Alert Bay

Gilakas’la  Welcome Culture Shock in Alert Bay, B.C. is a unique experience designed to offer friendly access to the indigenous NAMGIS arts and culture. At this waterfront location, you can shop for one of a kind, locally made art, jewellery and clothing, watch award winning films about our culture while enjoying the best coffee in the island or take in Read more...

“Loved Loved Loved This Place!” A scenic ferry ride from Port McNeill delivers you to the edge of tiny Cormorant Island, where you’ll find the Seine Boat Inn perched above the shoreline of the small and vibrant community of Alert Bay. Built in the 1940’s, during Alert Bay’s heyday as the main supply centre for the South Central Coast, the Read more...

Free cultural activities Tues.-Sat. in July/Aug. U’mista tells an epic story of resistance and resilience and is considered a “must-see” when visiting the region.  The Centre houses a world-famous collection of repatriated Kwakwaka‘wakw ceremonial regalia and includes galleries and a gift shop with hand-made jewelry and carvings by Kwakwaka’wakw artists. Learn about U’mista and the potlatch: https://umistapotlatch.ca   Read more...