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Easter Saturday in Chemainus

  • (Kids)Dress up Your Pet Photo contest See Newsleader >> Deliver to Chemainus Foods FREE 8:00pm April 22nd

  • Kids Eat Free Easter Saturday Breakfast Buffet Best Western Plus Adults: $6.00 9:00am

  • Backstage TheatreTour **A must See!**>> Call: 250-246-9820 to register Chemainus Theatre

  • Acting & Improv Workshop >> Register in Advance: 250-246-9800 ext 7020 Ch. Theatre Rehearsal Hall FREE 10:00am

  • MUSIC IN THE PARK "By George". Water Wheel Park FREE 10-11 & from 2 PM

  • Unveiling of the Skidegate Eagle "Ceremonies" "HIGHLIGHT EVENT">>
    (Longhouse Sculpture & Carving) Water Wheel Park FREE 11:00am to Noon

  • (KIDS) Baby Chickens & Bunny on Display Friday through Sunday Willow Street FREE 10:00 - 3:00pm

  • (KIDS) Hansel & Gretels Extravanganza-The Witch is in! Go visit/discover Willow Street % 10:00am- 4:00pm

  • Get your Chemainus Dollars (CH$) Display, for sale, spend, collect Water Wheel Park Any $ 10:00 - 3:00pm

  • (KIDS) "BUNNY" FACE PAINTING (Flowering Tree Spa) Visit Old Town 2863 OakSt OldTown FREE 10 to 2 PM

  • (KIDS) Easter Arts & Crafts - lots of fun stuff for kids to do - bunny display Water Wheel Park FREE 11:00 -2:00pm

  • (KIDS) Isabel Askew (Historic Spirit of Chemainus) FREE Easter Eggs! Willow Street &area FREE 11:00 -2:00pm

  • MUSIC IN THE PARK "BC Celtic/Roots Trio". Water Wheel Park FREE 12 - 2 PM

  • (KIDS+) Dress up, become a Mural Artist! Pictures taken by Cim Water Wheel Park $ 5.00 or $ 0 12:00 - 2:00pm

  • "High Tea" featuring a musical Parade of Hats Senior Centre $5.00 2:00 PM

  • Chemainus Theatre with buffet: Steel Magnolias 2 shows afternoon & PM 250 246 9800

  • Gallery at the Chemainus Theatre 25 - 50 % Discounts when you shop Chemainus $

  • Museum - Discover our Heritage Water Wheel Park FREE ALL DAY

  • (KIDS) VIDEOS on big screen while you shop Best Western Plus FREE 2:00 - 5:00pm

  • ww.DancingBean.ca Musical evening - Paul Black Blues Band Willow Street $12.00 8:00 PM

  • Saturday Movie Night (The Gospel of John made in 2003) Calvary Church 250-246-9121

  • Saturday Dance with "Happy Hans" Incl Food and Bar Senior Center $7.00 7-10.30 PM

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Free Family Swim Sunday April 24 at the Best Western Plus Chemainus 9573 Ch Rd

ST Michael Church Sunday Holy Communion 2858 Mill St 10:00am

Calvary Baptist Church - Sunday Sunrise Service 3318 River Road 10:00am

(Kids+) Hot Dog lunch smack down Waterwheel Park $ 2 to 5 Noon

(KIDS) Easter Egg Hunt - Chemainus Valley Historical Society Waterwheel Park FREE 11:30am

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Additional things to do and see for family fun.
   
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Another introduction to Chemainus.

Settled in the 1850s by European farmers, Chemainus quickly became a major timber-milling and -shipment point, due to the town's Horseshoe Bay, the oldest deepwater port on the Canadian west coast.

Prosperity saw the building of handsome homes and a solid commercial district. By the mid-20th century, the sawmills here were among the largest in the world, fed by the seemingly unending supply of wood from Vancouver Island's vast old-growth forests.

When the mills started to talk about clsoing in 1980 - 83, the town was about to slid into decline. Economic prospects for Chemainus seemed dim around 1980 - 84 until Karl Schutz had the bright idea of hiring an artist to paint a mural depicting the town's history. Tourists took notice, and soon mural painting became the raison d'être of this town of only slightly more than 3,500 residents.

Chemainus, is now Canada's largest permanent outdoor art gallery. Much of downtown is covered with murals, most dealing with area history and now "Emily Carr" (read our story on Emily).

Stop by the Chemainus Visitor Info Centre, for a walking-tour map of the murals, or go to www.muraltown.com for an online map. Across the street from the visitor center in Heritage Park you can join a horse-drawn wagon tour of the murals or simply follow the yellow shoe-prints painted on the sidewalks.
Much of the town is quiet and pedestrian-oriented, making it a pleasant place for a stroll and a good spot for lunch, and stay overnight and take in a live professional theatre show or play a round of golf. Make Chemainus your central Vancouver island destination for Island exploring.

Old Town Chemainus, along Willow and Maple streets, is filled with Victorian cottages converted into shops and cafes.

The Chemainus Theatre is a late-19th-century opera style house that now serves as a popular dinner theatre.