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Local GemGibsons Public Market
FreeA community market in lower Gibsons with local food merchants, a bistro and a collect-and-release tidepool aquarium.
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Bowen Island
Bowen Island is a sightseeing stop in Bowen Island, BC, part of the Vancouver guide. Cost: free.
432 Cardena Road · Bowen Island, BC
Why you should go…
Tourism Bowen Island is the official tourism marketing organization for Bowen Island, reached by a twenty-minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. The site promotes the island's hiking, sea kayaking, cycling and fishing charters alongside galleries, a museum, restaurants, craft cider and spirits, spas and boutique shopping. It operates a visitor information centre on the island.
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