Errington

ERRINGTON, pop 2,122, a community 34 km northwest of NANAIMO on VANCOUVER ISLAND, got its start in the early 1890s when J.A. McCarter built a roadhouse on the route to PORT ALBERNI. A general store, restaurant and weekend crafts and produce market are located here. At the end of the Errington Road is Englishman River Falls Provincial PARK. AGRICULTURE, LOGGING and some TOURISM are the economic mainstays. Errington is named after a village in Northumberland, England, mentioned in Sir Walter...

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