Gibsons

Gibsons is a town on the Sunshine Coast in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on the northwest shore of Howe Sound. Located within the Pacific coastal rainforest and serving as the gateway to the rest of the Sunshine Coast, Gibsons is a regional tourist destination. Established in 1886 by George Gibson, the settlement was incorporated in 1929 as Gibson's Landing and renamed Gibsons in 1947. Historically a centre for forestry and commercial fishing, the town has since developed a more diversified economy. In 2009, it received the International Award for Liveable Communities for "the world's most liveable community with a population under 20,000". It is best known as the setting of the long-running CBC Television series The Beachcombers and has served as a filming location for productions including Murder in a Small Town, Charlie St. Cloud, and Needful Things. Gibsons has increasingly become a bedroom community for workers in Greater Vancouver. Like the rest of the Sunshine Coast, Gibsons has no direct road connection to the British Columbia mainland and is primarily accessible by BC Ferries service between Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver and Langdale.