Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is the largest island on North America's Pacific coast and one of Canada's most extraordinary destinations. From Victoria's Inner Harbour in the south — with its Parliament Buildings reflected in the water and the Empress Hotel serving afternoon tea since 1908 — to the wilderness of Port Hardy in the north, the island spans a full range of landscapes. Old-growth cedars in Cathedral Grove. Orcas in Johnstone Strait. Storm-watchers wrapped in raincoats on Long Beach. Black bears loping across quiet forest roads.

The island is home to many distinct Indigenous nations. The west coast belongs to the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples — including the Tla-o-qui-aht of Tofino's Clayoquot Sound, the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ of Ucluelet's Barkley Sound, and others whose territories run from the north to the south of the island's Pacific shore. The south and east coasts are Coast Salish territory — the Songhees, Esquimalt, Cowichan, Saanich, and other nations whose history in this region stretches back thousands of years. The Kwakwaka'wakw occupy the north. These are living, governing nations whose cultural revitalization work continues today.

The Inklands Vancouver Island coloring book draws from the island's most iconic landscapes: Victoria's harbour, Cathedral Grove's ancient firs, Long Beach's windswept expanse, Nanaimo's working waterfront, and Goldstream's salmon runs. Thirty illustrations capturing what makes this island unforgettable.