DOCSLIB.ORG

Southern Gulf Islands How the CRD Works a Message from Your Director

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

FOR THE 2020 TAX YEAR A Message from Investing in SGI Communities We continue our commitment to supporting Southern Gulf Islands your Director energy upgrades and other community priorities through Community Works Fund How the CRD Works CRD Services provided to taxpayers This will be the eighth year that we have grants and Grants in Aid. Many of the public worked together. My commitment to the buildings throughout the SGI have received The business of the CRD Board is managed by islands has never wavered and together, with grants for energy efficient retrofits solar panel 24 directors who are elected every four years the dedicated support of the many volunteers installations. Over the last 8 years, grants have from 13 municipalities and three electoral | Financial Services who devote hours of their time, the southern been distributed to each island equitably, areas. Board meetings, open to the public, gulf islands remain as a special place. supporting projects for many organizations to are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 625 Fisgard Street, Victoria. A heartfelt thank you to all. the tune of $525,734 in 2019. CRD service delivery in the Southern Gulf Islands Connectivity Planning Greater Community Presence is often done by way of delegated authority In order to make the CRD more accessible In 2019, the CRD conducted a community to advisory commissions, made up of local and bring greater support to the islands, we based connectivity plan for the Southern Gulf island based volunteers who deliver services SGI Electoral Areas now have offices on Mayne, Saturna, and Islands to document how greater connectivity on behalf of the CRD Board. Examples include Galiano Islands and continue operating our can advance each island’s common goals the local community parks commissions, the offices on North Pender Island. The offices • Galiano Island of sustainable economic development, library commission, the Community Economic are staffed by CRD liaisons, members of your community health, and resilience. The Phase 1 Sustainability Commission, the SGI Harbours • Saturna Island community who can help you access CRD report, Connecting SGI: Connectivity Planning Commission and individual water/sewer services and who support the delivery of our for the Southern Gulf Islands, is now complete. commissions on the islands. • Mayne Island Thank you to everyone who participated in our new initiatives. The Electoral Area Director is the area’s • North & South process and workshops on each of the islands. Fire and Emergency Programs Next steps involve coordinating funding representative at the CRD Board and on various Pender Islands partnerships towards infrastructure design The Southern Gulf Island Emergency Program CRD committees, including the Electoral Areas options and implementation. (SGIEP) goal is to create and maintain a Committee(EAC), made up of the Directors • Piers Island cooperative organization to manage risks from from each of the three electoral areas. The CRD Housing and Transportation major emergencies and disasters that may Board must ratify the recommendations of all • Sidney Island Over the next year, we are prioritizing the affect the Southern Gulf Islands. SGIEP includes committees. EAC meetings are also typically creation of a housing strategy for the Southern Island Community Coordination Centres, held on Wednesdays and are video-recorded. • Associated smaller Emergency Support Services Reception Centres Gulf Islands that will consider the Housing islands Needs Assessment we conducted in 2018, and and Neighbourhood Preparedness Programs. Contact Your Electoral Area Director will identify how the CRD can better support Together with Disaster Communications Mail: Director David Howe the housing crisis on the islands. and Search & Rescue, these services c/o Capital Regional District, 625 Fisgard Street provide comprehensive support to the First PO Box 1000, Victoria, BC V8W 2S6 We are also advancing consideration of an Responding Agencies: RCMP, Fire Departments, Phone: 250.216.5618 integrated transportation strategy to examine BC Ambulance, Canadian Coast Guard, and Email: [email protected] how to best support systems that better link Parks Canada. www.crd.bc.ca our islands over land and water. Capital Regional District | Financial Services 625 Fisgard Street, PO Box 1000, David Howe, SGI Initiatives Information: www.sustainableislands.ca Victoria BC V8W 2S6 or contact Melody Pender, [email protected] T. 250.360.3000 Electoral Area Director at the Driftwood Community Resource Centre. CRD Services in the SGI Electoral Area CRD Contacts for Service Contacts SGI Electoral Area 2020 Requisition SGI Electoral Area House/Street Address • Pender Island - contact CRD Pender Island Building Inspection office 250.629.3424 SGI Island-Wide Service Total requisition for area-wide services: CRD Island Offices 2020 Expenditure Budgets $7,096,546 (2019 $6,655,154). • All other islands - contact your local fire Pender Island department • SGI Emergency Programs $406,478 Driftwood Centre Islands Trust 250.405.5151 • SGI Docks & Harbours $369,758 Contact: Melody Pender Email: [email protected] • Zoning and land use, including rezoning, • SGI Libraries $203,001 Gov subdivision, environmental protection, and • SGI Economic Development $98,462 Utilities Mayne Island tax exemptions for land conservation 494 Arbutus Drive (at the Mayne Island Resort) • SGI General Government & Others $538,507 Land Title Office 1.877.577.5872 Planning Contact: Jean-Daniel Cusin SGI Local Service Email: [email protected] • State of Title Certificate for your property • Property registration, easements, restrictive 2020 Expenditure Budgets by Island Saturna Island Hospital Parks & covenants, rights-of-way Galiano 100 E. Point Rd (in the Saturna Pub building) Rec Front Counter BC 1.877.855.3222 • North Galiano Fire Protection $224,034 Contact: Katie Dentry Harbours Email: [email protected] • Land/water lease applications, including • South Galiano Fire Protection $379,103 Fire & groundwater licenses and domestic well Galiano Island • Galiano Community Recreation $35,981 Libraries Other registration 23 Madrona Drive (in the Islands Trust Office) • Galiano Community Parks $90,080 Technical Safety BC 1.866.566.7233 • Sticks Allison Water $66,870 Contact: Emma Davis Email: [email protected] • Gas permits, electrical permits, licences, • Galiano Comm Use Building $60,862 General Government $790,289 (11.1%): certificates Legislative and general government administration, Capital Regional District Headquarters • Galiano Health Service $123,011 Ministry of Transportation 250.952.4515 Grants-in-aid and Economic development 625 Fisgard St, Victoria, BC V8W 2S6 North & South Pender • Surface water drainage Planning & Protective Services $806,539 (11.4%): Contact: Justine Starke, Manager of Southern • Access permits, culverts, bridges, roads • Magic Lake Estates Water $949,363 Regional planning, emergency services, building Gulf Islands Service Delivery • Magic Lake Estates Sewer $974,068 inspection and animal care Office: 250.360.3275 | Email: [email protected] Surveyor of Taxes 1.800.663.7867 (toll-free) • Pender Fire Protection $968,891 Parks/Rec/Environment $870,581 (12.3%): Building Inspection Offices or 250.387.0555 • Pender Community Parks $154,960 Regional parks, local parks & recreation, climate action • Pender Island Office 250.629.3424 • School taxes • Pender Community Recreation $60,366 and stormwater monitoring • Victoria 1.866.475.1581 (toll-free) • Payment of taxes Mayne Fire/Other $1,907,126 (26.9%): Bylaw Enforcement 1.800.665.7899 (toll-free) Island Health 250.519.3401 Local area fire services, Saturna and Galiano Health • Mayne Community Parks $81,525 Animal Control 1.800.655.7899 (toll-free) • Water quality Libraries $260,894 (3.7%) • Mayne Community Recreation $35,745 Provincial and Federal Government Services • Skana Water $66,870 Harbours & Docks $273,347 (3.9%): 11 docks & harbours Province of BC • Surfside Park Water $110,845 Hospital District $672,850 (9.5%): Construction of health • Highways maintenance 250.391.7310 Saturna facility and debt serving of capital project and equipment • Wildlife issues 1.800.663.7867 • Saturna Community Parks $18,615 Local Utilities $1,514,919 (21.3%): Federal Government • Saturna Community Recreation $13,529 Small water & sewer utilities • Fisheries and Oceans Canada 250.363.3252 • Saturna Island Water $236,700 • Gulf Islands National Park Reserve • Saturna Fire Protection $170,002 Financial Accountability 1.866.944.1744 • Saturna Island Medical Centre $15,387 www.crd.bc.ca/about/financial-accountability • Policing 250.629.6171.
Recommended publications
  • Come Celebrate! Gulf.Islands@Pc.Gc.Ca 1-866-944-1744

    Come Celebrate! [email protected] 1-866-944-1744

    Gulf Islands National Park Reserve parkscanada.gc.ca Come Celebrate! [email protected] 1-866-944-1744 Parks Pares Canada Canada Canada TABLE OF CONTENTS Contact Information 2 Welcome to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, one of Programs 5 Top 10 Experiences 6-7 Canada's newest national parks. Established in 2003, it First Nations 8-9 Camping & Mooring 10 Trails 11 safeguards a portion of British Columbia's beautiful southern BC Ferries Coastal Naturalist Program 12 Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. A mosaic of open Map 12-13 Species at Risk 14-15 meadows, forested hills, rocky headlands, quiet coves and Marine Wildlife Viewing 14-15 Extreme Take-Over 16 Did You Know? 17 sandy beaches, the park is a peaceful refuge just a stone's Ecological Integrity 17 Sidney Spit, D'Arcy throw from the urban clamour ofVancouver and Victoria. Island & Isle-de-Lis 18 Princess Margaret (Portland Is.), Brackman & Russell Islands 19 Pender Islands 20 Mayne Island 21 Saturna Island 22-23 Tumbo & Cabbage Islands 23 CONTACT INFORMATION Website information www.parkscanada.gc.ca/gulf Emergency and Important Phone Numbers Emergency call 911 In-Park Emergency or to report an offence 1-877-852-3100 Report a Wildfire 1-800-663-5555 (*5555 on cell phones) Marine Distress VHF Channel 16 Park Office • 250-654-4000 Toll Free 1-866-944-1744 Sidney Operations Centre 2220 Harbour Road Sidney, B.C. V8L 2P6 RCMP detachment offices located in Sidney, on the Penders, and on Mayne Island. Wflp\,t to teiA/OW pvu>re? The park offers many activities and learning opportunities.
  • Gulf Island Life Is Great, but Not Paradise When BC Ferries Officials

    Gulf Island Life Is Great, but Not Paradise When BC Ferries Officials

    Gulf Island life is great, but not paradise When BC Ferries officials come to Saturna Island on Tuesday, they'll find getting there is an expensive, time-consuming adventure Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Gulf+Island+life+great+paradise/7632323/story.html#ixzz2DpJrkqbL Hi there, members of the BC Coastal Ferries Consultation and Engagement panel. I am sorry to miss your visit to Saturna Island on Tuesday, Dec. 4 to "gather input on elements of the government's vision of connecting coastal communities in an affordable and efficient manner" as the notice in our Island Tides newspaper states. I will be taking five ferries - one way - for Christmas visits to family on the Sunshine Coast and Texada Island, if winter storms don't cancel the sailings. It will take another five ferries to get home to Saturna. That's right, 10 ferries. Our families live on the coast, all 27,000 kilometres of it. Ferry routes are our marine highways. Recent Vancouver Sun stories portray Gulf Islanders as elitists who choose to live here in paradise and therefore should pay higher ferry costs while people on the mainland argue over who should pay for their bridges. It's a great life, but it is not paradise, and it is not for everybody. The Sun's recent stories on BC Ferries assume that if a reporter talks to a shopkeeper on Salt Spring (about 10,000 people) that covers off Pender (about 2000) or Mayne, Galiano or Texada (1100 or so each) or Saturna (305 and dropping). Not so. While the lifestyle varies on each island, I have prepared some cautionary notes on Saturna.
  • Status and Distribution of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia

    Status and Distribution of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia

    Status and Distribution of Marine Birds and Mammals in the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia. Pete Davidson∗, Robert W Butler∗+, Andrew Couturier∗, Sandra Marquez∗ & Denis LePage∗ Final report to Parks Canada by ∗Bird Studies Canada and the +Pacific WildLife Foundation December 2010 Recommended citation: Davidson, P., R.W. Butler, A. Couturier, S. Marquez and D. Lepage. 2010. Status and Distribution of Birds and Mammals in the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia. Bird Studies Canada & Pacific Wildlife Foundation unpublished report to Parks Canada. The data from this survey are publicly available for download at www.naturecounts.ca Bird Studies Canada British Columbia Program, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, 5421 Robertson Road, Delta British Columbia, V4K 3N2. Canada. www.birdscanada.org Pacific Wildlife Foundation, Reed Point Marine Education Centre, Reed Point Marina, 850 Barnet Highway, Port Moody, British Columbia, V3H 1V6. Canada. www.pwlf.org Contents Executive Summary…………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………1 1. Introduction 1.1 Background and Context……………………………………………………………………………………………………..2 1.2 Previous Studies…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 2. Study Area and Methods 2.1 Study Area……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 2.2 Transect route……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 2.3 Kernel and Cluster Mapping Techniques……………………………………………………………………………..7 2.3.1 Kernel Analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 2.3.2 Clustering Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 2.4
  • 51 Salmon. Returning Through the San Juan and Gulf Islands

    51 Salmon. Returning Through the San Juan and Gulf Islands

    salmon. Returning through the San Juan and Gulf Islands throughout August and September, the cycle ended with chum salmon as the last major resource harvested in the Goldstream area from October onward. (2) Image 1: The W̱ SÁNEĆ Calendar, artist Briony Penn, copyright Tsawout First Nation. W̱ SÁNEĆ Elders Earl Claxton and John Elliot created a written version of the tradit ional 13-moon W̱SÁNEĆ calendar in 1993, which is included below: 51 The W̱SÁNEĆ Year ṈIṈENE – Moon of the Child ♦ Nettle twine made into nets. ♦ For those who would take the risk, Halibut fishing resumed. ♦ Grilse fishing in WJOLEP. ♦ Fawns born, deer hunting stops. ♦ Generally living off supplies, telling tales, instructing children, longhouse ceremonies continue. WEXES – Moon of the Frog ♦ Ocean travel safer. ♦ Fish for herring and gather herring roe. ♦ Duck nets were used. ♦ Sections of reef net sewn together, captains surveyed beaches for anchor rocks, rafts were assembled, floats and cables prepared. PEXSISEṈ – The Moon of Opening Hands – The Blossoming Out Moon ♦ Hunting of Brant Geese ♦ Clams, oysters and Mussels are at their best. ♦ Cedar logs felled for canoes, etc. ♦ Cedar bark gathered. ♦ Wool dogs shed – wool gathered. SXÁNEȽ - Bullhead Moon ♦ Gathered Bullheads. ♦ Harvested seaweed. ♦ Halibut fishery ends. ♦ Grouse snared in the woods. PENÁW̱EṈ – Moon of Camas Harvest ♦ Most families left the winter village for spring camps. ♦ Harvest camas. ♦ Gather gull eggs. ♦ Purple and green sea urchins gathered. ĆENŦEḴI – The Sockeye Moon ♦ Dropping of the anchor rocks at the family reef net locations. ♦ First salmon ceremony ♦ Start of salmon trade. ĆENHENEN – Humpback Salmon Return to the Earth 52 ♦ Reef fishery continues – especially at Point Roberts.
  • (Glllf Rtfttuoob 537-2211 Serving the Beautiful Gulf Islands of Salt Spring, Mayne, Galiano, North & South Fenders and Saturna 537-2613

    (Glllf Rtfttuoob 537-2211 Serving the Beautiful Gulf Islands of Salt Spring, Mayne, Galiano, North & South Fenders and Saturna 537-2613

    - B.C. 0 (glllf rtfttuoob 537-2211 Serving the Beautiful Gulf Islands of Salt Spring, Mayne, Galiano, North & South Fenders and Saturna 537-2613 TWENTIETH YEAR, NO. 21 GANGES, BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1979 25c PER COPY Conservative minority Essay contest winners are announced at school Don Taylor elected in islands riding It was a change. Tuesday's The polls opened at 9 am, election brought an end to the contrary to reports to the contrary, Trudeau Liberal government and and there was a steady flow of established a Progressive Conser- voters in the islands. vative regime under the leadership There was some confusion as to of Joe Clark. where to vote on some islands and many voters called to say they had In the Cowichan-Malahat-the problems and could not reach the Islands riding, the voters followed returning officer, whose Duncan the national pattern. Don Taylor, telephone was busy throughout the a Cowichan teacher, was elected day. with a 1,560 vote lead over the New The islands vote merely sealed Democrat Jim Manly. the fate of the Liberal government It was Taylor's second try at the as the nation elected 135 Conserva- seat. In 1974 he lost to Tommy tives; 115 Liberals; 26 New Demo- Douglas of the NDP by a 2,000 vote crats and six Social Credit. difference. These are the final results of The voters recorded a 74% Tuesday's polling: These are the writers. They all turn-out throughout the riding as won prizes in a recent essay interest in the election belied the Don Taylor (Conservative): contest.
  • SOUTHERN GULF ISLANDS VANCOUVER ISLAND SEWERED AREAS (SANITARY SEWERS) Mainland

    SOUTHERN GULF ISLANDS VANCOUVER ISLAND SEWERED AREAS (SANITARY SEWERS) Mainland

    SOUTHERN GULF ISLANDS VANCOUVER ISLAND SEWERED AREAS (SANITARY SEWERS) Mainland Area of Interest PENELAKUT FIRST Dioniso Point NATION Provincial Park CANADAU.S.A Porlier Pass Rd Secretary Islands Bodega Ridge Provincial Park Houstoun Passage Strait of Pebble Beach DL 63 Pebble Beach Georgia DL 60 Wallace Island N N o o Galiano Island r r t th h B E e a n c Porlier Pass Rd d h R R r d d D t e s n u S Maliview Wastewater Treatment Plant Fernwood Trincomali Channel Heritage W Forest a l k e Montague r s Harbour H o o Marine k Finlay R Park d Po Lake rlie Clanton Rd r P ass Rd St Whaler Bay Ch Mary an Montague Harbour Gossip n Stu e Lake rd l R ie Island idg s Stuart Channel e D Sta Parker B r rks Rd M a on y Island tag R ue Rd Galiano d R Payne Bay Vesuvius o Ba b y R in d so n R Bluff Park B u Bullocks d r M r Lake an i l se l ll R R d d Booth Bay Bluff Rd Active Pass Lower Ganges Rd Ganges Lower Mt. Galiano Wa ugh Georgina Point Rd Rd N Active Pass os d e R d R Salt Spring L R a on P y i Elementary g Long Harbour oi a s n n bo Ha t B n w r ll i Rd Gulf Islands b R l e l ou d b r o Salt Spring R d p C m Island Middle a Ganges Wastewater TSARTLIP FIRST C Treatment Plant Mount Erskine NATION F ernh Provincial Park Phoenix ill Rd Fe Rd Mayne Island e Ba lix J a ck ag y ill Rd Dalton DrV Ganges Harbour Mayne Island Fulford-Ganges Rd M Captain Passage arine rs C W ra a d n y ay R b e B rry Rd r e Roberts h g a Lake ll Prevost Island a Gulf Islands G National Park Reserve (Water Extension) Lake Salt Spring Navy Channel Maxwell Centre Samuel Island
  • Gulf Islands Regional Trails Management Plan

    Gulf Islands Regional Trails Management Plan

    Gulf Islands Regional Trails Plan Capital Regional District Reference Date: January 15, 2018 Capital Regional District Regional Parks 490 Atkins Avenue, Victoria BC V9B 2Z8 T: 250.478.3344 www.crd.bc.ca/parks Acknowledgements Capital Regional District (CRD) Regional Parks would like to acknowledge and thank everyone that participated in the planning process for their contributions. Capital Regional District Project Team Brett Hudson, Manager, Planning, Resource Management & Development, Regional Parks Carolyn Stewart, Planner, Regional Parks Emma Taylor, Planner, Regional Parks/Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Erich Kelch, Community Engagement, First Nations Relations Todd Shannon, Operations Supervisor, Regional Trails and Southern Gulf Islands, Regional Parks June Klassen, Manager, Service Delivery, Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area John Hicks, Senior Transportation Planner, Regional & Strategic Planning Dan Ovington, Manager, Salt Spring Island Parks & Recreation Sarah Forbes, GIS Technologist, Regional Parks Sean Rangel, Graphics, Regional Parks Sue Hallatt, Manager, First Nations Relations Laurie Sthamann, Communications, Regional Parks First Nations Lands Sub-committee, Tsawout First Nation Chief Tanya Jimmy, Tseycum First Nation W̱ SÁNEĆ Leadership Council (Tsawout, Tsartlip and Tsawout First Nations) Government Liaison Robert Kojima, Islands Trust Stephan Cermak, Islands Trust Susan Randall, Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure Grace Sherratt, Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure David Koch, Ministry of Transportation
  • 767 1143682038789 8B7182b

    767 1143682038789 8B7182b

    PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF ENVIROtJMENT WATER MANAGEMENT BRANCH A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS ON SATURNA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA W.S. Hodge Senior Technician Groundwater Section Victoria, B.C. July 1985 I -i- TABLE ff CONTENTS Page TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................ i LIST OF FIGURES .................................................. ii LIST OF TABLES ................................................... iii LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................... iii 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of Study ........................................... 1 1.2 Methods of Investigation ................................... 1 1.3 Methods of Presentation .................................... 2 1.4 Previous Groundwater Investigations ........................ 2 2 . LOCATION. SIZE. TOPOGRAPHY. DRAINAGE AND CLIMATE ................ 2 3 . BEDROCK GEOLOGY ................................................. 3 3.1 Stratigraphy ................................................ 3 3.2 Structure ................................................... 4 4 . SURFICIAL GEOLOGY ............................................... 5 5 . GROUNDWATER ..................................................... 5 5.1 Groundwater Occurrence ..................................... 5 5.2 Groundwater Development .................................... 6 5.3 Groundwater Usage versus Groundwater in Storage ............ 7 . - ii - TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page 6.
  • Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, 2220 Harbour Road, Sidney, BC V8L 2P6 End at East Point Road

    Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, 2220 Harbour Road, Sidney, BC V8L 2P6 End at East Point Road

    M McDonald Campground (Sidney) G Mt. Norman Hikes and Walks A short walking trail offers access to adjacent regional parks. Mt. Norman Trail (60 minutes one way) Lochside regional cycling trail passes in front of the campground. Advanced 2.3 km trails from either Canal Road or Ainslie Point Road 49 campsites. Reservations recommended. (30 minutes one way to the lookout, from either access). J Sidney Spit EXPLORA Parking at Canal Road only. SKTAMEN´ - ´ (sk-thay-men) Trail (45 minutes) Get your heart pumping! It’s an invigorating 244-metre (800-foot) shore-to-sky trek from the campsites at Beaumont to the summit Lagoon Trail 1.5 km (40 minutes) North Pender Island of Mount Norman. Easy 2 km loop and 1.5 km spur to lagoon from main boat dock. I Roe Lake Take the Beaumont Trail through salal and second growth forest Take a leisurely walk on the beaches or wander the trails through to Mount Norman Trail (2.6 km) to access the viewing platform. the shady forest and sunny open fields. The distance from the Roe Lake Trail (45 minutes one way) main dock to the campground area is 0.8 km. Moderate 1.2 km from Shingle Bay Road. Saturna Island Loop Trail (55 minutes) 1.7 km loop K Princess Margaret (0.5 km from Shingle Bay Road trail access or 0.4 km from Magic C Winter Cove EXPLORA Lake Estates). Princess Margaret Perimeter Trail Moderate 6.5 km (3-hour loop) Xwiwxwyus (kwik-wi-us) Trail (25-minute loop) This trail leads into the uplands above Shingle Bay to Roe Lake, Royal Cove Trail (30 minutes to Royal Cove or Arbutus Point) Easy 1.5 km from Winter Cove day use area.
  • Gulf Islands Gulf Islands

    Gulf Islands Gulf Islands

    Gulf Islands national park reserve of canada visitor guide brochure with map inside! TABLE OF CONTENTS Contact Information 2 Programs 5 Top 10 Experiences 6-7 Enjoy the Park 6-9 Welcome to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, one of Camping 8 Trails 9 Canada’s newest national parks. Established in 2003, it First Nations 10-11 Species at Risk 12-13 safeguards a portion of British Columbia’s beautiful southern Marine Wildlife Viewing 12-13 Extreme Take-Over 14 Did You Know? 15 Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia. A mosaic of open Ecological Integrity 15 Sidney Spit, D’Arcy meadows, forested hills, rocky headlands, quiet coves and Island & Isle-de-Lis 16 Portland, Brackman & Russell Islands 17 sandy beaches, the park is a peaceful refuge just a stone’s Pender Islands 18 Mayne Island 19 throw from the urban clamour of Vancouver and Victoria. Saturna Island 20-21 Tumbo & Cabbage Islands 21 Map 22 Pullout brochure Additional Camping & Hiking Information CONTACT INFORMATION Website information www.pc.gc.ca/gulf Emergency and important phone numbers Emergency call 911 In-Park Emergency or to report an offence 1-877-852-3100 Report a Wildfire 1-800-663-5555 (*5555 on cell phones) Marine Distress VHF Channel 16 Park Offices • Sidney 250-654-4000 Toll Free 1-866-944-1744 • Saturna 250-539-2982 • Pender 250-629-6137 Address & office locations Did this visitor guide meet your needs? Let us know and you might win a $200 gift certificate from Mountain Equipment Sidney Operations Centre Co-op. Log on to www.parkscanadasurveys.ca to participate in an on-line survey.
  • Bald Eagles Wintering in the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia

    Bald Eagles Wintering in the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia

    BALD EAGLES WINTERING IN THE SOUTHERN GULF ISLANDS, BRITISH COLUMBIA DAVID HANCOCK HIS study represents the first attempt to census regularly the wintering T Bald Eagles Haliaeetus Zeucocephdus in the southern Gulf Islands, Brit- ish Columbia. Data were also collected on the feeding and hunting habits of the wintering eagles. In 1961 the National Audubon Society initiated its 5-year Continental Bald Eagle Study. This North American survey was prompted largely by the alarming decrease in numbers of the eastern Bald Eagle in recent years. The studies of Broley (1947)) Howell (1962)) and others have amply pointed out the plight of this great bird in the eastern United States. More recently Southern (1963) conducted a survey of the Bald Eagles winter- ing along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois. No similar studies have been conducted on the west coast prior to the Continental Bald Eagle project, or to my study. Murie (1940 and 1959) described the food habits of the eagles of the Aleutian Islands, and Dixon (1909) gives a brief history of the Alaskan birds. Brooks (1922) and Munro (1938) p resented a few of their observations on the feeding and hunting habits of Bald Eagles in British Columbia. Less important notes on individual sightings, nestings, and feeding incidents complete the literature on this species on the west coast. METHOD Fifteen aerial counts, involving 24 hours and 15 minutes of flying time, were conducted over the area (Fig. 1) from 26 September 1962 to IS April 1963. In addition, 130 hours were spent on ground observations. The study area (shown in Fig.
  • BC Ferries Route Map

    BC Ferries Route Map

    BC Ferries Route Map Alaska Marine Hwy To the Alaska Highway ALASKA Smithers Terrace Prince Rupert Masset Kitimat 11 10 Prince George Yellowhead Hwy Skidegate 26 Sandspit Alliford Bay HAIDA FIORDLAND RECREATION TWEEDSMUIR Quesnel GWAII AREA PARK Klemtu Anahim Lake Ocean Falls Bella 28A Coola Nimpo Lake Hagensborg McLoughlin Bay Shearwater Bella Bella Denny Island Puntzi Lake Williams 28 Lake HAKAI Tatla Lake Alexis Creek RECREATION AREA BRITISH COLUMBIA Railroad Highways 10 BC Ferries Routes Alaska Marine Highway Banff Lillooet Port Hardy Sointula 25 Kamloops Port Alert Bay Southern Gulf Island Routes McNeill Pemberton Duffy Lake Road Langdale VANCOUVER ISLAND Quadra Cortes Island Island Merritt 24 Bowen Horseshoe Bay Campbell Powell River Nanaimo Gabriola River Island 23 Saltery Bay Island Whistler 19 Earls Cove 17 18 Texada Vancouver Island 7 Comox 3 20 Denman Langdale 13 Chemainus Thetis Island Island Hornby Princeton Island Bowen Horseshoe Bay Harrison Penelakut Island 21 Island Hot Springs Hope 6 Vesuvius 22 2 8 Vancouver Long Harbour Port Crofton Alberni Departure Tsawwassen Tsawwassen Tofino Bay 30 CANADA Galiano Island Duke Point Salt Spring Island Sturdies Bay U.S.A. 9 Nanaimo 1 Ucluelet Chemainus Fulford Harbour Southern Gulf Islands 4 (see inset) Village Bay Mill Bay Bellingham Swartz Bay Mayne Island Swartz Bay Otter Bay Port 12 Mill Bay 5 Renfrew Brentwood Bay Pender Islands Brentwood Bay Saturna Island Sooke Victoria VANCOUVER ISLAND WASHINGTON Victoria Seattle Routes, Destinations and Terminals 1 Tsawwassen – Metro Vancouver