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Courtenay is a great location for both cultural entertainment and outdoor adventure. The downtown district features museums, galleries, live theatre, and arts and crafts shops. Courtenay's endless networks of freshwater lakes, rivers, and streams, a kilometres (miles) of coastline are ideal for fishing, canoeing, swimming, and diving. Strathcona Provincial Park , Vancouver Island's largest provincial park, is an amazing location for wilderness and wildlife viewing. Air & Land Activities Courtenay's amazing scenery can be explored on leisurely strolls along riverside and heritage-neighbourhood walkways, mountain and valley horseback rides, or single- or multi-day hikes. Cumberland and Comox Lake, and Puntledge River on Mount Washington are excellent cycling trails, suited to various ability levels. Strathcona Provincial Park, offers a many of camping and rock climbing opportunities. Flightseeing or helicopter tours provide spectacular views of Comox Glacier.
Architectural & Structural The Native Sons Hall, in Courtenay, built in 1928, is the largest free-span log structure in Canada. The eight massive beams that span its ceiling are 21m/68ft long and 1m/3ft thick. In Cumberland, 8.4km/5.2mi from Courtenay, the town's turn-of-the-19th-century buildings can be explored on a self-guided walking tour.Arts, Culture & History The Courtenay & District Museum & Palaeontology Centre exhibits hundreds of fossils, including a complete 12m/39ft elasmosaur. Cumberland features a museum and Japanese and Chinese miners' cemeteries. Filberg Heritage Lodge & Park in Comox, features a wide selection of high-quality, locally produced art and crafts. Attractions The Comox Valley's cultural scene is centred in Courtenay, where and a number of arts and culture attractions are clustered in its downtown core, including the Courtenay Museum & Palaeontology Centre, three art galleries, a performing arts centre, a full-service library, and an Art Deco movie theatre. These attractions are complemented by many unique shops and services. The 9.7ha/24ac Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens, near Courtenay, is an exciting destination for garden and nature enthusiasts, artists, and birders. Entertainment Entertainment in downtown Courtenay centres around the Courtenay & District Museum & Palaeontology Centre, the Comox Valley Art Gallery, the Comox Valley Community Arts Council / Muir Gallery, and the Art Deco movie theatre. Shops offer unique products, such as hand-made chocolates, locally made woodwork, glasswork, and pottery. Live music and theatrical performances are presented year-round in a wide range of venues in both Courtenay and Comox . The area's largest annual musical event, the Vancouver Island Music Fest, is held in Courtenay, at the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds.Natural Sights, Parks & Wildlife Strathcona Provincial Park , 30mins from Courtenay, is Vancouver Island's largest park at 200,000ha/500,000ac, and the oldest provincial park in British Columbia. It is a great location for single- or multi-day hiking excursions, camping, canoeing, and wildlife viewing. Seal Bay Regional Nature Park offers easy wooded and fairly level hiking and mountain biking trails, as well as amazing wilderness and wildlife viewing. For birders, the Courtenay River Estuary, adjacent to the Courtenay Airpark, is a prime location for viewing Canada geese, trumpeter swans, and other marine birds.Rest & Relaxation The Comox Valley features a variety of spa facilities, offering an array of relaxing and rejuvenating treatments. The Kingfisher Oceanside Resort & Spa, provides unique "marine' therapies like sea salt exfoliation, marine algae hydrotherapy baths, and seaweed body wraps. Tours Guided tours in the Comox Valley area include "flightseeing" tours and helicopter tours, which depart from the Comox Marina, and explore the waters around Denman , Hornby , and Chrome Islands. The islands' waters are habitat for seals, sea lions, and porpoises. Flightseeing and helicopter tours also fly over Comox Glacier. Drive up Mount Washington in Strathcona Park and enjoy sweeping views of the valley and, the community of Powell River across the Strait of Georgia, the Comox Glacier, and the Beaufort Mountains. Water Activities The Comox Valley, with its varied network of rivers, lakes, and streams, and extensive coastline is ideal for an array of outdoor water activities. Jacques Cousteau ranked the area's waters as some of the world's best for cold-water diving. Notably, it is one of the few places in the world where divers can view six gill sharks. The top freshwater swimming sites in the area are Comox Lake, Nymph Falls, and Stotan Falls. Numerous sandy coastal beaches provide endless opportunity for saltwater swimming. Courtenay River Estuary combines great canoeing and kayaking conditions with fantastic wilderness and wildlife viewing. The historic Royston Wrecks and the unique ecosystems of Tree Island are also interesting places to paddle. The calm waters of Baynes Sound are well suited to novice paddlers, and the Strait of Georgia is ideal for boating and sailing in summer. Zodiac tours in the strait depart from the Comox Marina and focus on the waters around Denman , Hornby , and Chrome Islands.
Winter Activities Courtenay is 30mins from Mount Washington Alpine Resort, the largest downhill skiing and snowboarding facility on Vancouver Island, which also offers cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, luging, snowtubing, and tobogganing.