Ballenas-Winchelsea Island Trust Area Includes:

Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust Area includes 11 associated islands including:

  • Ada Islands
  • Mistaken Island
  • Ruth Island
list of all islands

Meetings and Events Around: Ballenas-Winchelsea

See upcoming Ballenas-Winchelsea meetings & events and learn more about the Executive Committee for this area.

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Apr 10
2024

Executive Committee acting as a Local Trust Committee (Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands)

Time: 10:30 am
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Oct 09
2024

Executive Committee acting as a Local Trust Committee (Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands)

Time: 10:30 am
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Mar 19
2024

Islands Trust Conservancy Board Meeting

Time: 10:00 am
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Meet Your Local Trust Committee

Tobi Elliott

Tobi Elliott

Gabriola Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-Chair

David Maude

David Maude

Mayne Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-Chair

 

 

Timothy Peterson

Timothy Peterson

Lasqueti Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-Chair

 

 

Peter Luckham

Peter Luckham

Thetis Island Trustee, Islands Trust Council Chair

Island Profile

Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust Area includes 19 islands and islets. This rugged archipelago is home to some of the world’s rarest ecosystems, including a glass sponge reef and protected marine areas. These islands and islets are blanketed with wildflowers vulnerable to human impacts.

Eelgrass Beds

2

%

in shoreline areas

Woodlands

31.6

%

on island

Sensitive Ecosystems

16

%

protected

Total Area

Trust Area

168

ha

News Ballenas-Winchelsea LTA

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Webinar: Living with Fire: a panel discussion for those living in the Salish Sea

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Ballenas-Winchelsea Local Trust Committee 2024 Regular Meeting Schedule

The Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust Committee 2024 business meeting schedule is now available. To review the agendas, minutes and recordings of any Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local […]

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New Conservation Area on Lasqueti Island Protects Mature Forest for Species at Risk

For immediate release Livingstone Forest Covenant on Lasqueti Island. Photo by Doug Hopwood. Lək̓ ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C.  ¾  The Islands Trust Conservancy’s new Livingstone Forest […]

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Gambier Island Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw Targeted Review

The online survey is now closed.  Stay tuned for results at a future LTC meeting. The Gambier Island Local Trust Committee is embarking on a […]

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