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.
Comox
Aug 18 - 27, 2026
Marina Park
Located right in the heart of Comox, this park offers a seasonal Comox Rotary Splash Park, children's playground areas, a boat launch, washroom and changeroom facilities, and a covered picnic area. There are several operators that offer rentals to get out on the water, including stand-up paddleboards, kayaks and boats, as well as those that offer marine wildlife viewing excursions, fishing and sailing charters.
Storywalk is located by the children’s playground at the far end of the park.
Comox Rotary Splash Park Hours: 10 am - 8 pm (Typical opening dates, weather permitting, May long weekend to September long weekend)
courtenay
Aug 18 - 27, 2026
Puntledge Park
401 Willemar Ave. along 1st Street
Discover the StoryWalk as soon as you cross the bridge on the left side of the main park, starting under the willow tree and along the small tributary stream.
Activities:
Picnic and playground with garbage cans, easy forest walking trails, swimming (no lifeguard), salmon spawning river, dogs on leash
There is free parking along 1st Street on the river side.
There is a bus stop by the park on 1st Street.
Public washrooms- July and August only
There are no paved trails in the park. The path to the bridge is steep and rough. The greenway is stroller and scooter friendly with limited wheelchair access.
Cumberland
Aug 18 - 27, 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.
