Bowser, British Columbia

Bowser (/ˈbaʊzər/ BOUGH-zər)[1] is a community on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) north of Nanaimo, Bowser is in a region informally known as Lighthouse Country, spanning a stretch of highway that extends from Qualicum Beach in the south to Horne Lake to the west and Fanny Bay in the north and east to Denman and Hornby Islands.

Bowser has lent its name to a soil series which is widespread on eastern Vancouver Island.

[5] Near the community is the Bowser Ecological Reserve, which was established in 1996 to protect part of a productive forest ecosystem.

[6] While the 113-hectare ecological reserve was created for research purposes, including surveying species regenerating after a fire that occurred in the area over 100 years prior, it is open to the public for hiking.