Did you know? Salt Spring Island has a hospital, plus extensive seniors oriented opportunities. A superb retirement lifestyle is available. It has 3 elementary, one middle, & a state of the art senior secondary school. There is a private school on island, too. A great family oriented lifestyle can be found here. Salt Spring also offers a theatre (ArtSpring), an indoor pool, and a brand new library resource centre in the heart of Ganges Village. Two marinas, a Sailing Club with private dockage, plus 8 lakes (4 of them open to the public for swimming, sailing...no power motors allowed on the lakes). Lovely beaches, easy access for beachcombing, swimming, kayaking, sailing...and always that alluring environmental beauty, preserved by the Islands Trust (the form of governance on the Gulf Islands). Parks, hiking/walking opportunities (clubs to get involved with, if desired), plus a vibrant arts based economy (galleries, studio tours, artisan markets & craft fairs). The 10K diet is alive and well...farmers markets, gate stalls where you pick up free range eggs and garden produce & leave the money for same (the honour system works here). 3 ferries (from Vancouver Island, Victoria, & mid-Vancouver Island), plus 3 floatplane companies (regular skeds out of Vancouver downtown & airport, from Vancouver Island's Maple Bay, & from Victoria's airport) with year round service, and with seasonal service from Kenmore Air out of Seattle...very easy to come & go from Salt Spring! Nothing is absolutely perfect, ever, but Salt Spring Island and the Canadian Gulf Islands come close! More info and details on how you can be a part of the Island lifestyle? Call me! I look forward to helping you to first discover your dream property, and then to helping facilitate your successful purchase of same.