VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND - British Columbia: Including the Alaska Highway - page 276

Campbell Way leads down off the highway to the waterfront, and along this road you'll
find services such as grocery stores and gas stations. Opposite Cedar Street, Black Bear
Resort Hotel (1812 Campbell Way., 250/956-4900 or 866/956-4900, www.port-mcneill-
accommodation.com , $89-119 s or d) has 40 modern motel rooms, a barbeque area, indoor
pool, a fitness room, and a laundry. Rates include breakfast and Internet access.
Port McNeill is home to the world's largest burl.
MALCOLM ISLAND
This largish island, immediately offshore from Port McNeill, is home to around 600 people,
most of whom live in the village of Sointula. The first European settlers, of Finnish des-
cent, had been toiling in the coal mines of Nanaimo. Meaning “harmony” in Finnish, Soin-
tula evolved as a utopian community in which everyone shared everything and everyone
was equal. In town, wander along the residential streets and admire the trim homes and
well-tended gardens, then visit Sointula Museum (280 1st St., 11am-3pm daily in summer,
donation), in a renovated school building three blocks north of the ferry dock. Then walk
the three-kilometer (1.9-mile) Mateoja Heritage Trail from the north end of 3rd Street to a