Valley storywalks 2026
what is a storywalk?
A StoryWalk is a movement and literacy boosting project that places an illustrated children’s book, taken apart and displayed page by page, along a walking route in your community. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Storywalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson.
The Learning Centre works with community partners to literally take a book apart and display it outside, one page at a time, in the correct order. Each set of pages is then laminated onto a chloroplast backing and placed on a metal stand so as to provide minimal disruption to nature. In this way, people are encouraged to continue walking to find the next page of every book. There is literacy, there is nature, there is movement.
All Storywalk titles are available for purchase through the Laughing Oyster Bookshop.
land acknowledgement
The Comox Valley Lifelong Learning Centre acknowledges that we are on the unceded traditional territory of the K'ὀmoks and Pentlatch First Nation. Our organization believes it is not enough just to acknowledge the keepers of this land. We work to encourage our community to become informed, educated and to actively resist colonialism and neo-colonialism in the many forms it takes, while also respecting and honouring the many forms that resistance adopts in response.
Cumberland
July 29 - Aug 7, 2026
No. 6 Mine Park
The park is located on Derwent Avenue behind the Cumberland Recreation Centre (CRI) and is accessible from the CRI parking lot on Dunsmuir Avenue and Sutton Road. Parking is also available on Derwent Avenue immediately adjacent to the park.
Features include: covered stage, shaded picnic and play area, children’s playground suitable for all ages, gardens and rustic pathways, picnic tables and field area.
Water and power source available with rental.
No washrooms on site.
courtenay
July 29 - Aug 7, 2026
McPhee Meadows
McPhee Meadows is a new riverside park in the City of Courtenay.
The park entrance is located near 3rd Street and Harmston Avenue.
This natural park preserves the property’s heritage. It was developed with environmental guidance from arborists and registered biologists.
Features include: connected sidewalk at 3rd Street and Harmston Avenue, resurfaced access path and new split-rail fence, new gravel loop path through the meadows, with culverts where the path crosses low points.
No washrooms on site.
Comox
July 29 - Aug 7, 2026
McKenzie Park
Discover the Storywalk to the left of the playground at the end of the main walkway in.
Address is 330 Quarry Rd.
This park has a playground with a natural surrounding including shady trees and a large green space. The park features benches and picnic tables, perfect for spending time with family.
Features include: an interactive and accessible pathway leading into the park, newer playground built in 2023 with safety surfacing, picnic tables and benches, forested play areas.
There are no washrooms on site.
