Place:Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada

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NameGibsons
Alt namesGibson's Landingsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeCommunity
Coordinates49.4°N 123.5°W
Located inBritish Columbia, Canada
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Gibsons is a coastal community of 4,605 in southwestern British Columbia, Canada on the Strait of Georgia.

Although it is on the mainland, the Sunshine Coast is not accessible by road. Vehicle access is by BC Ferries from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, a 40-minute crossing; or by a ferry from Powell River to Earls Cove, north of Sechelt. The town is also accessible by water, by float plane to the harbour, and by small aircraft to Sechelt Airport, approx. 20 km to the northwest.

Gibsons is best known in Canada as the setting of the popular and long running CBC Television series The Beachcombers, which aired from 1972 to 1990. The storefront "Molly's Reach" (now a cafe), the restored tug Persephone, and a display about the series at the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives are popular attractions. Other films that have used Gibsons as a location include Charlie St. Cloud (2010), starring Kim Basinger and Zac Efron (as a stand-in for Marblehead, Massachusetts); and Needful Things (1993), starring Max von Sydow and Ed Harris.

In February 2005, Gibsons won the Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting contest, coming first in the world.

In October 2009, the town was declared the "Most Liveable Community in the World" (under 20,000 population) at the international Livcom Awards. Endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme, the LivCom competition focuses on best practices for local environmental management.

In 2009 Gibsons won an Energy & Climate Action Award for Community Planning and Development from the Community Energy Association. [1] A major factor in the award was a new housing development, which will be heated by Canada's first publicly owned geoexchange system.

The Sunshine Coast has seen a three-decade transition from a forestry- and fishing-based economy to a more diverse one with construction trades, business services, retail and tourism becoming prominent.

Gibsons is a popular retirement destination. It has also attracted artists and musicians, professionals who commute by ferry into nearby Vancouver, and remote workers.

Between 2001 and 2006, its population grew 7.1% compared with BC's overall growth rate of 5.3%. In 2006, the median resident age was 50.2 years, compared with the provincial median of 40.8 years.

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