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Qualicum: Where the Dog Salmon Run

Dog Salmon! Hard to imagine what it might tide goes out, it feels like we can walk
look like. Four-legged fish with floppy half-way to the mainland.Everywhere you
ears running up and down the beach! I go in Qualicum you see immaculate
don't think so.The Coast Salish (First gardens, so we decided to check out some
Nation people) on Vancouver Island called of the attractions. Milner Gardens and
Chum or Keta Salmon, Dog Salmon. Chum Woodlands is a rare property perched on
salmon develop a very hooked jaw with the shores of the Strait of Georgia. It
fierce teeth at spawning time. Perhaps has a 10 acre garden complete with a
that is why they were called Dog Salmon. character home that is used primarily as
Chum, on average, weigh eight to ten a tea-house. The garden is surrounded by
pounds and measure about 40 inches in 60 additional acres of Coastal Douglas
length. Their ocean coloration of silvery fir. Malaspina-University College
blue green changes at spawning time to acquired the site from Veronica Milner in
splotchy purplish red and with distinct 1996. Veronica's mother was a cousin of
yellow and pink vertical bars on their Winston Churchill. Much of the Royal
sides. They are one ugly fish!When we family has visited or stayed at the
arrive at Qualicum Beach (which means, gardens.From the tea-room and gardens you
"where the dog salmon run"), the last can enjoy super-natural views of Georgia
image that comes to mind is Dog Salmon. Strait and the Coastal Mountains on the
Qualicum Beach is a quaint village in the Mainland. The Gardens and Woodland is
middle of absolute paradise. Everything operated by a non-profit horticultural
is beautiful from the endless expansive society with a mission to maintain and
sandy and pebble beaches to the beautiful restore the gardens and buildings.
snow-capped mountains that provide a Volunteers and students carry out much of
backdrop to the area. The town has worked the maintenance of the gardens under the
hard preserving its heritage which is supervision of horticulture staff. I
obvious walking through the downtown recommend these gardens and walks through
area. A heritage style design is the woodlands.Looking for a tourist trap?
predominant, providing a friendly village Well, the best little tourist trap in BC
atmosphere. Everywhere we go from the is the Old Country Market in Coombs. Just
spectacular heritage designed Quality a few kilometers out of Qualicum you will
Foods grocery store to the funky find a country market with goats living
Smithford's, we meet very friendly on the roof. This eclectic market has
people.The town hall in Qualicum Beach something for everyone. My favourite is
Photo by Ron KirsteinFinding a place to the ice cream bar. It is no ordinary ice
stay is not difficult. The area has an cream bar. It is about 40 feet long and
abundance of accommodations from bed and offers many choices of ice cream, sorbet
breakfasts to motels and resorts. We and gelato. A single cone cost me just
chose the Seaview Beach Resort because we $3.00 and I swear that it had a pound of
are having a family get-together. The ice cream in it. After eating the mound
quaint cottages range from 1-3 bedrooms on top, I gobbled ice cream to the very
and come fully equipped. When we walk out bottom of the waffle cone. I consider
our door, within seconds, we are right on myself an ice cream aficionado and I have
the beach. The Seaview is well off the never seen a place so generous. This is a
road and sits among modern residential shop till you drop market with
properties. It is very quiet and vegetables, meats, food specialties,
peaceful. Across the road we discover a clothes, toys, unique gifts and a whole
large Federal Wild Life Sanctuary. As we lot more. It also has a very fine
walk down the beach and the roadway we restaurant which seems to efficiently
are drooling over incredible new serve a never-ending line-up. It has my
oceanfront homes. My wife is scoping out vote for the best little tourist trap in
the fire pit where she will roast her the world!The area boasts some of the
marsh mellows just as soon as the sun best of BC Provincial Parks. If you like
goes down.One of the beautiful homes to camp, hike, explore the beach or visit
along the sea shore spectacular waterfalls you should check
Photo by Ron KirsteinNow we are settled out Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park,
in to our cabin by the sea. Besides the Englishman River Falls Provincial Park,
obvious, we check around to see what we Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park and
can do while we are in paradise. Locals Cathedral Grove Provincial Park. Other
inform us that you can beach walk almost attractions can be found throughout the
continuously for about 50Km (30 miles) area by checking the web at Kirstein is
along the coast line with the exception the owner of a Canadian Travel & Tourism
of interruptions by two rivers, the Web
Englishman and French Creek. When the site (since 1995).




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