Qualicum Beach

The name Qualicum means 'Where the Dog Salmon Run' in the Pentlach language. Spanish naval explorers in the early 1790's were off our shores naming Lasqueti and Texada Islands and, five miles south of Qualicum, named French Creek Punta de Leonards, a name that did not remain. Land development in the Qualicum area did not begin until the late 19th entury. The Hudson's Bay Company established Victoria in 1843 and Nanaimo in 1852.