THE SURROUNDING NATURAL BEAUTY

BC's Gulf Islands provide naturalists, artists and other explorers with a wonderful and increasingly rare opportunity to relax and wander the quiet forests and along the beaches where life offers itself in abundance.

Galiano, with 1000 permanent residents on 35 square kilometers, is characterized by its sculpted sandstone shores, huge curving arbutus trees and soaring eagles. Numbers of eagles nest on the island, and one arbutus was measured by a friend at 18 feet in diameter!

Galiano features a network of protected areas comprising over 12% of the island, including Dionisio Point Park and Coon Bay.

This beautiful 350 acre park offers some of the most striking views and walks in the Gulf Islands, and promises a profusion of spring wildflowers.

You'll have direct access to miles of hiking trails bringing you to one of the most outstanding spots in this area of BC — Coon Bay. A few miles to the south is Bodega Ridge, another Galiano treasure.

Miles of walking trails and less traveled paths offer themselves to the visitor, who can walk in peace and privacy through the Douglas-fir forest to the beaches of adjacent Dionisio Point Provincial Park.