Lund, BC at a Glance
Lund stands now where a village site of the Sliammon, Klahoose and Homalco
peoples had stood previously for thousands of years. Although it was discovered
more than a century earlier, the first Europeans settled in 1889 - brothers
from Sweden named Fred and George Thulin who purchased the town's hotel and
charged guests a reasonable $1.50 for a bottle of the best scotch available.
It burned in 1918, but the Lund
Hotel, the brothers' second acquisition in 1905, still stands today. A resident
ghost, mischievous but friendly, is said to wander the rooms.
The protected Okeover
Arm Provincial Park provides access to the surrounding wilds, where inland
hiking trails move past Sliammon First Nations archaeological sites, and pitted
rock walls descend deep into the Sunshine
Coast for divers
to explore. Kayak,
sail,
or cruise
around Desolation
Sound, which is full of deserted coves and islands, or test personal mettle
on the Copeland
Islands, where campers
should expect very little in the way of amenities. A truly coastal experience,
Lund is the last stop on the world's longest roadway, Highway
101.
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WELCOME TO Lund, BC!
