Explore Ladysmith, Cedar, Saltair & Chemainus Guide

07/21/2025

07/20/2025

As seen in the Explore Guide: Islands Folk Festival Learn more about the Explore Guide here: https://take5.ca/explore-guide/

07/18/2025

As seen in the Explore Guide: Sealegs Kayaking & Marine Adventures Learn more about the Explore Guide here: https://take5.ca/explore-guide/

07/16/2025

As seen in the Explore Guide: Chemainus Business Improvement Association Learn more about the Explore Guide here: https://take5.ca/explore-guide/

07/16/2025

Looking for ways to fill up the second half of summer? TAKE 5 Print & Digital Media has you covered with their 2025 Explore Ladysmith, Cedar, Saltair & Chemainus Guide!

You can pick up a copy at the Ladysmith Visitor Centre (33 Roberts Street) as all Vancouver Island Info Centres, Nanaimo Airport, local marinas, local businesses, as well as online.

Read the 2025 Explore Guide online!

https://issuu.com/.../2025_explore_guide_for_ladysmith...

07/15/2025

An evening with bats!

Join us for a great family-friendly evening dedicated to our native nocturnal neighbour, the Little Brown Bat! From pest control to pollination find out what these little critters can do for their environment and what YOU can do to make sure their populations are protected for years to come!

Take a guided tour through our old-growth forest with Wildwood Naturalist Alex Smith. Learn about the plight of these amazing flying mammals and how to spot and observe them in their naturally occurring forest habitat. The walk is around 1km long on an uneven forest trail and is not suitable for strollers or walkers.

Then head down to our homestead and finish the evening as dusk rolls in and bats fly out from their bat boxes by participating in a bat count. The data collected will be shared with Community Bats of BC as part of their Annual Bat Count.

WHAT TO EXPECT?

Arrival - 7:30pm

Wildwood Bat Tour 7:45pm- 9:00pm

Bat Count 9:00pm - 10:00pm

If you are coming with small children and can’t commit to stay up to 10pm, there will be an option to leave earlier.

WHAT TO BRING?

Bug spray and a Head torch

Do you have accessibility needs? Please contact us at [email protected] to see how we can facilitate your visit, be it by riding our TrailRider down the forest path or by joining the group at the homestead where you can be seated.

WHERE? - Ecoforestry Institute Society
2929 Crane RoadLadysmith, BC, V9G 1C8

TICKETS -

www.ecoforestry.ca/ticketed-events/ewb2025

07/15/2025

Proud to say that we are 100% local. Grown on the Island. No parent company based in the United States. Right here on beautiful Vancouver Island.

07/15/2025

Have you been to boulder point also known as Big Rock beach in Saltair? The best time to visit is during low tide when you can walk the shore and admire the ancient rock a token of the glacier age. By the way - our cover this year is shot there, with the lovely and talented Align with Jessica showing us some moves. Photo by Bob Burgess.
Check out the online edition for more places to visit this summer.

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07/14/2025

As seen in the Explore Guide: The Fox and Hounds Learn more about the Explore Guide here: https://take5.ca/explore-guide/

07/12/2025

As seen in the Explore Guide: Cedar Farmers Market Learn more about the Explore Guide here: https://take5.ca/explore-guide/

07/11/2025

As seen in the Explore Guide: Post Office Antique Mall Learn more about the Explore Guide here: https://take5.ca/explore-guide/