The Islands

Every Local Trust Area governed by the Islands Trust.

Gambier Island

A largely roadless Howe Sound island with summer camps and recreation properties under its own Local Trust Committee.

257 archived meeting documents · Howe Sound

Bowen Island

A Howe Sound island near West Vancouver; an island municipality that remains within the Islands Trust Area.

archive pending · Howe Sound

Denman Island

A rural island in Baynes Sound between Vancouver Island and Hornby, governed by the Denman Island Local Trust Committee. The most heavily documented island in our archive.

339 archived meeting documents · Northern Gulf Islands

Hornby Island

Reached via two ferries beyond Denman, Hornby is an arts-and-tourism island under its own Local Trust Committee.

297 archived meeting documents · Northern Gulf Islands

Gabriola Island

The most populous of the Northern Gulf Islands, a short ferry from Nanaimo, with one of the largest Trust caseloads.

448 archived meeting documents · Northern Gulf Islands

Lasqueti Island

An off-grid, foot-passenger-ferry island known for its independent, self-reliant community.

197 archived meeting documents · Northern Gulf Islands

Ballenas-Winchelsea

A group of small islands near Nanoose Bay forming their own Local Trust Area.

29 archived meeting documents · Northern Gulf Islands

Salt Spring Island

The largest and most populous Gulf Island, with the biggest planning caseload in the Trust Area.

396 archived meeting documents · Southern Gulf Islands

Galiano Island

A long, narrow Southern Gulf Island with extensive forest lands and its own Local Trust Committee.

340 archived meeting documents · Southern Gulf Islands

Mayne Island

A compact Southern Gulf Island with deep settler and farming history, under its own Local Trust Committee.

241 archived meeting documents · Southern Gulf Islands

North Pender Island

The more populated of the two Penders, joined to South Pender by a bridge.

329 archived meeting documents · Southern Gulf Islands

South Pender Island

A quiet island sharing a Local Trust Committee history with North Pender.

197 archived meeting documents · Southern Gulf Islands

Saturna Island

The southernmost and least developed of the major Southern Gulf Islands, much of it national park reserve.

148 archived meeting documents · Southern Gulf Islands

Thetis Island

A small island off Chemainus, governed with neighbouring islands under the Trust.

206 archived meeting documents · Southern Gulf Islands