Parksville Real Estate
Parksville lies on Vancouver Island of British Columbia in Canada. It is also known as the Jewel of Vancouver Island. It shares its borders with the ocean and is also covered by mountains. Parksville’s population was 10, 993 in 2006. Highway 19 also known as Island Highway is set parallel to the Strait of Georgia. It is placed in the midst of the Englishman River and the French Creek.
The Spanish were the first to discover Parksville. It was explored in 1791. It was first recognized as a settlement in 1910. It was then known as the McBride Junction railroad stop. The first Europeans irrigated land on the sides of the Englishman River. Parksville was named after the first postmaster of the area, Nelson Parks. The big part of the city’s economy is run on tourism. It has two major beaches, Parksville Beach and Rathtrevor Beach. Fishing and forest agriculture are other important occupations of this oceanside town.
Parksville is also a popular getaway for most people trying to enjoy a vacation away from the city. Craig Heritage Park & Museum houses heritage buildings of Parksville. Some of these heritage building’s are the Duncan McMillan log house, the French Post Office and the Knox Heritage Church. The Parksville Community Park is based on Corfield Road. The park has tennis courts, picnic areas, skateboard park, an arena and a community hall. The Parksville beach hosts the annual sand castle building competition every year since 1982. The Top Bridge Mountain Bike Park is a popular biking trail developed and run by the Arrowsmith Mountain Bike Club. The Paradise Fun Park Mini-Golf has cascading waterfalls, water fountains, miniature golf courses, watermills, and village church. St. Anne’s Anglican Church is found on Vancouver Island. It was built in 1894 by farmers. The Brant Wildlife Festival is held to celebrate the annual migration of 20,000 Brant Geese from Mexico to Alaska. Many of these Brant geese also migrate around the beaches of Parksville and Qualicum. The Parksville Beach Festival is held each August. The main stay of the festival is the Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition. This competition attracts thousands of people to watch a delightful spectre of sand creations.
