Southern Gulf Islands

Will anyone else from Salt Spring be up for a 5:30am home departure in the dark to catch the 6:20am ferry from Long Harbour to Mayne Island? We arrived at 7:35am and proceeded directly to the incredible Japanese Garden at Dinner Bay. The Japanese Memorial Garden was opened in May 2002... [Read More...]

For GoByBikeBC 2025, we’re creating a series of self-guided cycling tour maps for the Southern Gulf Islands. Do you have suggestions for rides and stops? Ideally, each tour will call out features along the way that celebrate nature, history, great food, art, music, and other landmarks. Galiano Island First up is... [Read More...]

For the past seven years or so, I’ve organized GoByBikeBC Week events each Autumn and late Spring with Island Pathways, a charitable non-profit that has been advancing safer cycling and walking infrastructure on Salt Spring Island for over 35 years. Each GoByBikeBC Week, a group of Salt Springers ventures out on... [Read More...]

We’ve pushed for years to get road shoulders and our 1 km of bikelanes swept of gravel and debris more than once per year by Salt Spring’s MoTI contractor… Island Pathways has hosted sweeping work-bees, we’ve organized letters, meetings, articles… After yet another cycling accident, we even dressed up as Barbie... [Read More...]

Friday, October 4: Join us for a Salt Spring bikeride from 2-4:30pm, from Ganges to Fulford and back again. Saturday, October 5: Saturna Island, starting 6:15am Fulford Harbour, back by 2ish to Fulford… Sunday, October 6: Join us for a Mayne Island bikeride, starting at the 6:15am Long Harbour Ferry and... [Read More...]

GREEN DRINKS is tonight (Thursday, Sept 26) 5-7pm at SSI Wild Cider on Sharp Road. I’m leading the discussion tonight, which was proposed by my pal Anna Ford: “Thinking like an Island.” What bright, sustainable or even regenerative future can you envision here on Salt Spring Island? We can discuss unique... [Read More...]

On June 4, 2024, about 60 Salt Springers joined Minister of Tourism, Lana Popham and others for a bikeride and presentation about safer cycling tourism on Salt Spring Island. (photos by Christopher Roy) Colleen MacDonald, author of the Let’s Go Biking blog and book series, provided this excellent presentation, titled “Safer... [Read More...]

Friday, June 7 from 4 to 6pm, over 130 people got together at the Lions Bike Park for a Kids Bike Rally! Teenagers leding an obstacle course, jump competitions, and skill-building circuits for the younger ones with lots of prizes and free bike tune-ups. Island Pathways Board Members hosted a free... [Read More...]

On Tuesday, June 4th, the Minister of Tourism, Lana Popham, will join Salt Springers from 12:30-2:30pm for a cycle tourism loop, starting and ending at the SSI Library at 129 McPhillips in Ganges. Then, from 2:30-4pm, join Let’s Go Biking author, Colleen MacDonald for an inspiring vision of safer cycle tourism... [Read More...]

I love riding bicycles around the quieter Gulf Islands. A group of eight from Salt Spring joined two from Mayne for a jolly Earth Day bikeride on Sunday, April 21. We met at Village Bay to chart our course: After leaving Neil in capable hands to fix a few punctures in... [Read More...]