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Is Vancouver Island the most beautiful place on earth?

Photos from our recent GeoLex filming

Geoff Gibson
Aug 21, 2026
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It’s so effortlessly moody and dramatic.

That’s not a hypothetical question for a title, it’s a very real one. I’ve been to a lot of places and I’m consistently impressed with this place. Like… do I need to move here?

Maybe it’s because I’m writing this from Vancouver Island (if you read this at the time of publishing, I’ll still be here) but I’ve found myself feeling a little more poetic. A little more romantic, maybe. Definitely more geographic! Vancouver Island just has a way with me and, no matter how many times I’ve visited, I always come away more impressed by its raw nature.

Unfortunately, this is also a bit of a solemn article as, if you’re reading this right when it publishes, I’ll be mere minutes from boarding a ferry to head back to my neck of the woods in the Pacific Northwest. But the mountainous topography, the wild and windy coast, the iconic capital city of Victoria, and even the smaller, pluckier city of Nanaimo are all just so awe-inspiring in their own right. It’s honestly hard to leave.

Anyways, to celebrate this latest travel excursion of ours, I’ve compiled a little photo dump to share with you all. Complete with my own thoughts and ideas about the place I took a photo of. I hope you enjoy it!

All photos are my own, completely unedited. It pains me not to bring them into Photoshop for a bit of touching up, but I’ve got a deadline to keep!

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