Chamber joins VIRA to bring 500 runners to Port Alberni | Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber of Commerce is pleased to bring the Vancouver Island Running Association back to Port Alberni. The VIRA have a series of runs that occur between January and April every year throughout the Island with each of them attracting as many as 500 - 600 runners to town. We will be doing the former Paper Chase run through the rural area of Cherry Creek with a start/finish at the Cherry Creek Hall. Our run will be a 10 k run. www.islandseries.org

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Bob Cole

Bob Cole is a very well-known local person. who has lived his entire life in the Alberni Valley and more specifically at Sproat Lake. Bob is a former winner of various Chamber Awards including Volunteer of the Year in the recent past. Bob was the owner, along with his wife Jan, of Port Boat House during which time the couple got the business to number one in Canada for Yamaha Sales (measured by horsepower).

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