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Dove Creek Hall
3400 Burns Rd.
Courtenay, BC
V9J 1S2
The Dove Creek Community Association brings rural neighbours together, celebrates the people and farms around us, and cares for Dove Creek Hall as a welcoming community home.
Purpose
Purpose
To provide a welcoming place for neighbours to gather, pass along practical knowledge, support families and local stewardship, stay informed, and bring community priorities forward constructively.
Belonging
Belonging
Accessible gatherings where rural neighbours can meet and participate.
Shared Knowledge
Shared Knowledge
Community members teaching community members.
History: from Swedish Hall to Dove Creek Hall
History: from Swedish Hall to Dove Creek Hall
A first account assembled from local histories and Association records. Longtime residents can help us add names, photographs and memories.
1943
1943
Local logger-farmers—many of Swedish and Finnish ancestry—build the wooden hall known as Swedes Hall. Local history records that R. J. Filberg donated the lumber.
1968
1968
The original owners donate the Hall to the Dove Creek Women’s Institute, beginning the chapter remembered in the name W.I. Hall.
1975
1975
The Dove Creek Community Association carries the building forward as a place for meetings, music, celebrations, and workshops.
Today
Today
The Dove Creek Hall remains a working rural gathering place at 3400 Burns Road.
Help complete the story
Do you know who built the Hall, who belonged to the Women’s Institute, or have photographs of early events?
We would love to record those memories!
A monthly reason to come together
A monthly reason to come together
Rural Skills Workshops
Rural Skills Workshops
Soap making, seed saving, canning, composting, and beekeeping.
Community Days
Community Days
Shared meals, games, children’s activities, faith, and seasonal gatherings.
Stewardship Gatherings
Stewardship Gatherings
Clean-ups, preparedness, and conversations about local issues.
Dove Creek Hall rentals
Dove Creek Hall rentals
A Rural Gathering Place
A Rural Gathering Place
Host a family celebration, meeting, workshop, or community activity at Dove Creek Hall, 3400 Burns Road.
Ideas for the Calendar
Ideas for the Calendar
Seed exchange
Canning day
Family supper
Beekeeping talk
Repair café
Clean-up
Local farms and rural producers
Local farms and rural producers
A starter directory for food, plants, seasonal goods, and rural experiences in and around Dove Creek. Offerings change—check with each operator before visiting.
Dove Creek Produce Farm🍓
Dove Creek Produce Farm🍓
Seasonal strawberries, melons, asparagus, garlic, and corn, including direct sales and occasional u-pick.
Address: 3505 Dove Creek Road
Tannadice Farms 🥩
Tannadice Farms 🥩
Comox Valley beef, pork, and turkey from a family farm established in 1974. By appointment.
Address: 3465 Burns Road
Links: Directions on Google Maps | Website
Stevenson Farm 🥩
Stevenson Farm 🥩
Grass-fed beef, pork, and eggs, sold in bulk or by the piece by appointment.
Address: 5619 Prendergast Road
Links: Directions on Google Maps | Island Farmstands Directory
Wildwood Evergreens 🌲
Wildwood Evergreens 🌲
Locally handcrafted wreaths, garlands, décor, and boughs made from freshly harvested Vancouver Island greens, along with seasonal hanging baskets.
Address: Comox Valley · contact before visiting
Links: Website | Facebook Updates
Have a location to contribute? Let us know!
Dove Creek’s good neighbours
Dove Creek’s good neighbours
A community photo wall for the animals who give rural life its personality—farm animals, pets, and respectful glimpses of wildlife.
Have a photo to contribute? Let us know!
Public Documents
Public Documents
A straightforward home for records residents should be able to find without scrolling through social media.
Dove Creek Community Association
Dove Creek Community Association
Questions, memberships, rentals, event ideas, local listings, photographs and offers to volunteer are welcome.
Suggest a gathering
Suggest a gathering
Is there something you could teach, demonstrate or organize?
Help build the directory
Help build the directory
Tell us about a farm stand, community group, historical photograph or correction.
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