Port Alice, British Columbia

Port Alice is a small village on the west side of northern Vancouver Island, on Neroutsos Inlet. The Village of Port Alice runs its own water, roads and public works, weekly residential garbage collection, the Transfer Station and recycling depot, the community centre, the marina and campground, planning, building permits, business licences and a volunteer fire department. The Regional District of Mount Waddington covers the surrounding area and the Village's emergency-preparedness materials link to it. Policing is by the RCMP (non-emergency 250-284-3353; the Port Hardy detachment is 250-949-6335). Many things people think of as village matters, like marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences, are provincial.