Following the coastline to the west from Gibsons, Roberts Creek is worth a stop both for its nature and history. The small town was named after Englishman Harry Roberts, one of the area’s first settlers in the early 20th Century. Roberts was responsible for giving the Sunshine Coast its current name, painting the words “Sunshine Belt” on the town’s first freight house to advertise it as a holiday spot. Hoping to attract tourists, the name was adapted to Sunshine Coast in 1951 by the Black Ball Ferry Company, which runs between Washington’s Port Angeles and Vancouver Island’s Victoria. Although it was one of the coast’s first communities, Roberts Creek still has a rural feel, with vast driftwood-covered rocky beaches and clear, mirror-like water that reflects the crisp sky and soft clouds.