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Nearly half of Quebecers cancel U.S. trips amid tensions, boosting local tourism

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I’m American and instead of going on vacation somewhere in the US this year, we are instead going to British Colombia.
We are still planning, but if anyone has any good suggestions of activities for a family with kids under 10 of things to do on Vancouver island, please let me know!
P.s Sorry our country sucks right now.
- Butchart gardens
  Royal museum of British Columbia
  Legislative Assembly buildings
  Walk around the downtown/waterfront area
  Chinatown (Victoria has the oldest one in Canada)
  Hatley Castle (x men was filmed here)
  Craigdarroch castle (it's more a large Victorian mansion but still cool)
  Beacon Hill park (don't run over the peacocks in the street - seriously - they're a traffic hazard)
  There are lovely beaches in the northern parts of the island and Sunshine coast.
  
  Grouse Mountain (in Vancouver)?!
  Granted, I was there a decade or so ago, but you can just take a bus to the trailhead/cable car lower station and then take the cable car up there or just walk the trail up (not hard) and then take the cable car down.
  Granted, it's mainly interesting for people who like Nature.
  Also, take the boat to cross the river.
  
  This is great! Some of this is stuff I hadn’t researched yet, so it’s going on my lists. Thank you!
  
  Spinnaker's is a nice restaurant/pub in Vic. Courtenay/Comox area has lots of beautiful nature hikes, well honestly anywhere up &down the coast!
- Here are some suggestions with a kids lens:
  Vancouver Island
  get mid Island then over to the west coast
  Parksville - large sandy beaches to dig in
  ferry to Denman Island and then to Hornsby Island - fossils! https://hornbynaturalhistory.com/category/fossils/
  Qualicum Beach - gravelly and lots of seniors, but a great place to see bald eagles picking up clams and oysters, dropping them to break them open and diving to eat.
  Cathedral grove on Hwy to Port Alberni, accessible old growth forest
  Alberni - old forestry interpretation site with a logging train in the Cherry Creek area
  Drive to Tofino - an adventure in itself
  Long Beach
  whale watching
  If you go to Vancouver, many of the classic stops are worth it
  the Aquarium
  Whale watching
  Grouse mountain gondola and mountain top
  Capilano suspension bridge and the fish hatchery and environs
  Seabus
  UBC museum of anthropology
  
  Wow this is amazing informative and detailed. Thanks for taking the time to write this list out. We looked at parksville (I remember as a really young kid staying at tigh na mara and loved the beach. Glad to see it’s still a recommended area. Thanks again!
  
  Parksville is likely far more commercial and developed than you recall.
  But the beaches remain.
- Amazing. Thanks! These look like some great areas to explore. Added them to my research list.
- Welcome to Victoria
  Spend lots of money drink lots of shafts

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