Bowen Island Undercurrent August 5 2016

FRIDAY AUG 5, 2016

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New friends in Snug Cove

Welcoming the seal pup born on the Union Steamship dock

Yaki Onigiri

Fastpitch tournament

A delicious side for upcoming picnics

Schedule of the weekend’s games and more

No deal is safe New real estate tax hits Bowen MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

This past weekend was one of revelry for many Bowen Islanders, but the community did not forget to give. The Little Red Church collected hundreds of pounds of food and raised nearly $2000 for the local food bank with their Cram the Cruiser event on Friday. From left: Dani Gifford, Shelagh MacKinnon, RCMP CPL. Paulo Arreaga and Lynn Williams.

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Second trial on Cape Roger Curtis docks on hold MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

A civil trial against the Bowen Island Municipality filed by Zongshen Envirotech Ltd. was put on hold last week due to the illness of the municipality’s lawyer.

The plaintiff in this case blames the municipality’s “delay tactics” for his inability to build docks on his properties at Cape Roger Curtis prior to May, 2015, when council adopted a bylaw banning docks on that area of Bowen Island’s shoreline.

Mayor Murray Skeels says a number of the plaintiff ’s arguments have already been knocked down by the court case

launched by other Cape Roger Curtis property owners that was ruled upon by the BC Supreme Court in April, 2016.

“In this case the plaintiff is relying a piece of Common Law relating to a ‘commitment to use’,” says Skeels. “On one of the properties on the shore of CRC, this doctrine was in effect because a concrete pad had been put in place, indicating that construction was underway. Zongshen’s argument is that money and time invested shows a similar intent to build.

These are tricky cases and the outcome will be determined by the strength of legal arguments on both sides. It’s impossible to determine the outcome.”

The case is currently scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on September 1.

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A new tax announced by the provincial government penalizing non-Canadians purchasing homes in Vancouver and Bowen Island left realtors scrambling last week. On Thursday, Bowen Island realtors Dee and Frazer Elliott rushed to finalize a house that had sold months ago, but had a previously scheduled closing date in mid-August.

“If this deal doesn’t close tomorrow, our client will have to pay either $114,000 in tax, or back out of the deal and lose his deposit of $38,000,” said Dee Elliott on Thursday. She added that her Singaporean client was purchasing a relatively modest house and hoping to send his son to school on Bowen Island.

“This tax may have been prompted by investment by Chinese buyers in Vancouver, but many other people from all over the world will have to change their plans because of it.”

On Friday, Elliott confirmed that “everything fell into place” for her client, allowing the deal to close without adding the new 15 percent tax on to the sale price.

The new tax affects greater Vancouver including Bowen, but not Squamish, Whistler or the Sunshine Coast.

“Abbotsford will not be affected by this tax, but we are,” says Elliott. “For a young family looking to get out of the city and raise their kids in a nice community they can either move to Bowen or east of the city, Maple Ridge and Abbotsford. This tax does affect Maple Ridge but not Abbotsford, and it will most definitely affect prices here.”

Since the beginning of 2016, realtors on Bowen have sold 48 homes, down from 57 this time last year. However, that drop is largely attributed to a lack of houses up for sale. Elliott says that prices started to climb in March of 2016, and although she does not have data on how much prices have risen, she says it could be as much as 30 percent.

“I don’t think that anyone who has a deal happening on their property should feel safe right now,” says Elliott. “This will impact potential buyers moving here from Vancouver, this will effect sellers who have plans to buy new properties on Bowen, this will effect the economy down the line. This will have repercussions beyond what we can imagine right now.”

Dee’s son and now business partner, Frazer Elliott, says he has personally been impacted by the rising prices and agrees that something needs to be done to make housing more affordable, but disagrees with this tactic.

“My wife and I were just at a point where maybe we could afford to buy a home when prices started to rise, and we were priced out of the market,” he says. “Something definitely needs to be done to make housing more affordable but adding a 15 percent tax to a pre-existing, legally binding contract is not the way to do it.”

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NEWS from

Municipal Hall MEETING CALENDAR August 9, 2016 9:00 AM Communities in Bloom

August 9, 2016 2:00 PM Communications Team

August 10, 2016 1:00 PM Finance Advisory Committee

August 11, 2016 7:00 PM Heritage Commission All meetings are held in BIM Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

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Sandy Beach

As part of the Mannion Bay Revitalization Strategy, a small water craft storage rack will be installed in the coming weeks at Sandy Beach for community use. We suggest that owners storing small self-propelled water craft in this rack display their name and phone number. This labelling will help identify craft that are actively being used for recreation.

Dogs on main beaches

A reminder that during the months of July and August, dogs are not permitted on Bowen Bay Beach, Tunstall Bay Beach and Sandy Beach.

Questions? Please contact the Manager of Parks and Environment at 604 947-4255 or bim@bimbc.ca.

Ö WAT E R C O N S E R VAT I O N GUIDELINES

Bowen Island Municipal Council has agreed to endorse the Greater Vancouver Regional District Water Shortage Response Plan (WSRP) in order to promote awareness about the importance of water conservation, and to develop water restriction stages for 2017 and future years.

The plan defines guidelines for four levels of water conservation for users of municipal drinking water systems.

Bowen Island Municipality is promoting similar guidelines to those in the WSRP and hopes that water users on the Island will support this important priority by voluntarily following the guidelines.

Thank you to the First Credit Union for their ongoing support of the Leaders in Training program. This year, 30 youth participated in the training session and are putting their new skills to use with the summer daycamp programs.

Pictured L-R: Christine Walker, Taylor Jones, John Stiver

Ö SHARE YOUR IDEAS ON T H E PA R K P L A N

Where do you want to go? Share your ideas about parks, trails and beaches on Bowen at www.bowenparkplansurvey.com The Park Plan will guide decision making and initiatives related to Bowen Island parks over the next 10 – 15 years.

For more information, please go to www.bimbc.ca/content/water-conservation

Ö ITMP NEIGHBOURHOOD Ö ALERTS AND ADVISORIES

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Introducing Alerts and Advisories. A one-stop-shop for municipal alerts such as water system interruptions, road conditions, beach closures and current fire danger rating.

PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS Park Plan www.bimbc.ca/content/park-plan

Check www.bimbc.ca/alerts when you are wondering about fire ban restrictions, water conservation stages and current air quality index.

The ITMP Project Team is coming to the Queen Charlotte Heights Neighbourhood. We will bring background information, snacks and refreshments. You bring your unique perspective and ideas!

Did you feel a shake? We even have a link to a live seismograph viewer for Bowen Island.

Saturday, August 6, 2016 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 865 Petersen Rd

Check it out and bookmark it: www.bimbc.ca/alerts

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Parking pressures are increasing in Snug Cove. BIM aims to relieve some of this pressure and to encourage public transit use by creating four Park & Ride stalls available at the Satellite Fire Hall at 1421 Adams Road. These Park & Ride stalls will be available starting Monday, August 8, 2016.

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Better communication, double-lane loading drive biannual ferry meeting MARIA SPITALE-LEISK CONTRIBUTOR

Better communication, a lower buy-in for the Experience Card and, most importantly, the reinstating of some lost weekend sailings, drove the conversation during a biannual sitdown in mid-June between Bowen’s ferry advisory committee and B.C. Ferries.

There is an increase in families moving to the island, said Bowen Island Councilor Melanie Mason, creating a growing need for more ferry service. The elimination of two sailings from the Bowen route in 2014 has caused some stress, according to a recent survey put out by the ferry advisory committee and responded to by 10 per cent of islanders.

“The survey showed that it is also creating hardship for shift workers or those having to work on the weekend,” said Mason, who is also a FAC member.

The axed 7:30 a.m. Saturday sailing is having the biggest impact, said ferry advisory committee chair Susanna Braund.

“If you need to be in the city for nine o’clock in the morning for your kid’s game, the 8:30 (sailing) won’t get you there on time - you have to get the 6:30 (sailing) on a Saturday morning,” said Braund. “So that’s one we would really like to have back on, and we think that B.C. Ferries might be open to that if we move a sailing from somewhere else in the schedule.”

Looking at the survey results, sailings identified as being the least popular are mid-morning during the weekdays, the 11:30 a.m. from Snug Cove for example, said Braund.

B.C. Ferries manager of public affairs Darin Guenette said the company is open to reworking Bowen’s ferry schedule to suit the community, but won’t be adding any more sailings at this point.

Any case for additional sailings must be made to the province by Bowen’s FAC and on the basis of economic grounds, such as a demographic change, said Braund.

In 2014, B.C. Ferries was given direction by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, said Guenette, to look at sailings across the board and reduce some of those with lower traffic volumes.

Each ferry route had a savings target and Bowen’s was $270,000. The savings came from a reduction in crew dates and fuel, explained Guenette.

The FAC is pressing hard for a lower minimum buy-in for the Experience Card, said Braund, for the benefit of those who can’t afford to prepay $115.

B.C. Ferries sets the minimum buy-in as the price of two fares for the most expensive route that you can use the Experience Card.

“We don’t want it be a single-use card,”

explained Guenette.

While the FAC is calling for a Bowenspecific Experience Card, Guenette said there are no planned changes at the moment for that discount system, explaining one of the challenges is that ferry travellers wouldn’t be able to use that card on the other routes.

Better communication from B.C. Ferries personnel after regular business hours is a perennial ask from the FAC. Braund said service email notifications are “erratic” and when the ferry is operating on a “load-andgo” basis because it’s running late, for example, - that needs to be communicated to travellers.

On the B.C. Ferries website there is a way to track where the vessel is at any given time, explained Guenette, adding load-and-go cases aren’t that common on the Bowen route.

Bowen council recently passed a resolution that would bring ferry flaggers in the summer to Snug Cove. Guenette said B.C. Ferries is willing to consider cost-sharing for that initiative.

Once the flaggers are in place, said Guenette, that might be the time to look at double-lane loading - which is in the works on a trial basis for Snug Cove.

While there’s no roll-out date yet, Guenette said making use of two lanes for loading can save a couple minutes and help keep the ferry on schedule.

“We said, ‘Yeah, we can look at this (double-lane loading).’ Our crew can do it. We do it at Horseshoe Bay. So the crew is comfortable with getting cars off and on.”

The FAC also raised concerns about large walk-on groups coming from Horseshoe Bay that puts the ferry at its legal maximum number of passengers, thereby leaving numerous vehicles behind, explained Braund.

“They (B.C. Ferries) do know when they have put a big group on the ferry at Horseshoe Bay,” said Braund. So, they need to be aware of that and think ahead. So what we would really like them to do is put on the extra crew for the afternoon when they have put on a big group of walkers in the morning.”

Guenette said those events, where the Queen of Capilano maximizes the amount of passengers she can take, happen less than a handful of times a year.

The meeting also allowed an opportunity for the FAC to thank B.C. Ferries for recent Snug Cove improvements including new functional bike racks, some cleanup of vegetation and use of fill to increase the area beside the washrooms.

While discussions for a new heated shelter with incorporated washrooms are still two years away, the FAC said it’s pleased to see the project is part of B.C. Ferries capital planning schedule.

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Islanders ponder the local impact of new property tax

Kara Chanarin says her family’s future on Bowen Island is uncertain and is not sure she can wait to find out if the new real estate tax will change the market in her favor.

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Other Bowen Islanders who have been priced out of the housing market, may find themselves agreeing with the 90 percent of people in Metro Vancouver polled by the Angus Reid Institute who agree with the tax.

Kara Chanarin and her family have lived on Bowen Island for seven years, but due to the change in the local market in this year, can no longer afford to buy or rent.

“It has always been our intention to buy, but with starting a family it just got put on hold,” says Chanarin. “We were ready, last year, but went away between July and November. When we got back, things had changed. We were lucky to find a small apartment that I thought would be temporary, I thought we could buy or at least find some-

thing better to rent but houses were flying off the market. People from Vancouver started publicly offering to pay for rentals at a much higher price, meaning what was left of the rental market got more expensive.”

Suddenly, Chanarin says her family was priced out of the buyer’s market and the renter’s market, and she started planning a move to Nova Scotia.

“I was supposed to go to town and pick up a motor home today, and start packing boxes,” she says. “But the person we were getting the motor home off got delayed. Now, I am thinking about this tax and trying to figure out how it will affect us. I see a glimmer of hope in the fact that houses don’t seem to be selling quite so quickly but I am not sure at this point if we can wait around to find out if the market turns.”

Union Steamship welcomes newborn seal pups

Mother seal and her pup, named Mimi, on Sunday.

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MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Susanna Braund, chair of the ferry advisory committee, David Hocking, chair of the transportation advisory committee and Bowen Coun. Melanie Mason are actively involved in discussions with B.C. Ferries about all aspects of the ferry service.

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On Sunday afternoon, Bella Bottay returned to work at the dock at the Union Steamship Marina to find a huge crowd of people around a seal and its newborn pup.

“You could tell the mom was a bit stressed with all of these people around, and we thought maybe it was having a hard time breastfeeding,” says Bottay.

Staff at the marina worked throughout the day to keep the crowd at a distance. Marina operator Oydis Nickle says a number of people were quite upset watching the seal demanding something be done to help it,

especially when the mother wasn’t around.

“We did our research and learned that the mother seal will leave her pup for as long as 24 hours to hunt for food,” says Nickle, adding that the marina has worked hard to educate people on the matter. Staff also found the young pup stuck in a tire, and helped to nudge it out.

A second pup, probably born a few days earlier has also been spotted in the harbour.

Local vet Dr. Alastair Westcott popped by the marina to visit the pup and has said that it looks to be in good health.

The pup born on the dock has been named Mimi by the marina staff, after one of the other staff members, Mimi Jones. The second pup is being referred to as Benjamin.

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The return of the editor It’s been a wonderful, exhausting and occasionally maddening year away from this desk. It has also been, without a doubt, one that has zipped by so quickly I’m not sure if I’ve managed to catch my breath.

But here I am, back in the hot seat as editor of the Undercurrent. I’m glad to be here not only because working in an office is infinitely easier than taking care of small children, but because this island provides end endless stream of fascinating stories and characters. Sometimes we even have exciting council meetings!

I am so grateful to the three wonderful editors who have kept my seat warm over the past twelve months. Thank you Martha Perkins, Louise Loik and Maria Spitale-Leisk for your hard work. Each of you has brought your own energy and style to the paper and offered up points of improvement for me as I settle into the job again. And a big thank you also to my co-worker Maureen Sawasy and our publisher Peter Kvarnstrom for keeping the ship afloat.

Admittedly I’ve spent a good chunk of time surfing Facebook over the past year, and with that I can’t deny the importance and relevance of this medium that is ultimately so threatening to my own job. That said, I stand by the equivalent importance of the newspapers as a medium, and not just for those times when your phone runs out of juice. Where else can you get a clear and concise breakdown on last week’s council decisions and how they might affect you? Or an in-depth profile of your neighbour, who may have lived beside for years but never realized is quite so fascinating? As a former history major, I also deeply appreciate the community paper as a tool for record keeping.

I’ve got energy, enthusiasm and a backpack full of ideas about how to make this little community paper relevant and worth the newsprint, I am also open to yours. So send me an email or pop by the office - just not on deadline day.

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Civic pride? Not in Mannion Bay.

Dear Editor,

The Black Eyes in Mannion Bay.

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Dear Editor It was nice to see many areas and specific initiatives were reviewed by the Communities in Bloom (CIB) committee as part of the judging process that will give Bowen a provincial rating from “one to five”. I note with interest, while such diverse community amenities as the Cape Roger Curtis beaches and the recycling depot were reviewed, Sandy Beach and Mannion Bay were not included in the overall review process, which is not surprising.

As the CIB non-profit organization’s objective is to foster civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community involvement, hopefully this time next year the iconic Mannion Bay and its beaches will qualify for consideration. With the continued leadership of council, BIM staff and the Friends of Mannion Bay there is no reason why those assets cannot make the review list.

Bruce Russell

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Islanders bring MP up to date with safety information

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Thank you for the great coverage in last week’s paper about Bowen’s visit by our local Member of Parliament, Pam Goldsmith-Jones.

As mentioned in the article, I presented our conclusive findings in the form of a letter sent to Mr. Wilkinson, MP of North Vancouver about Herring spawn at the Woodfibre site and the damaging effects of the “once through cooling system” Woodfibre LNG wants to use. In the letter we provide evidence that Woodfibre LNG misrepresents Herring spawn information in it’s Application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO), and the public.

At the meeting Goldsmith-Jones, was most surprised to learn about the lack of regulation and safety standards governing the transport of LNG. At our June 6th public meeting, Thomas Rafael shocked the audience with the truth about Transport Canada’s TERMPOL (Technical Review Process of Marine Systems and Transshipment Sites) process and its flaws.

This review process is administered by Transport Canada that looks at tanker transport. In the case of Woodfibre LNG, because of its application for license before 2014 edition was in place at that time will be used, not the updated TERMPOL standards.

During a TERMPOL review navigational

risks of shipping are considered. In the case of Woodfibre LNG, such risks would include spills from LNG tankers. LNG tankers are easily recognized by their 4 or 5 enormous spherical compartments. The U.S. Coast Guard considers the collapse of 3 compartments of a single tanker the worst-case scenario, Woodfibre LNG considers its worst case scenario to be all compartments (4 or 5) collapsing. [Please note that, Woodfibre LNG proposes to use floating storage of two 40 year old LNG tankers and, since the receiving tanker would directly dock next to them, an LNG spill at loading could increase the potential of collapsing units to a dozen compartments or more.]

But, unlike the U.S., Transport Canada does not base its review on existing studies of LNG safety (such as the Sandia National Laboratories studies) or international standards (SIGTO). TERMPOL does not include the evidence from “Large scale LNG pool fire experiments” and the Canadian government has no LNG safety regulations to apply.

Curiously, Transport Canada considers only one compartment collapsing to be a plausible worst case scenario!

These flaws and omissions reveal that public safety is on the back burner in Canada.

On behalf of Concerned Citizens Bowen Anton van Walraven

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Many thanks to the Caring Circle Dear Editor, Most people are referred to me because they are in distress. However, the majority, especially older folk, also have physical problems which are treated by their family physicians. It is easy to overlook the fact that psychiatric problems characterized by depression, distress, anxiety and so forth, are more often than not accompanied by physical ailments as well. After all, the brain does not function separately from the body and the society that contains it! It may surprise you to learn that many of my patients who are seen for “psychiatric problems” have social issues, care issues and even problems like wound care which have to be managed and coordinated. It is overwhelming for the family physicians and even more so for myself, working as a solo psychiatrist, to manage such complicating factors.

Enter the Caring Circle! The Caring Circle has supported over one thousand people in accessing health care on Bowen Island in the last three years of operations. As well, they have created a driver program, a lunch program, a mental health program, health education workshops and a “conscious aging” series. They are recognized as making a significant difference in improving access to health services on Bowen and increasing the confidence of Islanders to get the health care

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they need. It is a great relief to me to be able to pick up the phone, speak to their Director of Programs and get quick advice regarding particular services such as home health, drivers, referral to hospital and follow-up after hospital discharge and even issues like on-going home care and other medical support services so diligently carried out by a nurse with expertise in navigating the health system. It doesn’t matter how many services we have and how many competent people we have if the patient cannot coordinate the care, and I daresay that without the Caring Circle as the fundamental anchor of information, that would in most cases be impossible.

Hats off to Colleen O’Neil and the whole Caring Circle team for their diligent work!

I also wish to acknowledge and express my thanks to our nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, pharmacists, home care workers as well as our financial supporters for their so necessary involvement. In reality, psychiatric care is comprehensive and multifactorial and without all this help, in effect a team, my work would be impossible and patients would suffer more.

We may say that it takes a village, not just one man, to deliver proper psychiatric care to members of the community!

Dr. Stephen Kiraly

We are all connected

Jaime Woodall on a Zoom Zoom Scooter.

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Dear Editor, It may not have been the warmest summer to date, but on those gorgeous sunny days, most Bowen residents will have noticed the presence of a handful of cherry-red and white, retro-styled scooters on the road, rented from our new business: Zoom Zoom Bowen.

The launch has been slow and steady, and the learning curve steep. We are writing to thank the many people who have supported this small, locally-owned enterprise. It’s been a long journey, beginning with an application to amend a bylaw which prohibited the rental of limited speed motorcycles. It took almost a year, but following the brilliant guidance of the Emma Chow (one of the city planners), presentations to the Economic Development Committee and the Transportation Committee, public open houses and hours of conversation with local residents, the amendment was finally approved by Council in March 2016.

We are deeply grateful to Murray Atherton and Gordon Ganong, and all of Bowen Tourism for their enthusiasm, written support and thoughtful advice. I am also very appreciative of those who took the time to meet with me face to face, and challenge me with tough questions. It kept me on my toes and doing my homework. I would also like to give thanks to the many B&B owners who have

been promoting Zoom Zoom to their guests, to James Glave and Jae Mather who offered expert advice on environmental impact, and the many local businesses who continue to spread the word.

Visitors to Bowen Island now have much greater access to our local restaurants and shops, and parts of the island that would have required bringing a car. It was my vision to reduce vehicle use on island in these busy summer months, and this is happening. To the many Bowen residents who have stopped by to share their enthusiasm and other helpful advice - it has been a great source of energy for us! We could not have launched without the ongoing support of family, the First Credit Union, the printing magicians of Artisan Office, and of course, Miguel and Candace Kabantzov who have so kindly let me use their commercial property until the launch of their own distillery.

We look forward to giving back to the community by bringing visitors to Bowen’s fabulous restaurants and shops, offering gift certificates as prizes for local fundraisers, and supporting the island’s economic development through sustainable tourism. It is a privilege to be able to share more of Bowen’s rich cultural and physical landscapes with our visitors. With many thanks…

Jamie Woodall and Ben Tamblyn

LISA SHATSKY SUBMISSION

Bowen Islander Lisa Shatsky following the completion of a half-marathon in

Reykjavik, Iceland.

This photo was taken at the finish line of the Midnight Sun half marathon in Reykjavik, Iceland, on June 23, 2016. It was a tough mostly uphill course with unending light. It stays light twenty four hours a day in Iceland this time of year. I placed in the top third coming in, out of a few thousand runners.

This half marathon - my 92nd half marathon since I started running at 16 - was dedicated to the protection of Iceland's Highlands, an ecologically rich and sensitive mountain wilderness which most Icelandic people wish to see turned into a national park. Every full marathon ( I have run 23 in all) and every half marathon is dedicated spiritually to a person or place or situtation that is important to me. One year was my father's health. Other years the spiritual dedication was for Vancouver's homeless, the victims of the Boston marathon bombing, protecting Clayquot Sound, another year for my son's extensive knee surgery, and so on.

Every run is a meditation, a celebration, a blessing, a prayer, a moment of deep gratitude for being here, in body and soul, wherever here happens to be. Body becomes temple, breath becomes mantra, the sound of the heart our oldest song. Here we are. Just children of the universe playing among other children. In that play we heal ourselves. And begin again each day brand new. We are all connected - our humanity, the earth , the animals. Every run is a celebration of this connection.

See you at the starting line wherever you are.

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Rotary Run for Rwanda celebrates its sixth anniversary!

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Six years ago the Rotary Club of Bowen Island took over the Run for the Ferry and we are still at it! This is a multi-generational event as apart from the 10km and 5km runs starting at 9:00 am, we also encourage walkers to do the beautiful 5km trail through Crippen Park, and their children and/or grandchildren to take part in the 1.5km kids’ run at 8:30 am. The 10km run is a great training event for the Handloggers Half Marathon that takes place the following weekend. There will be prizes for teenagers this year, plus a special award for first boy and girl in the 1.5km run. Delicious snacks, water and some prizes are donated by generous local merchants, while other prizes come directly from cooperatives in Rwanda. Almost 100% of registration fees and donations go straight to Rwanda to help the girls we support.

Why Rwanda?

Margaret Butler, who grew up on Bowen Island and whose parents have lived here for over 35 years, worked in Rwanda in 2008 and set up an initiative to support rural girls who had no chance of completing secondary education. Margaret now lives in Boston but travels regularly to Rwanda to oversee her non-profit that has grown exponentially and now supports over 70 girls each year, not just in secondary school but at college and university and also in launching their businesses. The Komera family (the word means “courage” in Kinyarwanda) gathers every year in June to run on the dusty roads of the tiny community of Rwinkwavu in Rwanda to celebrate their enthusiasm for their achievements. The Komera Global Run is an annual fundraiser in New York, Boston, San Francisco and Portland, and in August on Bowen Island the Rotary Run for Rwanda is a warm-up for the Bowfest celebration.

Why a run?

Margaret was a talented local runner who represented Canada in many long distance events when she was a student; when running in the hills of Rwanda a few years later, she noticed that girls were not joining her on her daily runs whereas the boys were all around her. This led her to investigate the status of girls at secondary school there and she discovered that they were not given the opportunities that their brothers had. So she established a fund to support as many girls as possible to achieve their goal of graduation. Nowadays Komera is largely run by a local team with Margaret’s guidance.

So a local run/walk organized by the Rotary Club of Bowen Island makes sense as a fundraiser for Komera Canada as well as a healthy start to Bowfest on August 27th! Registration can be done on-line at rotaryrunforrwanda.com or at the First Credit Union or Phoenix on Bowen.

Many of our runners have been supporting us for the past six years and before then in the Run for the Ferry! We rely on them and everyone else who loves the outdoors to return every year to support us and to encourage friends and families to join them in a great fund-raising event. The Butlers now have three generations who have done the run over the years! Come out on August 27th and meet Margaret and her family!

TOP: Rwandan girls head out for a run.

BOTTOM: The starting line at the Bowen Island Run for Rwanda

RIP Jake: 2004 - 2016 A 110 pound German Shepherd mixed with special magic entered our lives 12 years ago. We walked together, snuggled together on the couch, played ball, we swam, we helped in the saw pit, we did everything together - Jake, Chris and me. Jake left us this past week, and the silence in and out of the house is deafening. No animated dreams, no nails clicking on the floor, no woofs at the kitties, no calling the koi at the pond for their dinner.

His sudden passing has come with much reflection. We loved his mannerisms, his attitude, and his personality - all elements of his Spirit.

We didn’t care about his fur, or his goofy overbite, or all the hair he shed.

Mostly, we loved him for what he was – a constant and faithful companion; a gentle giant leaving behind his critter-pal cats Gypsy and Smoke, and canine buddies Frodo, Cologne and Bonnie.

For those of you on the Island who accepted, over the years, his surprise unannounced visits into your kitchen or bedroom, or into classrooms at school to visit the kids, or who made sure he didn’t board the ferry on his own – thank you! It was all part of his free spirit character. So long Jake!

Dock Dance 2016!

Bowen Island rocked out with Chilliwack.

Ronald James Van Dyke, photo

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Bowen baseball players gear up to play for Scott Helenius Memorial Trophy

Justine Vaugeois takes the stage with Brickhouse at this year’s Dock Dance.

Ronald James Van Dyke, photo

The regular season is just a warm-up... the Firemen (top) and Shakers getting ready for a game.

Louise Loik, photo

MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Last week as the regular season came to a close, the Diggers edged out the Firemen for the lead of the Bowen Island Men’s Fastpitch league. That mean’s they’ll play the first game, against the third place Twins in the opening of the tournament for the Scott Helenius Memorial Trophy at 6:30pm on Friday August 5.

There are six teams in the league. The Twins are followed by the Brewers, the Cruisers and the Shakers.

League President, Glen McGregor, says expect the unexpected to unfold over the course of the weekend.

“What happened in the regular season does not reflect what happens in the finals,” he

says. “That’s something you never can predict.

To win, you’ve got to win five games. One year, the bottom rung team made it all the way to the finals.”

McGregor adds that this year the games have had more consistent play due to a new agreement among teams to not bring in any new players off-island.

“We used to allow each team to bring two new off-island players each season, but it got to be so that if it happened to rain one day, there’d be no game because the off-island players wouldn’t show up,” he says. “This year, there have been so many people on Bowen who want to play that all our teams are filled and they’ve had to turn people away.”

For baseball fans, non-baseball fans and for kids, there will be a concession stand and beer garden set-up all weekend between the commuter parking lot and the baseball diamond.

Preliminary tournament schedule: Friday at 6:30 pm: Diggers vs. Twins Saturday at 9 am: Brewers vs. Cruisers 10:45 am: Firemen vs. Shakers 12:30 pm: Diggers vs. Brewers 2:30 pm: Cruisers vs. Shakers 4 pm: Twins vs. Firemen 5:45 pm: Diggers vs Cruisers Sunday 10:45 am: Brewers vs. Firemen 12:30 pm: Game #10 2:30 pm: Game #11 4:30 pm: Game #12

BURNCO Aggregate Mine Project Public Comment Period and Information Sessions The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) and B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) are inviting the public to comment as part of the ongoing environmental assessment of the BURNCO Aggregate Mine Project. BURNCO Rock Products Ltd. has recently submitted its Environmental Impact Statement / Application (EIS / Application) which describes the project and its potential to cause environmental, heritage, health, social, and economic effects.

The complete EIS / Application is available at ceaa-acee.gc.ca and at eao.gov.bc.ca. A summary of the document in English or French is available on the Agency’s website at ceaa-acee.gc.ca.

Submit comments from August 15, 2016 to September 28, 2016:

By Online Form: www.eao.gov.bc.ca • By Email: BurncoAggregateMine@ceaa-acee.gc.ca • By Fax: 250-387-0230

By Mail: BURNCO Aggregate Mine Project Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 410-701 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1C6

OR

BURNCO Aggregate Mine Project Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9V1

The Agency accepts comments in either English or French. Comments only need to be submitted once to either the Agency or the EAO to be considered in both the provincial and federal environmental assessments. Copies of the summary and the complete EIS / Application are also available for viewing at these locations: Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Vancouver, B.C. Viewing by appointment only Telephone: 604-666-2431

West Vancouver Memorial Library 1950 Marine Drive West Vancouver, B.C.

Bowen Island Public Library 430 Bowen Trunk Road Bowen Island, B.C.

Squamish Public Library 37907 Second Avenue Squamish, B.C.

Gibsons & District Public Library 470 South Fletcher Road Gibsons, B.C.

Sechelt Public Library 5797 Cowrie Street Sechelt, B.C.

Information Sessions Information on the BURNCO Aggregate Mine Project and the EIS / Application will be available during information sessions held in Gibsons, West Vancouver and Squamish, B.C. Interested individuals will be able to speak with, and ask questions to, provincial and federal representatives and BURNCO Rock Products Ltd.’s technical team.

September 12, 2016 Time: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Squamish Adventure Centre 38551 Loggers Lane Squamish, B.C.

September 13, 2016 Time: 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Gibsons Community Centre 700 Park Road Gibsons, B.C.

September 14, 2016 Time: 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Gleneagles Community Centre 6262 Marine Drive West Vancouver, B.C.

The Proposed Project BURNCO Rock Products Ltd. is proposing the construction and operation of a new sand and gravel mine located on the northwest shore of Howe Sound, approximately 22 kilometres southwest of Squamish, British Columbia. The mine’s production capacity would be approximately 1 million tons of sand and gravel per year, over an expected mine life of about 16 years.

All submissions about the BURNCO Aggregate Mine Project received by the Agency or the EAO during the comment period are considered public. They will be posted to the EAO’s website and will become part of the Agency’s project file.

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Bring the taste of Shika home

MARIA SPITALE-LEISK CONTRIBUTOR

Mitsumi Kawai fondly remembers her mother making yaki onigiri (a grilled rice ball) for her lunch boxes or just as a delicious snack during her childhood.

“Rice balls are really traditional in Japan – it’s like our sandwiches here – you bring it to school, you bring it hiking,” explains Kawai, proprietor of Shika Provisions.

Grilled rice balls in a variety of flavours - teriyaki pulled pork, salmon, aged cheddar or sesame seaweed – are served from Shika’s quaint shack on the marina pier. For those interested in trying their hand at making the Japanese staple food, Shika has provided the recipe.

Cheese grilled rice ball “Yakionigiri” (above photo)

“Yaki” means grilled and “onigiri” means rice ball, which is a staple in Japan, especially for lunch boxes to take to school, work or hiking and to eat as snacks. I grew up with my mom making cheese yakionigiri for snacks and always to accompany summer BBQs.

Mitsumi Kawai, Misora, and Rob Leadley are the family behind Shika Provisions.

Maria Spitale-Leisk, photo

Ingredients: - cooked short grain white rice (sushi rice) - water - diced cheddar cheese - oil/butter - soy sauce/tamari 1. Once the rice is cooked (preferably in a rice cooker), let it cool enough so that you can hold the rice without burning your hands. It helps to transfer the rice into a bowl so that it can be fanned out and cooled off.

2. Wet your hands (sushi rice is very sticky!) and scoop about half cup of rice onto your palm and place a chunk of cheese in the middle.

3. Make a round shape (or traditionally, a triangle) with your hands by using your palm and fingers. You want two flat sides and rounded edges so that the flat sides can lie flat on the pan. When forming the rice ball, the trick is to be firm enough so the rice sticks and doesn’t fall apart, but not squeeze too hard so that it’s too dense. Rotate the ball in your hand to make the shape and to get the right firmness.

3. Lightly oil and butter a pan or cast iron skillet and put on medium heat.

4. Grill the rice ball on each side so it’s crispy and lightly browned.

5. Brush on soy or tamari and grill until it gets browned and crispy. That’s it! It’s ready to be served to accompany your summer BBQ.

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Belterra: A Gift to the Community

Belterra resident and BICS librarian Carmen Yamashita hands a First Credit Union cheque to principle Scott Slater.

SUSAN SWIFT SUBMISSION

Just over a year ago, in July 2016, Dorothy moved to Bowen Island becoming Belterra Cohousing’s final, original buyer and fulfilling the dream of Roger McGillivray and Stephanie Legg who started the project more than 10 years before.

Perched on the hillside above Cates Hill Chapel and the Island Pacific School, Belterra Cohousing is home to 52 residents who live in 30 separate suites, in five residential buildings. They own independent, fully-equipped condo-like suites as well as a share of the land and other community assets, including a wood-working shop, Common House with guest bedrooms, commercial-sized kitchen and dining room, as well as a children’s playroom and vegetable gardens.

With sweeping views of the Coastal Range and a peek through the trees at Howe Sound, Belterra residents are pioneers in a type of community living that is gaining popularity throughout North America. The concept of cohousing was developed in the 1960s and 70s in Denmark and has since migrated to the United States and Canada.

Currently, there are more than 200 such housing communities in North America, listed in the Fellowship of Intentional Communities directory. This number does not include dozens of cohousing communities that are in various stages of development, or hundreds of other kinds of communities, such as communes, eco-villages, and religious orders that are also listed in the directory.

Dorothy, who commutes to Vancouver a couple of times a week for work, feels fortunate to have discovered Belterra.

“It’s so beautiful here, and I am lucky to have neighbours who enjoy getting together as much as they value their time alone.” A musician and artist, and retired accountant, Dorothy finds living in an ‘intentional community’ to be sustaining in lots of ways.

“Of course, Bowen Island is a thriving community in itself,” says Dorothy, “but I like the fact that we share meals at least once per week and I can find someone to take a walk with on short notice or, if I am traveling, someone will water my plants and feed my cat.”

Several of Belterra’s residents moved there from outside of British Columbia, but most were living in the lower mainland or on Bowen Island. They brought with them talents, skills, and energy to invest not only in the establishment of Belterra, but to the Bowen Island community as a whole.

One such investment was the decision to use the First Credit Union for most of the mortgages at Belterra. With help from Wendy Wanvig (title?), more than 20 of the 30 home owners negotiated their mortgages with the credit union, thereby contributing to the local economy.

But, the investment didn’t stop there. The credit union pledged to donate $100 to a Bowen charity for every Belterra mortgage, for a grand total of $2,000. $1,000 was donated to the BICS “library to learning commons” project and $1,000 to Helping Hand, a project of the Bowen Island Community Foundation. Acknowledging and memorializing their relationship, First Credit Union also donated a Dogwood tree to Belterra, which is planted adjacent to the Common House for all to enjoy.

On the calendar FRIDAY AUGUST 5

Bowen Island Fastpitch tournament begins!

6:30 pm Diggers vs. Twins

SATURDAY AUGUST 6

Forage Fish survey on local beaches, 1 – 4 pm email: info@bowenislandconservancy or call 604-612-6572 for details

MONDAY AUGUST 8

Movie under the stars! Rio 2 After dark at Crippen Park Sponsored by First Credit Union

TUESDAY AUGUST 9

Community lunch at Collins Hall, 11:30 -1 pm Gourmet soup, served with bread or buns, followed by dessert and coffee or tea $5.00 per person. (Adult event)

SATURDAY AUGUST 13

Living Library event at the Bowen Island Library “Check-out” one of four human “books” at the library between 2 – 5 pm Heritage scavenger hunt, 1 – 4 pm Sea, Suds and Song Craft Beer and Music Festival Union Steamship Lawn, 2 - 7 pm $30 (includes entrance and 5 tasting tokens)

SUNDAY AUGUST 14

Bowen in Transition Sustainability Tour Check out “Green” initiatives on Bowen Island To reserve a spot email: shastamartinuk@gmail.com Meet at 9:45 outside the library to get on the bus, $20

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Tour showcases sustainable practices JACQUELINE MASSEY SUBMISSION

Bowen in Transition (BIT) is pleased to announce the 2016 Sustainability Tour, set to go on Sunday, August 14.

The tour includes a bus ride stopping at select locations where islanders are undertaking green initiatives, from sustainable agriculture to relying on alternative energy sources for home heating and electricity.

This is the fifth tour organized by BIT, a grassroots group that seeks to inspire, encourage and create awareness around activities that help build a more resilient island community.

There are four stops along the route this year, plus a break for lunch, at the home of Shasta Martinuk and Brian Hoover.

Homeowners, Jeannette and Stefan Wrenshall have invited us to their property, which they describe as “a work in progress” and an experiment in living off grid with the help of a solar array. Jeanette and Stefan are also developing an extensive permaculture garden and food forest. They have several large hugelkulturs, which are raised beds that are built on decaying organic material. The process of natural decomposition of debris helps improve soil fertility and water retention.

We’ll be stopping in at Grafton Lake Commons, also a work in progress. There, Jessica Mitts will offer an overview of the project, which involves creating an inclusive and productive community garden. Jessica will explain how islanders can get involved and help grow local food. She’ll also walk us over to the White Swan Public Orchard, planted this spring and named after the swans that used to glide over Grafton Lake during Bowen’s earlier years.

Orchardists, John and Josephine Riley offered their expertise and guidance to ensure that the White Swan Public Orchard got off to a good start. They are certainly the experts, as can be evidenced at their own orchard, which is the next stop on the tour. The Rileys have nurtured and cultivated one of the most diverse orchards in Canada. The couple has extended enormous efforts in preserving heritage apple varieties, including those that were originally planted in Davies Orchard.

Finally, we’ll be off to the well-established and highly productive Home Farm Gardens. The industrious team at Endswell Farm is known for producing delicious organic vegetables, meat and dairy products. While strolling around the farm we’ll hear about the new system they have adopted, based on the work of Jean Martin Fortier and Maude-Hélène Desroches who run Les Jardins de la Grelinette in Quebec.

The gardens are an internationally recognized 10-acre micro-farm that focuses on biologically intensive cropping practices. The Home Farm Garden’s Farm-gate Stand will be open during our tour, so if you wish to take home some fresh local food, bring a little spending money and a bag.

Seating is limited on the shuttle bus. To reserve a spot, contact Shasta at shastamartinuk@gmail.com, or call 604.947.2283. Please arrive at 9:45 am for a 10 am departure on August 14, from the front of the Bowen Island Public Library. We will collect a $20 per person fee at that time to help cover the bus fare. Tour participants need to pack their own lunch and make sure they are wearing sturdy walking shoes. For more information about Bowen in Transition, visit our website at bowenintransition.com or join us on Facebook at Bowen in Transition.

Join us for our annual event on

Monday, August 8 @ 6 pm Crippen Park

This fun, family event features a FREE MOVIE presented at Crippen Park. The movie will start at dusk (between 8:45-9pm), but the field fills up quickly, so come early to claim a spot and buy some yummy snacks from the non-profit concession!

No charge * Weather permitting * Everyone welcome For more information and event details, visit www.firstcu.ca

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Moving forward with infrastructure The Living Library Project: Check out a human from the on Snug Cove House lands library on August 13 BOWEN ISLAND LIBRARY

SUBMISSION

We get so much from books, whether physical, electronic, or audio — entertainment, learning, empowerment, escape. But what if you could connect even more, talk to your book, ask it questions, or just sit back, relax, and hear it all from the lead character’s mouth?

At Bowen Island Public Library’s first Living Library event on Saturday, August 13th, you can do just that. In the vein of the Human Library Project and other interactive events popping up at libraries world-wide, from 2pm-5pm you can “check out” one or more of four human “books,” chosen for their captivating life stories, story-telling abilities, and long-time Bowen Islander statuses.

Our human “books” you can borrow are:

From left: Carol MacKinnon, Mayor Murray Skeels, Graham Ritchie and Municipal CAO Kathy Lalonde.

Maria Spitale-Leisk, photo

MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR

Thanks to a $400,000 cheque handed over to the municipality by representatives of Snug Cove House, Carol Mackinnon and Graham Ritchie, the development of Snug Cove House

lands on Miller Road is one step closer to reality.

The money will contribute to the sewer line that will service both the Senior’s assisted living centre and the residential lots. All will be connected by next spring.

• London to Kathmandu by Bus in the Sixties (Because We Could): The Trip that Made me a Storytelling Adventurer.

• One of the Real Mad Men: My Lifetime in Marketing, Art, and Designing Expo 86 • Walking Through Fire: The Training, the Trauma, the Triumph — The Fascinating Career of a Female Fire Fighter • Accidental Artist: An Unlikely Path through Civil Construction, Sobriety, Politics and Sculpture

It’s a must-attend event for new Bowen Islanders — meet a few of the living legends of Bowen, and, beyond their fascinating life stories, get their take on island life and issues,

past and present. But if you’re a seasoned Bowen Islander and think you’ve heard it all, we promise these “books” have stories you didn’t know you didn’t know.

Walking Through Fire will tell you how she rose through the ranks in a highly gendered profession, all while commuting across municipalities and raising a family. With London to Kathmandu, learn what it’s like to make both Bowen and the whole globe “home.”

Branding is a big issue on Bowen these days. Check out One of the Real Mad Men to hear how the marketing industry has evolved over this book’s eclectic eighty years. If you’re lucky you’ll hear personal philosophies on art, development, and “what is Bowen culture” from this book, as well as from Accidental Artist, a former mayoral candidate with big ideas about Bowen.

We’re a community not just of opinions, but of artists, and three of our books can tell you about making a living from their fine crafts, which include film, painting, cartooning, (Mad Men) sculpting and found-object art (Accidental Artist), and writing/story-telling (London to Kathmandu).

Just remember to pre-register before the limited spaces fill up, by contacting us at (604) 947-9788 or info@bowenlibrary.ca.

Check-outs are for up to half an hour between 2-5pm, and for up to three adult readers or one family at a time listening to a book.

There’s no limit on the number of books you’d like to hear though, so come spend an afternoon sharing in stories — and complimentary beverages and snacks — in this unique Bowen Island experience.

Bowen Island Garden Club Daffodil Sales SUBMISSION

Yes folks, even though summer has at last arrived, fall is not far away, and it’s time to think of your spring garden bulbs. The Garden Club is once again offering great deals on a number of different daffodil

bulbs. Orders should be placed with Sharon Haggerty at: smhaggerty@shaw.ca, before September 12th Club members should use the on-line order form available through Cuttings. After many years Sheila Webster is retiring as the ’Daffodil Queen.’ During her long stewardship in this role she has sold, packed and distrib-

Places of Worship Welcome You BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon

FOOD BANK DROP-OFF

BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH www.bowencommunitychurch.org Pastor Clinton Neal 1070 1070 Miller Road 604-947-0384 604-947-0441 Service 10:30Service a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m.

10:30 School a.m.

ST. GERARD’S CATHOLIC CHURCH ST. GERARD’SROMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Mass: 10:30 Sunday a.m. Priest: James Comey Mass:Father 10:30 a.m.

604-988-6304 Administration Office: 604-682-6774

CATES HILL CHAPEL www.cateshillchapel.com 604-947-4260

(661 Carter Rd.)

10:00 a.m. Worship • Sunday School: Tots to Teens Phil James Adkins B. Krohn Pastor: Dr.

Newcomers to the planting of daffs. should know that the small tete a tetes flower before the other listed bulbs and are aggressive colonizers. For a continuous show, with a variety of flowering habit, plant a mixture of all of them. With luck your daffodil beds will provide glorious colour from late February to April.

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We owe her a great debt of gratitude for her hard work.

This year’s offerings include tete a tetes at $21.00 per 100; King Alfreds at $32.00 per 100; Tahitis at $45 per 100; Minnows at $21.00 per 100; and Quails at $26 per 100.

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A three hour tour

Bowen Island from a visitor’s perspective MARIA SPITALE-LEISK CONTRIBUTOR

Kayaking is the best way to see another side of Bowen Island from the most incredible vantage point.

Sometimes we take the natural splendours of our backyard for granted, until we see them being appreciated through the eyes of visitors.

Such was the case one recent Sunday afternoon when the Undercurrent was a guest on a tour with Bowen Island Sea Kayaking (BISK).

BISK owner and knowledgeable host Brent O’Malley served as our guide and we were joined by two tourists from Hong Kong and two from Vancouver.

We departed Snug Cove for the better part of the afternoon and gradually headed north along the shoreline towards Finisterre Island, in plain view of the majestic Coast Mountains and the Lions.

A stop in Deep Bay proved fruitful as far as marine life spotting goes. We were first greeted by a seal, its slick head glistening in the sunlight, bobbing around and putting on a show for us. The couple from Hong Kong excitedly pulled out their iPhones to capture the moment. Soon after we saw Bowen’s resident majestic swan gliding around the bay, in another breathtaking moment during the tour.

Back out on the open ocean, O’Malley dove into the history of the island and surrounding Howe Sound region. We learned of the heady Union Steamship Company days when tens of thousands of people would come over to the island for a weekend of revelry.

O’Malley is especially knowledgeable and passionate about the re-emergence of marine life after the industrialization of Howe Sound.

“The Sound was essentially killed through the 20th century but now that it’s had 15 to 20 years to recover, the herring are coming back, the anchovies are blooming in abundance,” says O’Malley. “It’s bringing in the larger fish including the salmon, the seals, the sea lions, the orcas, humpbacks, the porpoises - all being seeing now by many old-time residents of Bowen.”

The three-hour shoreline tour is one of BISK’s more popular excursions, because it’s the right length of time, explains O’Malley.

Sometimes the guides will heads south along the undeveloped coastline to Apodaca Beach, Bowen’s only marine park.

Regardless of the itinerary, be prepared for close encounters with wildlife. Kayakers often see bald eagles, seals and seabirds, along with the island’s plentiful deer that sometimes wander into view above the beaches.

And if you’re really lucky, you could wind up a few hundred metres from a pod of white-sided dolphins or a couple of orcas.

BISK touts the shoreline tour as being suitable for beginners and families with children. Each tour starts with on-land instruction to ensure participants are comfortable and confident before launching their kayak.

For a unique kayaking experience, check out BISK’s full moon tour and bask in the glow of the orb as it rises over Cypress Mountain. On a clear night, the moonlight shimmers on the water and illuminates the surrounding shoreline. The next full moon tour, weather depending, is scheduled for Aug. 18. For more information visit bowenislandkayaking.com.

TOP: Bowen Island Sea Kayaking owner Brent O’Malley starts the tour with some easy on-land instructions.

BOTTOM: A couple visiting from Hong Kong was awestruck by the natural beauty of the Howe Sound region.

Maria Spitale-Leisk, photos

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