Stories
Lively events, colorful people, a richly diverse natural environment – come, let us tell you the stories of Denman Island.
Access Prime Nature & Wildlife Photography on Denman Island
nature photography
A great locale for nature and wildlife photography, one quarter of Denman Island is protected green space, including four provincial parks, plus nature reserves, wetlands, and many public trails. Just a 15-minute ferry ride from Buckley Bay on Vancouver Island (under an hour from Courtenay or Nanaimo), you can…
The Firing: Denman Island’s gathering of potters at an outdoor wood-fired Anagama kiln
Anagama
In some ways, the Japanese have a natural affinity for the West Coast, not only because they thrived on the coast as fisherman and farmers. Our feelings for rocks, for moss, for crooked trees on outcrops, for the whole idea of nature as a meditative space owe a great…
Denman Island Summer Art Gallery Shows
Art
by Trish Suess, published in the Flagstone, August 2019 Glorious midsummer has arrived; visitors are abundant, festivals, travels, picnics, ocean and lake swims, wonderful garden bounty and refreshing life-giving rain have all blessed our island home. For the Summer Art Gallery committee, who has created another successful season of…
Earth Club Factory owners reflect Denman community values
Denman might be said to have two urban centres. First there is the village, with its cluster of shops, community halls, gallery, school, and services. Then up Denman Road, there is the Earth Club Factory Bistro and Guesthouse– this year celebrating 20 years in business. In the sense that…
Nightclubbing on Denman: The Earth Club Factory Bistro & Guesthouse
Even if it is by no means all of Denman, the Earth Club Factory Bistro & Guesthouse has a loyal and steady audience. Sipping wine or beer or juices, with no sports bar TV, and a funky, relaxing décor, they do something not so common nowadays in the age…