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From day trips and road trips to long hauls and campgrounds, Scout likes to get out there and explore.

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Community News / The Islands

NYE Feasting Set for Galiano Island’s Bodega Ridge

Community News / The Islands

Blue Grouse Estate Winery Announces Delicious Holiday Season Weekends

The Islandist

The Islandist, Vol. 4

21 Places

A compendium of food and culture news from the Islandist, Scout's sister publication covering Vancouver Island.

The Islandist / The Islands

Chef Jesse McCleery on Forgetting All the Chaos and Cooking Wild

The chef and co-owner of the award-winning Pilgrimme reflects on meals of memory and what it's like to cook on Galiano Island.

The Islandist

The Islandist, Vol. 3

19 Places

A compendium of food and culture news from the Islandist, Scout's sister publication covering Vancouver Island.

The Islandist

The Islandist, Vol. 2

16 Places

A compendium of food and culture news from The Islandist, Scout's upcoming sister publication covering Vancouver Island.

Smoke Breaks / The Islands

Stunning Footage of Drone Pilot Surfing Waterfalls Up and Down BC Mountainside

The "video dropping out and the sheer exhilaration of the flight had my hands shaking and my heart pounding by the time I landed."

The Islandist

The Islandist, Vol. 1

20 Places

A compendium of food and culture news from The Islandist, Scout's upcoming sister publication covering Vancouver Island.

Opportunity Knocks / The Islands

Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort on Hunt for Chef de Partie

Opportunity Knocks / The Islands

Sooke’s Celebrated Slow Food Restaurant ‘Wild Mountain’ Seeks P/T or F/T Cook

Further Afield Trips

Tripping Further Afield With Jesse Keefer

9 Places

The Bodega Ridge's Jesse Keefer is at the helm of this week's day-long eating, drinking and exploring experience on Galiano Island.

Community News / The Islands

Blue Grouse Estate Winery Releases Summer Event Calendar

Community News / The Islands

Ampersand Distilling Co. Wins New Accolade, Readies ‘Imperative Dry Vermouth’ Release

Community News / The Islands

Blue Grouse Estate Winery Continues to Reinvent

2 Places
Community News / The Islands

Family-Owned ‘True Grain Bread’ Celebrates 15 Years and 1,000,000 Loaves

Drinker / The Islands

On Foraging for Beers and Keeping Cool with the Family Behind Mayne Island Brewing Co.

Big things are brewing with this family-run nano operation, including a collaboration dinner with Acorn Restaurant on April 10th.

Drinker

The World’s Best Contemporary Gin is Made in BC (and This Is Where You Should Drink Some)

6 Places

Sheringham Distillery's Seaside Gin just won a huge accolade in London, so we've mapped out where it's mixed into cocktails locally.

Opportunity Knocks / The Islands

Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort on Hunt for Chef de Partie

Lexicon / The Islands

The Maritime Route That Sounds Like It Could Also Be a Psych-Rock Band

"One of my life goals is to travel the Inside Passage from Victoria all the way north to Skagway and then back again..."

Lexicon / The Islands

The First Movie Ever Made in British Columbia Had an Entirely Indigenous Cast

"When I was little I was astonished by the canoe arrival clip looped from In the Land of the Head Hunters in the Royal BC Museum..."

Community News / The Islands

New Year’s Eve Bash & Bonfire Planned For Galiano Island’s Bodega Ridge

Field Trip

Exploring the Pacific Marine Circle Route

24 Places

We drove from Victoria to Sooke and Port Renfrew before cutting across to the Cowichan Valley, and this is what we saw.

View From Your Window / The Islands

Sunset View Through a Porthole in the Salish Sea

We love posting photographs that reveal the views through the windows of our readers. We hope you'll consider sharing yours!

Spaced / The Islands

We’d Carry This One Room Cabin From New York to the Cowichan Valley

Designed by NYC firm JacobsChang, this place cost just $20,000 (USD) to build with the job being done over a weekend by the owners.

Community News / The Islands

Blue Grouse Estate Winery Wins Accolades at Best of BC Wine Country Awards

Field Trip / The Islands

Galiano Island’s Bodega Ridge Opens Brand New Property, Bodega Cove

Usually around this time of year everything worthwhile has already been booked up, but we’ve got some good news...

Opportunity Knocks / The Islands

Several Positions Open at Sonora Resort

Community News / The Islands

Summer Event Series Kicks Off This Long Weekend With Musical Feast at Blue Grouse