Crown Land Study

In 2001, the Islands Trust Council initiated the Islands Trust Crown Land Study to prepare Vacant Crown Land Profiles for islands throughout the Trust Area.

Islands Trust will prepare the Gambier Island Vacant Crown Land Profile in 2011/12. The Bowen, Anvil and Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Vacant Crown Land Profiles are currently on hold.

The Purpose of the Vacant Crown Land Profiles

The purpose of the Vacant Crown Land Profiles is to represent the most complete collation of current knowledge regarding vacant Crown land parcels in the Islands Trust Area. Islands Trust will use the Profiles as a starting point for the compilation of more detailed information as it becomes available through further studies.

The information included in the profiles, the maps or the referenced material may not be complete. In particular, the information and mapping on ecosystems may be preliminary and uncertain. Islands Trust will use the information to flag features requiring further investigation. In many cases, more detailed inventories and mapping will be required to provide an accurate understanding of the ecological values of a parcel.

Denman Island Crown Land Profiles

• Denman Island Vacant Crown Land Profiles dated July 15, 2004
• Other (Significant Crown Land Parcels)
• Map 1 - Location
• Map 2 - Terrain (Physiography)
• Map 3 - Geology
• Map 4 - Surface Drainage
• Map 5 - Soils
• Map 6 - Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory
• Map 7 - Official Community Plan
• Map 8 - Land Use Bylaw
• Map 9 - Agricultural Land Reserve
• Map 10 - Islands Trust Ecosystem Mapping

Galiano Island Crown Land Profiles

• Galiano Island Vacant Crown Land Profile - January 25, 2006
• Map 1 - Land Status
• Map 2 - Location
• Map 3 - Surface Water and Terrain
• Map 4 - Geology
• Map 5 - Agricultural Capability
• Map 6 - Soils
• Map 7 - Islands Trust Ecosystem Mapping
• Map 8 - Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory
• Map 9 - Official Community Plan
• Map 10 - Land Use Bylaw
• Map 11 - Agricultural Land Reserve

Hornby Island Crown Land Profiles

• Hornby Island Vacant Crown Land Profiles - dated July 15, 2004
• Map 1 - Location
• Map 2 - Steep Slope (Physiography)
• Map 3 - Geology
• Map 4 - Surface Drainage
• Map 5 - Aquifer
• Map 6 - Soils
• Map 7 - Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory
• Map 8 - Official Community Plan
• Map 9 - Land Use Bylaw

Lasqueti Island Crown Land Profiles

• Lasqueti Island Vacant Crown Land Profiles - dated March 2, 2005
• Other (Significant Crown Land Parcels)
• Map 1 - Location
• Map 2 - Surface Water and Terrain
• Map 3 - Geology
• Map 4 - Agriculture Capability
• Map 5 - Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory
• Map 6 - Islands Trust Ecosystem Mapping
• Map 7 - Rural Land Use Bylaw
• Map 8 - Agricultural Land Reserve

Salt Spring Island Crown Land Profiles

• Draft Salt Spring Island Vacant Crown Land Profiles - dated October 4, 2006
• Map 1 - Land Status
• Map 2 - Location
• Map 3 - Surface Water and Terrain
• Map 4 - Geology
• Map 5 - Agricultural Capability
• Map 6 - Soils
• Map 7 - Islands Trust Ecosystem Mapping
• Map 8 - Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory
• Map 9 - Official Community Plan
• Map 10 - Land Use Bylaw
• Map 11 - Agricultural Land Reserve

Valdes Island Crown Land Profiles

• Valdes Island Vacant Crown Land Profiles - dated May 17, 2007
• Map 1 - Land Status
• Map 2 - Location
• Map 3 - Physiography and Surface Water
• Map 4 - Geology
• Map 5 - Soils
• Map 6 - Islands Trust Ecosystem Mapping
• Map 7 - Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory
• Map 8 - Rural Land Use Bylaw

Need More Information?

The following Islands Trust staff are working on this project:

Director, Trust Area Services
(250) 405-5174


Geographic Information Systems Coordinator
(250) 405-5181