Featured Accommodation North Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada Eight unique well kept self contained cottages situated in a private forest setting overlooking Bear Cove with beautiful marine views, Bald Eagles soaring overhead and < read more >

Port Hardy, BC Vancouver Island is a waterfront community filled with wilderness bliss, fresh clean air, lush forests and is home to an estuary filled with seabird wildlife. The skies are often patrolled by Bald Eagles and Red Tail Hawks while the marsh is home to the lurking statue-like Blue Herons, scurrying Sandpipers, Canada Geese, loons and Mallard Ducks. Port Hardy, BC is a small east coast village on Vancouver Island , deeply entrenched in the fishing and logging industries. The coastal village is a very active marine community with many eco tourism activities in the area. Port Hardy, BC is the largest community of the north Vancouver Island region.

The Port Hardy, BC town centre has many of the modern conveniences of a big city, just fewer of them. Exploring the streets of Port Hardy there are restaurants, a few pubs, coffee houses, bistros, stores, art galleries, parks and trails to occupy your day. Exploring the outdoors walking, biking the Harbour Walkway located along the coastlines of the community of Port Hardy is a scenic treat. It is a popular walking path with outstretched views of the surrounding mountains and islands. At one end of the Harbour Walkway is the Canadian Coast Guard Station near Carrot Park which shares the pier with incoming fishing boats and float planes, while at the other end is the Hardy Bay Estuary walking path - home to many birds. At Carrot Park in downtown Port Hardy are viewing benches, wood carvings,and monuments. Numata, Japan is Port Hardy's sister city and in recognition of this union there is a display to view also at Carrot Park.

Port Hardy, BC is more then just a gateway to rugged wilderness adventures. It also has some spectacular day hike beaches to relax on like the famous sandy beaches of San Josef Bay which is located an hour into Cape Scott Provincial Park near Holberg . There is Raft Cove and the Tex Lyon Trail also gaining a good hiking trail reputation. And there is also the sandy beaches of Storey's Beach located just south of Port Hardy... near the airport. Often , one can find themselves walking the beaches alone in privacy.

Port Hardy, BC is a mecca for the outdoor enthusiasts seeking wilderness adventures like fishing, diving, kayaking, caving, wildlife viewing, hatchery tours, swimming and backpacking. A big part of the Port Hardy experience is exploring the outdoors at some of the remote long haul hiking trails like the challenging backpacking trail in Cape Scott Provincial Park.

Port Hardy, BC is the central point to accessing other unique surrounding smaller villages of the north island region like Coal Harbour, Quatsino, Holberg and Winter Harbour.