2024: It is Show Time in Chemainus!
When visiting new towns I always look for what defines the community's personality. Chemainus's personality has a strong element of "The Arts". The town is very proud of having over 60 individual art installations in town. Some go back many years and have been refreshed and maintained. Clearly, they work to buff and polish their reputation and perception as an art center. Boys on a Snipe Hunt First Nation Sculpture Water Wheel Park We devised a bit of an unusual transportation scheme for our visit. In a way, we "killed two birds with one stone". We also wanted to visit Telegraph Harbor on Thetis Island. We were unsure of where we could leave the boat in Chemainus, so we looked at public transportation options from nearby towns. Buses and ferries were considered. We checked schedules and found ferries operate more frequently than buses, especially from Thetis Island. So we berthed the boat there and explored that island fo...