Coombs BC is found on the eastern side of Vancouver Island, near Parksville.

It is small rural community with a series of a number of tourist attractions, including a large country market where goats graze on the sod-covered roof at the renowned Old Country Market open from March to September. The adjacent gift and craft shops are open year round. Each July there is a fiddle jamboree, a bluegrass festival and rodeo. The annual fair each August is a popular attraction. Coombs is only 10 minutes from Qualicum Beach on the Alberni Highway.