<p><a href="https://lemmy.ca/c/oceanside_bc" rel="nofollow">Oceanside</a> is a name adopted for a group of communities on the eastern coast of <a href="https://lemmy.ca/c/vancouverisland" rel="nofollow">Vancouver Island</a> in <a href="https://lemmy.ca/c/britishcolumbia" rel="nofollow">British Columbia</a>, <a href="https://lemmy.ca/c/canada" rel="nofollow">Canada</a>. It is part of the Regional District of <a href="https://lemmy.ca/c/nanaimo" rel="nofollow">Nanaimo</a> and includes the City of Parksville and the Town of Qualicum Beach as well as the unincorporated communities of Nanoose Bay, Coombs, Errington, French Creek, Bowser, Deep Bay, Qualicum Bay and a few other smaller centres.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanside,_British_Columbia" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a><br />
Oceanside shares its western communities with the <a href="https://arrowsmithrecreation.ca/" rel="nofollow">Arrowsmith Recreation Area</a></p>