{"id":14006,"date":"2016-11-01T12:23:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T19:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nidesweb.sd71.bc.ca\/?page_id=14006"},"modified":"2024-07-18T12:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:12:42","slug":"about-the-comox-valley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/index.php\/about-the-comox-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Comox Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5souu1i-c7999a89ff8ce81349be9b2d687d8ba5\">\n#top .flex_column.av-5souu1i-c7999a89ff8ce81349be9b2d687d8ba5{\nmargin-top:-20px;\nmargin-bottom:-20px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-5souu1i-c7999a89ff8ce81349be9b2d687d8ba5{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-5souu1i-c7999a89ff8ce81349be9b2d687d8ba5{\nmargin-top:-20px;\nmargin-bottom:-20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5souu1i-c7999a89ff8ce81349be9b2d687d8ba5 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5g9fkxi-db13d93713344e6e75e5f415a8ed658f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5g9fkxi-db13d93713344e6e75e5f415a8ed658f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5g9fkxi-db13d93713344e6e75e5f415a8ed658f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5g9fkxi-db13d93713344e6e75e5f415a8ed658f av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-15541 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-15541 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BeautifulValleyView-1500x514.jpg\" alt='' title='BeautifulValleyView'  height=\"514\" width=\"1500\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BeautifulValleyView-1500x514.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BeautifulValleyView-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BeautifulValleyView-768x263.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BeautifulValleyView-1030x353.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BeautifulValleyView-705x242.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BeautifulValleyView-450x154.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/BeautifulValleyView.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4zbak6u-099bc6ae3a8a9923f0d0a88c49d3e44a\">\n.flex_column.av-4zbak6u-099bc6ae3a8a9923f0d0a88c49d3e44a{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4zbak6u-099bc6ae3a8a9923f0d0a88c49d3e44a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-4fxge1i-75c9f9628ef1f55c220bb755f6a8d942 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>About the Comox Valley<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Navigate is located in the Comox Valley within the traditional territory of the <a href=\"https:\/\/komoks.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K&#8217;\u00f3moks First Nation<\/a>. Named the &#8220;Land of Plenty&#8221;, the Comox Valley continues to provide an abundance of natural beauty. Few places can offer the views of alpine meadows, forest trails, and beautiful beaches in such a close proximity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our Tsolum campus is just minutes north of Courtenay, BC on Vancouver Island, and home to our award winning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navigatenides.com\/index.php\/fae\/\">Fine Arts eCademy<\/a> program. This campus serves as the hub for our other blended learning programs, administration, and online\u00a0learning throughout the province of BC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courtenay.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Courtenay <\/a>is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comox Valley School District 71<\/a>, which also serves the communities of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comox.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comox<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cumberland.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cumberland<\/a>. The SD71 catchment area includes Merville\/Black Creek, and Saratoga to the north of Courtenay, and as far south as Hornby Island. The Comox Valley\u00a0is home to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca\/en\/19-wing\/index.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19Wing Comox <\/a>and is well known for its vibrant fine arts community, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandmusicfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vancouver Island Musicfest<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filbergfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Filberg Festival<\/a>, and for the diversity of its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovercomoxvalley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recreational opportunities<\/a>. Among the many local attractions are winter skiing and summer biking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountwashington.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Washington<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courtenaymuseum.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">palaeontology<\/a> discoveries. The Comox Valley is also an impressive agricultural region with dairy farming and award winning wineries. 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