VANCOUVER ISLAND VAN LIFE - WORLD'S SALMON CAPITAL - CAMPBELL RIVER

We head north and explore the area around the town of Campbell River - The Salmon Capital of the world.
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😀 A BIT ABOUT US:
We’re Marianne & Chris, a happily married couple from the UK. Marianne is a living kidney donor to her best friend, and realising that life was for living and never really knowing what’s round the corner - we decided to fulfil our dream of travelling full time.
So in March 2018 after the kids had left home, we sold our belongings, rented our house and moved into our campervan called Trudy. We set off to see the world and after vanlifing around Ireland and Europe, we grabbed our backpacks and spent 5 months exploring Central America.
Feeling like we needed a challenge, we planned the ultimate van life adventure! In Jan 2020 set off to drive around the World from UK to UK. But after arriving in Turkey, covid caught up with us and closed the borders, so we had a wonderful 18 months exploring this special country. Realising we were not going to be able to head further East, we decided to do a handbrake turn and go the other way and shipped our van to the USA.
We hope you enjoy coming with us, and we’ll continue to share our real adventures and hope you feel inspire to step out of your comfort zone and try something new.

[@normanrussell5526]

The people who live on Vancouver island seem to have a wonderful life.

[@CrooksHideaway]

It was fantastic spending time with you two and you are always welcome at our home!

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thank you friends ❤️🥰💐🙌

[@mclovin5942]

Lived in campbell river my entire life, van island has some amazing sites to see and a surreal atmosphere

[@sallybiddick]

What a perfect selection of things..park-up's, boat trips, food and friendship!! Beautiful video xx

[@jistjadfitzpatrick9305]

Vancouver Island is one of my favourite places I've visited. I went a while back and headed over to Quadra Island from Campbell River to go kayaking with Orcas. Amazingly friendly and helpful people. Will never forget that experience. We are currently converting our own van, as a Scot, I never anticipated I'd ever get to go again, but this video has made me realise that this is a possibility!

[@idabustamante7081]

what a great adventures w/great friends . . salmon bakery 😋 elk falls epic scenery indeed . . have a wonderful day ❤️🙋‍♀️🥰🌺🌼

[@andrewmacdonald1103]

Superb. What a great video.

[@kazzicup]

The bears like the salmon. 🤎🐻🐻🐻🐻🐟🐟🐟

[@NaickKim]

Oh my god, guys! Loved this video almost as much as we loved this day :) had so many laughs watching and reliving the memories, haha. By the way, Chris, your b roll in the forest was STUNNING 😮👀 great job with this one!

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thank you 🥰💐

[@adrianadrian255]

People on the island are pretty well behaved as far as keeping garbage secured, when the bears are common in town is usually at the end of summer when fruit is ripening - the bears had all my plums this year - but they will go from yard to yard racing apple trees etc. In some municipalities there are bylaws that state you must pick your fruit rather than leave it on the tree. I've heard of a few towns that will send a crew to pick your fruit if you fail to - you are then billed for the service.

[@ziggy_bandicoot]

You convinced me. I want to move there.

[@aliciathom3463]

it is an extraordinary sight, watching salmon spawning, where the entire river is alive with fish! What wonderful weather to enjoy Vancouver Island! ❤️

[@TREADtheglobe]

So interesting ... 🥰

[@sherriemitchell3892]

So glad you got to see some of the good bits of Canada hope you're staying longer in Canada.

[@debbiebaker6692]

Absolutely the most beautiful scenery. Wish I were there. The best scenery yet. Thank you

[@roblundy4203]

Did that ride recently on my motorcycle.Daughter lives in Campbell River.Island is amazing.Just did the Juan de fuca loop yesterday.port renfrew,lake cowichan,sooke.Beautiful ride but a little bumpy in sections.If you are still around I highly recommend it.Lots of places to park up.

[@pelinbulent4892]

Ok forget the fish I WANT a cruffffffin!!! Wow man. But Vancouver island is beautiful and of course, those wonderful houses are worth not less than £1m- you pay for the view - stunning

[@Aaron-P]

British Columbia has such amazing wildlife and nature spots! Loved the shot of Marianne snuggled up under the covers with her coffee waiting for her on the spare tire. She looked very content! ❤️❤️😎👍xx

[@TREADtheglobe]

Ha Ha - I love my bed 😂🙌 🚐🌺

[@redkarryn]

What an absolutely perfect couple of days after the Dempster Highway stress and drama. Thank you for showing me Vancouver island!

[@TREADtheglobe]

You are welcome - we have loved our time here .... 🌺

[@jamesabbott9301]

Good fishermen know how to spin the story!

[@carmenfigueroa8490]

Epic video my friends glad you guys got the parts for Trudy hopefully everything will go well 🙏🏾♥️🦋

[@beachut]

Another stunning video, great views and nice size Salmon

[@nickergun4943]

What an fun that was you folks. I was enjoying the moments with you. Great video ambassadors.Wow lots of salmons, can't believe that! Love you guys! Great friends! " Hello to the friends as well!💕💕🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks Nick

[@barbarawhitecotton9548]

What wonderful friends!❤️❤️❤️

[@TREADtheglobe]

Absolutely !! Woo hoo

[@TheRenster500]

Not sure who you are but i guess because I'm from Campbell River and live in Victoria the algorithm suggested this! I wasn't planning on watching the entire video but you all are so genuine and heartwarming i couldn't skip forward! Glad you are enjoying the island and all of it's beauty! I've actually never heard of Freyja and look forward to trying it soon! (P.S. your worry about bears is understandable but quite unnecessary 🤣) I've never owned bear spay and see them all the time. Only black bears on the island and they are pretty harmless.

[@cvplay69]

My home is just 45 minutes down the road from here. Comox Valley!

[@Hutch3021]

Definitely beats waking up in Walmart car park 👌🫶 Well done guys those fish were belters 👏👏👏👏 Nothing better than a good soak in a hot tub after a long day 😌🍻🥂

[@TREADtheglobe]

Yep - it was a fab meet up and we hope Linda and Clint will join us for a tribe meet up at the end of this challenge 🤞💐

[@onwardbound]

What an epic adventure! Beautiful scenery, great friends, delicious food - what more could you ever ask for! And Happy belated birthday Chris!

[@sammayet9002]

Epic, awesome and splendid ❤😊

[@beachywaves9636]

Hi Chris! Hi Marianne! It's been so long but now I'm back. It's me Kayra!! I have been focusing on school and sports but I have missed your guys' content. I know you are not in Turkey anymore but it's been a jun journey. I am now 11 and can start watching you guys again. Missed you guys! Safe journeys!

[@TREADtheglobe]

School and sports are great 🙌💐 we are back in Türkiye in March 😀

[@anothercheryladventure9387]

Happy Birthday Chris and it’s actually my Brother’s birthday the day you posted this so Happy Birthday Johnny born 1962! Please come to Southern New Jersey in US. We call it South Jersey around here. We are just over the bridge from Philadelphia, PA. Not sure if you were there yet? Well I will show you around. Love U both Please take me up on it❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TREADtheglobe]

Happy Birthday Johnny !! Woo Hoo 👍

[@ibrahimuzun5040]

Selamlar anavatanınızdan, kendinize iyi bakın.

[@trees9987]

So heart warming .. gorgeous nature with lovely friends!💛

[@christinamann3640]

Ah, I remember the smell of the Pacific coast. I’ve been to the Isle of Wight and I don’t recall it having nearly as much briny tang.

[@lynhampton8072]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY CHRIS I HOPE IT WAS A GOOD ONE THE HOT TUB LOOKED VERY INVITEING ALL THE BEST XXX LOVE WATCHING YOUR TRAVELS AND THE ANTICS YOU TWO GET UP TO

[@lookaroundwithme]

Beautiful, exactly what place to wake up to👍👏

[@temmv3783]

Wonderful ending!!!

[@peri3818]

Salmon being my favorite protein, I really enjoyed this episode. I would of loved tasting that salmon he made. The best salmon I ever had was made like that in Alaska.

[@TREADtheglobe]

So good!

[@yakupuysal3808]

it was a nice tour again, the fish was very good, it was fun for you, greetings from Istanbul

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thank you very much!

[@keithfenwick5502]

Love watching your show especially when your enjoying days out with your friends 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍀👍🙏

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thanks 👍

[@marialentz1137]

Loved it!

[@mesutozsen903]

eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler....👍👍👍👍

[@MarioMadness1]

Looks like you guys have been enjoying Canada ! Vancouver islands are pretty nice during the colder seasons since so close to the emerald triangle (aka California)

[@lindacox8156]

Good morning - Marianne you looked sooooo cozy in your van bed! Not sure if I mentioned this to you both but I know the Campbell River. Our fish market in St. Charles, Illinois has the salmon from that river flown in so we can buy it and enjoy!

[@TREADtheglobe]

Oh wow!

[@jasondecksheimer4977]

What a great video! And thanks for making me look good on the net 😀

[@huacamaya119]

Aawww!!! That was a lot of fun!!!! Glad you guys had a wonderful time ❤

[@TREADtheglobe]

Thank you ... we did !! Making new friends is always a fabulous day 🥰

[@huacamaya119]

@@TREADtheglobe Absolutely!!👍💛💛

[@marierisdon8894]

I've been watching your vlogs out of order. East coast of USA, Baja, Mexico, but this was the best one so far. But I'm perhaps biased as I'm Canadian. I think I might want to visit Campbell River someday!! Clint and Linda, could you be a tour guide for a fellow Canadian from Ontario?

[@lindataylor6093]

Amazing

[@davidwong9230]

Fishing…I could get hooked on this 🎣

[@christinamann3640]

😆

[@conniemccormack2963]

Love your video’s, I look forward to the days when I get to travel to Canada. If you want a cuffin in the UK go 108 the bakery Romsey, Hampshire also excellent sourdough,I do.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Woo hoo 💐🙏

[@rheabalduc8896]

What a beautiful post,in every aspect! Chris I am stealing your name for the moss " Fairy Moss" I love it, I live in Vancouver WA and see the moss often in our trips into nature. Is it not really your birthday,or are you in denial I was convinced you where a Libra like me. Cannot wait for the next stop, it has become a Sunday morning ritual to grab my coffee and watch Tread the Globe 🌍 🌎

[@TREADtheglobe]

Please do! .... Chris is in Mid August ... but these guys had so much fun we had to add it to the video 😂🌺🙌

[@OG-uw5tu]

Geez it looked like a swingers party towards the end there..🤣🤣

[@christinamann3640]

Bear safety tip: you only need to run faster than the slowest member of your group 😂

[@TREADtheglobe]

LOL

[@scamphound1892]

Great video! But please don’t put the bear spray in your pack. Wear it on your belt. There’s a good chance you won’t have time to get it out.

[@adrianadrian255]

As you'll have seen, the salmon is incorporated into a lot of native art it is hugely important as the food that Creator gave them. When you are in the lush river valleys, you are in an eco-system that is totally dependent on the fish. Especially when things get cooler, eagles and bears concentrate on the high protein, high fat parts of the fish. The eagles especially will catch a fish, fly back into the trees with it and then only eat the eyes, brains and the belly fat, the rest of the fish is discarded. While some scavengers will move in and eat some, plenty just decays on the forest floor making it incredibly fertile. That enables trees and plants to grow quickly and their roots bind the soil, allowing the river banks to remain solid even during the spring run off. The Cowichan river is an important salmon river, the trails that run alongside it were originally trails used by indigenous fishermen who would set up fishing camps along the river and smoke and dry salmon for the winter food supply. It's known that from the Cowichan River - and no doubt others - that when the fish were being processed, the waste was not discarded, it was put on rafts and floated down the river to be used as fertilizer on crops. If you go into any decent garden centre on the island or lower mainland, amongst the other bins you will see "sea soil" for sale. A combination of shredded fir bark - readily available from the logging industry, and fish "morts" from the various fish processing plants. It's always the highest priced and the highest prized soil amendment and is in a league of its own as a fertilizer. It is so potent, that as a professional gardener, I'm somewhat wary of putting it onto some customers beds, since it can make them almost impossible to keep up with, nice relatively calm and established flower beds can grow almost uncontrollably once they've had some sea soil added.

[@rainygirl65]

I live across from the boat launch 🚀

[@g__o__l__d__6673]

cant beat fish n chips

[@beterbocekUK]

🥰

[@dianeaishamonday9125]

What nice friends you have, to do your outro for you lol

[@TREADtheglobe]

Ha ha !! Yes they are !!

[@davidterry6155]

I noticed that you have the windows open, no mosquitoes

[@TREADtheglobe]

Hi David - we have not seen any mosquitoes on the island ... it might be all that coastal breeze !!

[@adrianadrian255]

Vancouver Island is mountainous or at least hilly. Summers are dry and the rivers fed with snow melt or from lakes. With moving water and ocean, mosquitoes have few places to breed. The larvae need still, standing water to live in

[@terryomalley1974]

No need to rush. Even in winter, it never gets very cold on Vancouver Island. As the locals have probably told you, it rarely even snows and when it does, it doesn't stay because it's too mild. I don't know if it's true, but Wikipedia describes Campbell River as the "Salmon capital of the world." Sure looks like a beautiful area. Must be nice, after all the remote northern driving up to Alaska, Yukon and NWT, to take it easy in such a scenic region. Your hosts seemed very nice and welcoming as well.

[@terryomalley1974]

@@passingthroughtime3033 Tell that the folks at Wikipedia and Campbell River, because they say otherwise, lol.

[@adrianadrian255]

It's funny how towns do that - Cowichan describes itself as the fly fishing capital I think? Again referring to salmon. Personally I think the best salmon run is in Squamish. I lived there for some years when it was still a tiny town with the population of less than 800 - I think its 17,000 now! As far as the salmon run is concerned, it brings thousands of people to go and view the eagles. - over two thousand bald eagles can over winter in the valley, the trees are full of them. Fortunately most people just go to the area that caters for people coming to see the eagles, further downstream (where I lived) the whole area is just heaving with wildlife through fall to spring. Orca hang out at the river mouth to feed on the salmon, seals come up the river, often a mile to follow the fish and the woods are filled with bear, coyotes, cougars that come to fish or dine on the remains discarded by the eagles. Its a big run - I'm not sure where it sits in league of most fish, but it's certainly the one I've seen that is most like a snapshot of the whole life cycle created by the salmon. - then again, the town has grown horribly, its possible that some of the wildlife has retreated.

[@the_mum]

Passing through Time seems to be involved in a one-man pissing contest. Relax dude! You have probably never even been to Vancouver Island.

[@terryomalley1974]

@@passingthroughtime3033 What's your problem. I can say what i want. It was just a comment because Chris had said they wanted to go south before winter and I said no need to rush because winters in the Lower Main land of BC are very mild with little snow. Btw, they haven't been in Vancouver, they've been on Vancouver Island. Two different places. One's a big city and the other is an island filled with wilderness and small towns. Those other places may be nicer in your opinion, but that's just your opinion. And I don't care about your opinion.

[@terryomalley1974]

@@passingthroughtime3033 I didn't say warm, I said mild. By Canadian standards, which is the country they're in, 42 F is mild. They won't be going anywhere near Miami on their way to Argentina, but they'll probably go through California.

[@ayhankocabiyik]

👍👋🏻

[@erhankaya4445]

Merhaba.

[@TREADtheglobe]

Merhaba

[@johnboy4067]

It looks so clean there , when will you be going to Mexico 🇲🇽? I'm planning on building my van this winter and next year escape from london , stay safe guys much ❤

[@TREADtheglobe]

Very soon! Good luck with the build and maybe see you on the road 🙌🚐

[@OG-uw5tu]

Make sure your van isn't a Fiat

[@stuartmacdonald4649]

Who was the salmon chef?

[@TREADtheglobe]

There is only one chef .... CLINT !! WOO HOO

[@charlesweaver8302]

Nah....Walmart car park every time for me

[@thetruthhurtsyou147]

Why are you spending so much time in Vancouver when there are so many nicer places to see. There is so much to see and you're still in Vancouver. Did you even go to the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone or Yosemite?

[@debee8795]

I think they did but they had to hurry to get the artic in before they closed the roads.

[@CLFL14256]

family and awaiting RV repair, truth, you didn't watch the videos, it hurts, doesn't it?

[@TREADtheglobe]

Hi - yep we will be moving on soon - you must be just joining us .. we are getting Trudy fixed and visiting my aunt who we have not seen for a few years ... we will be heading south and sharing the places that we visit in the US before we head South - Kind regards Marianne 👍

[@thetruthhurtsyou147]

@@TREADtheglobe Okay Thanks for the response.

[@thetruthhurtsyou147]

@@CLFL14256 You make zero sense.

[@thetruthhurtsyou147]

If you want to see beautiful beaches you need to go to Florida, white sands, warm turquoise waters, also the Carolinas, California, Hawaii all beautiful tropical beaches. Canada doesn't have nice beaches. Lol

[@TheeDanIslander]

lol i past you on the highway 2 days ago on way to courtney and now ur being recommended to me ....