Royston is an unincorporated community that is part of the greater Comox Valley region, 100 km northwest of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.

Roy with a real estate promoter named Frederick Warren created village lots in 1910.

This service lead several Cumberland residents to build summer homes at Royston and Gartley beach on the south side of the Trent River.

Squatters moved into the area between Gartley beach and Millard Creek (now part of Courtenay) during the hard times of the 1912-1914 Cumberland mine workers strike.

There was one single and four double tennis courts on the Royston waterfront that hosted numerous community events.

As the orchestra warmed up for a summer evening dance in 1940 an electrical fire broke out bringing the pavilion to the ground in minutes, never to be replaced.

Watershed Moments: A Pictorial History of Courtenay and District by Christine Dickinson & Deborah Griffiths & Judy Hagen & Catherine Siba.