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A to do list:

First Nations Chapter

Chaosdna (talk) 22:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Surfing section

- this, with Long Beach, was one of the first surfing spots in BC, this is notable and should have a sectin; pictures of beach houses would be good, also.Skookum1 (talk) 15:59, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from article[edit]

I have moved the following section here until it can be given context and made into an encyclopedic form:

==Recreation==
Surfing[http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/capital_van_isl/story.html?id=a9837373-8bcb-41bc-8d0a-bc901f010393],[http://www.vancouverisland.com/Regions/towns/?townID=36], Hiking, Cayaking, Camping, Prospecting, Hunting, Mushroom Picking, Motorcycling, Cross Country Skiing, Fossil Collecting, Beachcombing.

_(1 == 2)^Until 22:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

jordan river vs. river jordan[edit]

all the maps and street signs say jordan river, why is it river jordan on wiki? Masterhatch (talk) 03:04, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

for example:

[1], [2], [3], [4]

the list goes on... I was there today and not once did i see "river jordan". Masterhatch (talk) 03:08, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hah, just found out why that is. A: The river is called 'Jordan River', the townsite is called 'River Jordan'. Read it in a book called 'Placenames of Coastal NW' or so. Chaosdna (talk) 02:07, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]