BS - Friday, June 15, 1984 - North Shore News

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DESTINATION: GULF ISLANDS

For a temporary vacation home

JEAN MacKENZIE

Who can resist the enchantment of an island? Crowned with green trees, bordered with foam-laced shores and indented with secret coves, an island begs to be expolored. B.C.’s south-

ern Gulf Islands provide some of the world’s best — and easiest — island explorations.

Your own adventure can begin by driving aboard one of B.C.’s big ferry boats

which travel daily from the mainland terminals to Nanaimo, Swartz Bay and the major gulf islands.

You can drive or cycle around the larger islands, or join in the seasonal! festivities and shop for pottery, jewelry and weaving, all produced by local crafts-people You can golf, swim and fish, gather oysters and dig for clams On wind surf, dive

The smaller islands are best explored by private of chartered boat Dozens of overnight anchorages, and many Marinas, campsites and marine parks dot the islands

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SHIP AHOY!

A VACATION home can take many forms. It can be anything from the tiny cottage in the woods, the isolated splendor of a mountain retreat, or even a recreation vehicle or, as pictured above, a houseboat.

@ Yachtsmen coming from the adjoining San Juan Islands (USA) must report at Canada Customs entry ports in Victoria, Sidney, Bedwell Harbor, Vancouver or Nanaimo.

@ B.C. Ferries passengers going directly from the main- land by car to a Gulf Island destination are advised to make advance reservations by phoning (604) 669-1211.

DROP YOUR ANCHOR

At one of B.C.’s justly famous marine parks:

@ tLandiocked Montague Harbor oa Galiano Island - always a busy anchorage has 31! on-shore campsites and good swimming beaches @ Quiet and beautiful Beau. mont Park, on South Pender Island

@ Neweasile Island, in Nanaimo Harbor, has Indian burial caves, coal mine work-

ings, and abandoned sand stone quarry, swimming beaches and woodland campsites

@ The sands of Sidney Spit Park ensure warm swimming

on oan island onty minutes away from the town of Sidncy

@ Pirates Cove, on De © our cy Island ts a popular haven,

the sheltered bays of Ruxton Island to the south.

B Go adventuring to an un- developed marine park area: tiny D’Arcy Island, Dis- covery Island near Victoria, Portland (Princess Margaret) Island near Swartz Bay, or Cabbage Island off the southeastern shore of Satur- na Island.

DRIVE IN AND PITCH YOUR TENT

@ At Prior Centennial on North Pender Island, then

drive down to explore neigh-

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@ On Saltspring Island in wooded Mount Provincial Park or at lovely Ruckle Park where the ferries pass before your seaside camping spot.

VACATION IN COMFORT

@ cConsult your B.C. Accommodation and Travel Information Guide for an island inn, a cottage by the sea, or one of Saltspring’s Jakeshore resorts.

@ Stay city-side at Victoria, Sidney or Nanaimo and

launch your boat for a series of day trips to the islands.

ISLAND FUN

@ Come to Mayne Island for the Lions Salmon Bake on Labor Day.

@ On Gabriola, see the Regatta (Sept. 17-19), picnic at Twin Beach or Drumbeg Provincial Park, and visit the Malaspina Galleries which were carved out of the sand- stone cliffs by wind and waves.

@ On Galiano, rent a bike,

go hiking or fishing, explore Bluff Park.

@ On Saltspring, climb Mount Bruce for a top-of- the-islands view. There’s a Farmer’s Market every Satur- day, a summer-long art-craft

’ show, a sea festival in June.

Come September you can enter the cow-milking contest at the Fall Fair.

@ Please don’t leave litter. @ And please don’t destroy

an island through careless use of fire.

once, and you'll never resurface again.

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