Oceanside Region Museums

View several heritage buildings from Parksville's early days, or tour the museum displays focused on the early settlers. The museum is open daily from June 1st to early September. Guided tours can be arranged.

The Qualicum Beach Historical and Museum Society exhibits a a variety of artifacts, photographs and documents displaying Qualicum Beach's past.

The Museum of Power, located across from the Qualicum Beach Train Station contains artifacts and exhibits outlining the history of power. Hop on the Power Cycle and transfer body energy into electric energy and turn on the lights. A large selection of archaic farming and pioneer tools are also on hand. Open mid-June to early-October.

Visit the Vancouver Island Paleontology Museum to discover one of the most complete collections of Vancouver Island fossils around. Exhibits include fossils that lived during the Mesozoic times. Perhaps the museums most prized display, "Rambling Rosie" is a skeleton of a 60,000 year-old female walrus, discovered just 10 km north of Qualicum Beach. Rosie measures eight feet long and five feet wide and is arguable one of the best preserved Ice Age walruses around. The museum is open from ,id-July to early-October.