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

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Hornby Island Community Heritage Register

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Local Government Elections

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Species at Risk: Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies

SARA Species of Special Concern Life stage and activities observable in the fall: adults fishing and hunting at the edges of the ocean, lakes and […]

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Great Blue Heron. Photo by Lisa Wilcox

Species at Risk: Western Screech-Owl

SARA Threatened Species Life stages observable in the winter: adult pairs courting in advance of breeding season What’s that sound? It’s the Western Screech-Owl’s courtship […]

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A Western Screech Owl pops its head out

Ballenas-Winchelsea Local Trust Committee 2026 Regular Meeting Schedule

The Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust Committee 2026 business meeting schedule is now available. To review the agendas, minutes and recordings of any Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands Local Trust […]

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Species at Risk: Little Brown Myotis

SARA Endangered Species Life stage and activities observable in the summer: adults in flight at dusk using sonar to catch flying insects As dusk settles […]

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Little Brown Myotis

Species at Risk: Northern Red-legged Frog

SARA Species of Special Concern Life stage observable in the spring: egg-masses and tadpoles developing in ponds The Northern Red-legged Frog, not to be mistaken […]

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Northern Red-legged Frog

Islands Trust Council Statement on the Scope and Meaning of Section 3 of the Islands Trust Act (Object Clause)

On May 6, 2025, Islands Trust Council met in Committee of the Whole, to discuss the Statement on the Scope and Meaning of Section 3 […]

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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

 

 

Laura Patrick

Laura Patrick

Salt Spring 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. 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

%