Centrally located on beautiful Vancouver Island, the City of Port Alberni has a lot to offer the potential home buyer. For the outdoors enthusiast the many lakes and hiking trails throughout the Alberni valley offer endless recreational activity. 
In town, there are numerous venues such as a hockey arena, roller-skating and curling rink, aquatic center, library, museum plus many parks for outdoor sporting activities. The newer hospital and multiplex sports facility is an added bonus to this beautiful valley.
With reliable public transportation, (city bus routes) getting around to some of the many shops and plaza's or up to the Pacific Rim Shopping Centre is no problem with or without a car.
The city of Port Alberni has a population of approximately 20,000, adding in the three outlying districts of Beaver creek, Cherry creek and Sproat lake for a total of approximately 32,000. The primary industry is forestry related, with fishing, tourism and farming being prevalent in their respective seasons.

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