Back along Hwy 19 beyond Buckley Bay is a short stretch of wild, pebbly beach, and then the Comox Valley, open rural country that's not as captivating as the brochures might lead you to expect. Of three settlements here Comox, Cumberland and COURTENAY only the last is of real interest for all but the most committed Vancouver Island devotee, and only then as a ferry link to Powell River on the mainland. The terminal is a good twenty-minutes' drive from the town down back roads hitching is almost impossible, so you have to take a taxi or hold out for the minibus shuttle that leaves the bus depot … more »
A visit to Courtenay and it's sister communities of Comox and Cumberlan... more »
Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the province... more »
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