.baxterair.com)
Harbour Air (www.harbour-air.com)
KD Air (www.kdair.com)
WestJet (www.westjet.com)
Qualicum Beach Airport (www.qualicumbeach.com/airport_index.asp)
Road/Ferry:
BC Ferries (www.bcferries.com)
HarbourLynx Ferry (www.harbourlynx.com)
Island Link Bus Service (www.islandlinkbus.com)
Qualicum Chauffeur (www.members.shaw.ca/qualicumchauffeur/qualicumchauffeur.html)

Warm summers and mild winters with little snow characterize central Vancouver Island’s temperate rainforest climate. Considerably milder than the mainland, Vancouver Island boasts the mildest climate in Canada. The summer average temperature around Qualicum Beach is 22 degrees Celsius and the winter average temperature is 8 degrees Celsius. The west coast of Vancouver Island receives over 2,500 millimetres of perception annually, but the east coast gets less than 1,000 millimetres.
Check the current weather conditions at Qualicum Beach at the Weather Network