Comox Valley Attractions and Activities
The Comox Valley offers an enormous variety
of tourist attractions and outdoor recreational opportunities. Fishing, bird watching, scuba
diving, cave exploration, golfing, kayaking, skiing, mountain biking
and hiking are some of the activities which can be enjoyed
locally.
Arts and Culture
Filberg
Festival - an annual arts and crafts festival held on the first
weekend in August on the grounds of the Filberg Heritage Lodge and
Park in Comox.
Ihos
Gallery - featuring traditional and modern Northwest First
Nations artwork.
The
Comox Valley Centre for the Arts - a multi-use community arts
facility located in downtown Courtenay that serves as the
community’s cultural heart. The facility is home to a public art
gallery, craft gallery, gallery shop, plaza, and courtyard, as well
as office space for a number of community arts organizations.
Island
Music Fest - Vancouver Island's premier summer music festival
hels annually in July at the Comox Valley Exhibition grounds.
Museums
Courtenay
and District Museum - featuring exhibits of locally discovered
fossilized remains of prehistoric marine life, including a fully
reconstructed giant Elasmosaur fossil. Fossil hunting tours are
offered in the summer months.
Cumberland
Museum - featuring displays of early coal mining history.
Comox
Air Force Museum - featuring exhibits of the Air Force history
of Canadian Forces Base Comox, and displays of heritage aircraft
including the WWII Spifire resoration project.
Comox Marina
Home to over 500 pleasure craft, a
commercial fishing fleet and the Comox Fisherman's
Wharf .
Farmer's Market
The
Comox Valley Farmer's Market is the place to go for fresh, local
farm products and fine foods, all produced in the Regional District
of Comox Strathcona and sold to you by the people who grow or make
it. While you are there, you can sit down at a picnic table or on a
bale of straw and listen to some live
entertainment brought to you by musicians based in the Comox
Valley.
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