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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Oct 04
2023

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

Time: 10:30 am
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Oct 03
2023

Islands Trust Conservancy Board Meeting

Time: 10:00 am
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Oct 04
2023

Executive Committee Special Electronic Meeting

Time: 12:30 pm
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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

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News Ballenas-Winchelsea LTA

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

Read the latest edition of the Heron

Islands Trust Conservancy’s most recent edition of the Heron is out now! Cover of the Heron newsletter – Summer 2023.…

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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…

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Ballenas-Winchelsea LTC 2023 Meeting Schedule

The Executive Committee Acting as a Local Trust Committee for the Ballenas-Winchelsea Local Trust Area 2023 business meeting schedule is…

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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…

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