Gambier Island Trust Area Includes:

Gambier Island Local Trust Area includes 35 associated islands including:

  • Keats Island
  • North Thormanby Island
  • South Thormanby Island
List of All Islands

Meetings and Events Around: Gambier

Learn about upcoming Gambier Island Local Trust Area meetings and events and plan to attend.

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May 9 2025 Regional Planning Committee Regular Meeting Region: Islands Trust Area Time: 10:00 am Read More
May 13 2025 Islands Trust Council Committee of the Whole Regular Meeting Region: Islands Trust Area Time: 1:00 pm Read More
May 14 2025 Executive Committee Regular Meeting Region: Islands Trust Area Time: 9:15 am Read More
Meeting Calendar

News Gambier LTA

Find out what's happening in and around your local trust area

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 as a Committee of the Whole to discuss the previously released Trust Council statement on the interpretation […]

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Gambier LTC 2025 Regular Meeting Schedule – UPDATED

The Gambier Island Local Trust Committee 2025 business meeting schedule has been UPDATED. To review the agendas, minutes and recordings of any Gambier Island Local Trust […]

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Islands Trust Requests Provincial Review of Islands Trust Act

Lək̓ʷəŋən, METULIYE/Victoria, B.C. – At its quarterly meeting in September 2024, Islands Trust Council voted to request that the Province of British Columbia undertake a […]

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Notice of First Reading of Draft Bylaw No. 158

Please be advised that the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee will be considering first reading of draft Bylaw No. 158 cited as “Keats Island Land […]

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Keats Shoreline Protection Project

What is the goal of the Shoreline Protection Project? The project was initiated based on concerns about increased dock development and shoreline hardening (i.e., sea […]

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Gambier Island Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw Targeted Review

The Gambier Island Local Trust Committee is reviewing Gambier Island’s land use policies and regulations. The target areas for review in the Gambier Island Official […]

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Updated brochure for Gambier Riparian Areas – Development Permit Area No. 3

Gambier Island Local Trust Committee (LTC) adopted bylaws 148 and 149 in December 2019 that provide additional safeguards for riparian areas on Gambier Island for the protection of biodiversity and freshwater

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A blue lagoon with green lily pads and thick green tree cover in the distance under a blue sky day

Meet Your Local Trust Committee

Joe Bernardo

Joe Bernardo

Gambier Island Trustee

Kate-Louise Stamford

Kate-Louise Stamford

Gambier Island Trustee

 

 

Laura Patrick

Laura Patrick

Salt Spring Island Trustee, Islands Trust Council Chair

 

 

Gambier Trustee Corner About the Islands Trust Council

Island Profile

The Gambier Island Local Trust Area encompasses over 30 islands, with 42% of its land covered by mature forests, where trees range from 80 to 250 years old. This ecologically significant area serves as a habitat for three threatened species: the Double-Crested Cormorant, Steller Sea Lion, and Red-Legged Frog. Additionally, it provides critical habitat for the Marbled Murrelet.

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About Conservancy

Mature Forest

42

%

of area

Protected Areas

16.4

%

of area

Marine Protected Areas

10,820

ha

Sensitive Ecosystems

54.1

%

of area