What We Love: Long Beach in the Old Days

Long Beach wasn't always a tourist destination

VanIsle.News Staff

An aerial photograph of Long Beach from 1963.
Nathan Cetinksi

Nathan Cetinski posted this gem on the I Love Vancouver Island Facebook group. It’s an aerial shot of Long Beach from 1963.

Before the hippies and the tourists, the beach was a quiet solitude on the edge of the world.

Do you remember the days when anyone could camp on the beach?