Island Events and Adventures (scroll down)
Contact Us For availability and bookings
phone (250) 935-6719
email CLICK HERE
May
 Oyster Festival.
A sea-foodies paradise!!

All local seafood prepared by professional & local chefs and dished up in prodigous quantities by local sea food harvesters and community volunteers. Music, salmon barbecue, craft booths, evening dance. Usually held on second or third weekend in May. Cortes Island web site.

June
Garden, Studio and Gallery Tours.
We're a small island but we're famous for our creativity expressed in a myriad of ways. We have lots of incredible gardens from the hearts and hands of incredible island gardeners.... and fine art in tapestries, ceramics, stone sculptures, fabric designs, watercolors, acrylics and mutli-faceted, mixed media artworks. Garden Tours can be arranged. Studio Tour in August. Visit our outstanding all-island-made Craft Shop at Squirrel Cove. Open weekends May and mid-June, seven days a week late June, July, August, early September.
Cortes Island web site.
July
 Cortes Day.
This is our popular "BEACH PICNIC" with all the fixings! Lots of fun, food and people watching. Delicious community fundraisers from traditional hamburgers & hot dogs to Mexican specialties and sushi, from the best pies since pies were invented to ice cream and over-the-top cookies and cakes. Eat, and eat some more! Watch or participate in the Nail, Sail and Bail, a timed boat building competition with a minimum of materials and a lot of getting wet! Kids races and events too. Evening dance. Second or third weekend in July. More info Cortes Island web site.
July
 Arts Festival. It's ALL about MUSIC!! LOTS of music over two days, outdoors, noon to midnight. You'll hear some great tunes, wild musical improvisation, jazz, blues, ska, gospel, solos, bands, pick-up groups. The WORKS. Weekend after Cortes Day. Location: Gorge Harbour. More info Cortes Island web site.
August Sand Castle Day. Get sandy, get creative! Open to everyone! Fun for the whole family. Usually second Saturday in August. Cortes Island web site.
Year-Round
 Everyday is a wonderful day to explore the island, from a hot summer afternoon on the beach (lake or ocean) to a winter storm watch. There's walks, talks, dances, movies (winter), art shows (summer at the Old School House Gallery and other locations), quilting bees (really), literary evenings (infrequent but they do happen), trail hikes, boating (kayak, sail and power, your choice), art retreats & art classes, and much more. To see what's happening today and upcoming check out the Cortes Island web site.

Please click here for

Island Rest B & B Rates
Island Rest B & B Home Page
Island Rest B & B suite layout
Island Rest B & B Art Retreats
Cortes Island travel Information
Cortes Island Attractions
Cortes Island Events

Manzanita Muse Studio

Links to Other Cortes Island Accommodation & Recreation Services

Juniper Bluff B & B, Cozy cabin for two above Cortes Bay

Gorge Harbour Marina, Campground, Lodge
Waterfront Fun for the whole family, RV, Camping, Grocery

T'ai Li Lodge
Private resort and sheltered camping on spectacular waterfront

 Cortes Island Vacation Rentals
Waterfront, lakefront, beach front. A selection of premier weekly accommodation.

SOWELU BY THE SEA
A Romantic Getaway overlooking the ocean

K'was Lake House
Experience true island living overlooking K'was Lake in the heart of Cortes

Hollyhock Centre, Cortes Island Accommodation and powerful experiential learning in a magnificent setting on BC wilderness inner coast

Sunset Suite on Whaletown Bay
waterfront accommodation in historic Whaletown Store

Misty Isles Adventures
Cruise Desolation Sound and waters of Cortes Island on 43' ketch.

Discovery Launch
Campbell River / Cortes water taxi
& charters

Friends of Cortes Island Society (FOCI)
Environmental Resource Centre and umbrella group for envrionmental and social improvement initiatives such as food security, eco-mapping, marine base-line data collection.

Accommodation, Bed & Breakfast, B & B, holiday, vacations, island retreats, art retreats, art retreats in watercolor (watercolour), acrylic, landscape or natural materials, Desolation Sound, Discovery Islands, Island Rest B & B, Island Rest Bed & Breakfast, northern Gulf Islands.