Westholme is a community located in the

Chemainus River The Chemainus River is located on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Its source is on the east flank of El Capitan Mountain in the Vancouver Island Ranges, and it flows eastwards to the Strait of Georgia near the North Cowichan c ...

Valley alongside the

Island Highway The Island Highway is a series of highways that follows much of the eastern coastline of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. While the Island Highway has no officially designated starting point, it is understood to begin at the BC Ferri ...

, between

Chemainus Chemainus is a community within the municipality of North Cowichan in the Chemainus River, Chemainus Valley on the east coast of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Founded as an unincorporated logging town in 1858, Chemainu ...

and

Duncan Duncan may refer to: People * Duncan (given name), various people * Duncan (surname), various people * Clan Duncan * Justice Duncan (disambiguation) Places * Duncan Creek (disambiguation) * Duncan River (disambiguation) * Duncan Lake (di ...

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. It is part of the Chemainus Land District in the District Municipality of

North Cowichan North Cowichan (Canada 2021 Census population 31,990) is a district municipality established in 1873 on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. The municipality is part of the Cowichan Valley Regional District. North Cowichan is noted fo ...

.BC Names entry "Westholme (community)"
/ref> Westholme is one of the original settlements on Vancouver Island. Once a thriving mining and farming community, it is now filled with hobby farms and upscale private estates on large acreages, many of which are owned to this day by the descendants of original settlers to this area. Westholme is divided by the Island Highway. It is bordered by the Somenos Land District to the south,

Mount Sicker Mount Sicker is in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The twin summits of Big Sicker Mountain, at , and Little Sicker Mountain, at , are near Crofton, Chemainus and Duncan. The name honours John J. Sicker, a homesteader in the area. M ...

to the west, the Chemainus River to the north, the

Halalt First Nation The Halalt First Nation (Halkomelem Language: xeláltxw) is a First Nations tribe located on a reservation on the Chemainus River in southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The Halalt were originally from the village ''xeláltxw'' ...

Reserve to the northeast, and Crofton to the east. It is a peaceful private community nestled in the shadow of

which is on the western edge of this community. The ending to the movie ''

Five Easy Pieces ''Five Easy Pieces'' is a 1970 American road drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Rafelson and Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce), and starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite. The film tell ...

'' starring Jack Nicholson was filmed in Westholme. The area is served by the coast-spanning

and the

Island Rail Corridor The Island Corridor, previously the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (E&N Railway), is a railway operation on Vancouver Island. It is owned by the Island Corridor Foundation, a registered charity. The railway line is in length from Victoria, Brit ...

External links

Cowichan Valley page, Vancouver Island.com

References

Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Populated places on the British Columbia Coast Cowichan Valley {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub