Culture Shock Interactive Gallery

Vancouver Island


This diminutive gallery shop sells contemporary First Nations crafts, T-shirts and jewelry, all made in and around BC. There's a coffee shack alongside if you need to fuel up. To get here, turn left and follow the boardwalk from the ferry dock.


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