Salt Spring Island or Saltspring Island is one of the

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in the Strait of Georgia between mainland

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, and

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. The island was initially inhabited by various

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peoples before being settled by immigrant pioneers in 1859, at which time it was renamed Admiral Island. It was the first of the Gulf Islands to be settled and the first agricultural settlement on the islands in the

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, as well as the first island in the region to permit settlers to acquire land through pre-emption. The island was retitled to its current name in 1910. It is named for the salt springs found in the northern part of the island. Salt Spring Island is the largest, most populous, and the most frequently visited of the Southern Gulf Islands.

History

Salt Spring Island, or xʷənen̕əč, was initially inhabited by Salishan peoples of various tribes. Other Saanich placenames on the island include: ''t̕θəsnaʔəŋ̕'' (Beaver Point), ''čəw̕een'' (Cape Keppel), ''xʷən̕en̕əč'' (Fulford Harbour), ''syaxʷt'' (Ganges Harbour), and ''ṮÁȽEṈ'' (Isabella Point). The island became a refuge from

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for

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who had resided in

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. They left California in 1858 after the state passed discriminatory legislation against blacks. Several of the families settled on this island including families of George Richardson and William Isaacs who occupied land behind the village of Shiya'hwt; others on Vancouver Island. Before the emigration,

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travelled with two other men up to the colony to interview Governor Sir James Douglas about what kind of treatment they could expect there. The Governor was a Guyanese man of multi-ethnic birth, and assured them that people of African descent in Canada would be fairly treated and that the colony had abolished slavery more than 20 years before. Nevertheless the natives opposed the black settlers' presence. The island was the first of the Gulf Islands to be settled by non-First Nations people. According to 1988's ''A Victorian Missionary and Canadian Indian Policy'', it was the first agricultural settlement established anywhere in the Colony of Vancouver Island that was not owned by the

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or its subsidiary the

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.Hill and Hill, 241. Salt Spring Island School

Salt Spring Island was the first in the Colony of Vancouver Island and British Columbia to allow settlers to acquire land through pre-emption: settlers could occupy and improve the land before purchase, being permitted to buy it at a cost per acre of one dollar after proving they had done so. Before 1871 (when the merged Colony of British Columbia joined Canada), all property acquired on Salt Spring Island was purchased in this way; between 1871 and 1881, it was still by far the primary method of land acquisition, accounting for 96% of purchases. As a result, the history of early settlers on Salt Spring Island is unusually detailed. Demographically, early settlers of the island included not only African Americans, but also Hawaiians, First Nation peoples, and British Isles settlers, including English, Irish and Scottish. The method of land purchase helped to ensure that the land was used for agricultural purposes and that the settlers were mostly families. Ruth Wells Sandwell in ''Beyond the City Limit'' indicates that few of the island's early residents were commercial farmers, with most families maintaining subsistence plots and supplementing through other activities, including

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and working for the colony's government. Some families later abandoned their land as a result of lack of civic services on the island or other factors, such as the livestock-killing cold of the winter of 1862. During

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, 77

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living on Salt Spring Island were forcibly relocated away from the coast due to the

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. Gavin C. Mouat was appointed

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of the properties they left behind. Mouat sold the properties below market value using his Custodial rights without the consent of the owners. Salt Spring Lands Ltd., of which Mouat was the president, ended up purchasing some of the properties. Only one of the interned families, the Murakami's, purchased property on the island again and returned. During the 1960s, the island became a political refuge for United States citizens, this time for draft evaders during the

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Beddis Beach, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Vesuvius, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Etymology

The island was known as "Chuan" or "Chouan" Island in 1854, but it was also called "Salt Spring" as early as 1855, because of the island's salt springs. In 1859, it was officially named "Admiralty Island" in honour of

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by surveyor Captain Richards, who named various points of the island in honour of the Rear-Admiral and his flagship, HMS ''Ganges''. Even while named "Admiralty Island", it was referred to popularly as Salt Spring, as in James Richardson's report for the Geological Survey of Canada in 1872. According to records of the Geographic Board of Canada, the island was officially retitled Saltspring on March 1, 1910, though the year 1905 is given by unofficial sources. According to the Integrated Land Management Bureau of British Columbia, locals incline equally to Salt Spring and Saltspring for current use. The official

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website for the island, which gives a date of 1906 for the renaming, adopts the two word title, stating that the Geographic Board of Canada, in choosing the one word name, "cared nothing for local opinion or Island tradition."

Geography and locale

Located between Mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island, Salt Spring Island is the most frequently visited of the Gulf Islands as well as the most populous, with a 2016 census population of 10,557 inhabitants. The largest village on the island is

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. The island is known for its artists. In addition to Canadian dollars, island banks and some island businesses accept Salt Spring's own local currency, the

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. The island is part of the

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, (Salt Spring Island,

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), which are all part of the Capital Regional District, along with the municipalities of

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. Salt Spring Island's highest point of elevation is Bruce Peak, which according to topographic data from

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is just over above sea level.

Climate

Salt Spring Island has a temperate warm-summer

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(Csb) and experiences warm, dry summers and cool winters.

Hiking trails

Salt Spring Island has many hiking trails. Two of these trails are rough and windy trails that lead to the summit regions of both Bruce Peak above sea level, and Mount Tuam 602 meters (1,975 feet) above sea level. These two mountain peaks are the tallest points of land on the Southern Gulf Islands. Many short hikes can also be found on the island. One of these is the long trek to the summit of Mount Erskine, which is above sea level. Fulford Harbour and Skeena Queen

Notable residents

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– musician, songwriter, and CBC personality) (moved off island) *

Nick Bantock Nick Bantock (born 14 July 1949) is a British artist and author based in Saltspring Island, British Columbia, known for his series, '' The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy''. His books are published by Raincoast Books in Canada and Chronicle Books in ...

– author and artist (former resident of Salt Spring Island) * Robert Bateman – wildlife artist * Arthur Black – CBC personality and humorist (deceased) *

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– poet and novelist (moved away) *

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– comedian and television producer * Michael Colgan – nutritionist/bodybuilding writer *

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("Hamilton") - novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist (1986-1991; 2017-) * Bill Henderson – singer-songwriter (The Collectors, Chilliwack) *

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– poet and novelist *

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– singer, songwriter, co-founder of the Grapes of Wrath *

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– British actor, playwright and novelist * Dan Jason – author, organic farming advocate *

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- educator *

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– artist and novelist *

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– poet and translator *

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– author *

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– author *

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– musician and singer-songwriter *

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– musician and singer-songwriter *

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– actor and director (''The Rockford Files''—former resident of Salt Spring Island) * James Monger – PhD award-winning

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– writer * Kevin Patterson – medical doctor and writer * Briony Penn –

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professor, author, and environmental activist *

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– voice-over actor *

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– singer-songwriter *

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- local businessman *

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- British intelligence officer *

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– Canada women's national soccer team *

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– actor, producer, writer (''New Girl'') * Malcolm Smith – motorcyclist * Sylvia Stark – African-American pioneer * Patrick Taylor – Northern Irish author *

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– poet and radio broadcaster *

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Education

Gulf Islands Secondary School Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) is a grade 8 to 12 public school in School District 64 Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Salt Spring Island and is attended by students from Saltspring Island, Pender Island, Galiano Is ...

* Salt Spring Island Middle School * Fulford Elementary School * Salt Spring Elementary School * Salt Spring Centre School * Phoenix School * Fernwood Elementary School

Transportation

Local bus transit on the island is provided by

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operates three routes to Salt Spring: between

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(on the BC mainland) and Long Harbour (on the east side of Salt Spring), between Swartz Bay (at the north end of Vancouver Island's Saanich Peninsula) and Fulford Harbour (at the south end of Salt Spring), and between Crofton (on the east side of Vancouver Island) and Vesuvius (on the west side of Salt Spring).

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and

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operate floatplane services from

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and

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operates between Ganges and Lake Union,

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Salt Spring Island Library

Library facilities have existed on Salt Spring in one form or another since the early 1930s. The demand for books and resources has only grown since then, requiring constant expansions over the years to accommodate the needs of the island residents. In December 2012, the new Salt Spring Island Public Library was opened. The library is staffed by three librarians, among other paid positions and close to 200 volunteers.

Communications

Telecommunications service providers include Telus and Shaw, with most wireless carriers providing coverage. The Island is served by the Ganges and Fulford Harbour exchanges. Active Radio Amateurs maintain wireless repeaters located on Mt Bruce. 2 meter band (147.320 MHz). Coverage from Nanaimo, Vancouver and Victoria.

References

External links

Islands Trust, Salt Spring IslandSalt Spring Island Archives
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