gibsons is a canadian city in british columbia, canada. gibsons is on the sunshine coast. the canadian television series, "the beachcombers", was set and shot in gibsons. the movies "charlie st. cloud" and "needful things" were filmed in gibsons. the town also won the berkeley springs international water tasting contest which made them the first in the world. the town was first called gibson's landing in 1929 but was changed to gibsons in 1947.