An orca glides off the coast of Vancouver Island.
Photograph by COURTESY DESTINATION BRITISH COLUMBIA
Surfers at sunset at Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Photograph by MICHAEL WHEATLEY, ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
You might get lucky and spot a black bear, bald eagle, or elk along the shores of Vancouver Island North.
Photograph by COURTESY NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND TOURISM/STEVEN FINES
In Pacific Rim National Park, there is a kayaker's paradise called the Broken Group Islands. It consists of over 100 scattered islands off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Photograph by GETTY IMAGES