Area H (Lighthouse Country): Highway 19 at Horne Lake Road, looking east
Built around rural roads and forest holdings north of Parksville, Area H grew into a lightly settled electoral area of the Regional District of Nanaimo. It occupies part of eastern Vancouver Island, where the wooded interior slopes toward the Strait of Georgia and the coastal communities of the east shore. Rather than a single town centre, the area is defined by dispersed homes, working land and road connections between the island’s communities. Forestry has long helped shape Vancouver Island’s economy and remains an important part of the region’s identity. Area H suits travellers looking beyond resort centres to understand the everyday rural fabric of British Columbia’s island coast.
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