April 26, 2021 Response to Letter from Artificial Reef Society of B.C. Regarding Letter Regarding New Marine Habitat Enhancement Proposal - Howe Sound - Dated March 26 2021

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Bowen  Denman  Hornby  Gabriola  Galiano  Gambier  Lasqueti  Mayne  North Pender  Salt Spring  Saturna  South Pender  Thetis 
 
 
700 North Road, Gabriola Island, BC  V0R 1X3 
Telephone  250-247-2063    Fax  250-247-7514 
Toll Free via Enquiry BC in Vancouver 604.660.2421  Elsewhere in BC 1.800.663.7867 
Email  northinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca 
Web  www.islandstrust.bc.ca 
 
April 26, 2021 GM/6410-03 
 
Via email: comms@artificialreefsocietybc.ca 
 
Kiersten Enemark 
Director, Communications  
Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia 
1905 Ogden Avenue 
Vancouver, BC  V6J 1A3 
 
Re:  New Marine Habitat Enhancement Proposal – Howe Sound – your letter dated March 26, 2021 
Dear Kiersten, 
Thank you for the opportunity to provide comment on the proposal to place a new helicopter sculpture on the 
Annapolis. 
Our position must be the same as it was before the Annapolis was placed in Halkett Bay; we are unable to 
support. Please refer to the letters sent by the Islands Trust in 2011 and 2012 to the BC Minister of 
Environment, and in 2009 to Transport Canada for details, all copied to the Artificial Reef Society of BC, 
attached. 
Our comments specific to the sculpture addition proposal are as follows: 
a. Islands Trust Council Policy Statement Bylaw No. 17 
The Islands Trust Policy Statement was developed in response to the need for preservation and protection of 
the Trust Area, the need for leadership in achieving this objective, and to meet the Islands Trust legislated 
requirements under the Islands Trust Act. Policy 3.4.3 states: 
Trust Council holds that artificial reefs should not be developed in the Trust Area. 
Please note that the current Islands Trust Policy Statement, in which the above statement is found, is under 
review. For more information and to participate, please visit islandstrust.bc.ca/trust-council/projects/islands-
2050/ 
b. Gambier Island Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw 
No support for underwater sculpture is found within either the Official Community Plan or the Land Use 
Bylaw. They can be found at islandstrust.bc.ca/islands/local-trust-areas/gambier/bylaws 
On behalf of the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee, thank you for your attention to this letter.  
Sincerely, 
 
 
 
Sue Ellen Fast 
Chair, Gambier Island Local Trust Committee 
 
cc Islands Trust Executive Committee 
 Peter Scholefield, Gambier Island Conservancy 
 Gambier Island Local Trust Committee

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