Ballenas-Winchelsea Island Trust Area Includes:
Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust Area includes 11 associated islands including:
- Ada Islands
- Mistaken Island
- Ruth Island
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News Ballenas-Winchelsea LTA
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Islands Trust Conservancy Celebrates 35 Years of Conservation
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Meet Your Local Trust Committee
Tobi Elliott
Gabriola Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-Chair
David Maude
Mayne Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-Chair
Timothy Peterson
Lasqueti Island Trustee, Executive Committee Vice-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. These islands and islets are blanketed with wildflowers vulnerable to human impacts.
Eelgrass Beds
2.2
%of foreshore
Mature Forest
3.1
%of area
Sensitive Ecosystems
94.3
%of area
Protected Areas
16
%