Area H (Lighthouse Country): Highway 19 about 29 km north of Parksville at Cook Creek Road, looking north
Among the places of British Columbia, Area H stands out for its rural corridor on eastern Vancouver Island, where Highway 19 passes through dense coastal forest. This Electoral Area of the Regional District of Nanaimo includes the communities of Bowser and Deep Bay, set beside Baynes Sound, the channel between Vancouver Island and Denman Island. Highway 19 is the principal road linking this stretch of coast with Parksville to the south and communities farther north. Deep Bay is home to Vancouver Island University’s Deep Bay Marine Field Station, a centre for marine research and education. The area is defined less by urban development than by wooded slopes, small coastal communities and access to the Strait of Georgia.
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