Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. [19]In 1859, it was officially named "Admiralty Island" in honour of Rear-Admiral Robert Lambert Baynes by surveyor Captain Richards, who named various points of the island in honour of the Rear-Admiral and his flagship, HMS Ganges. [19]
Ruckle Provincial Park is a provincial park on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada. It has the largest provincial campground on the Gulf Islands . Partly protected by the park is a historic sheep farm founded by the Ruckle family.
The goat heard was removed from the island to a local farm for their own safety after high tides threatened the island according to local restaurant owner Al Hitchcock. Dec. 7, 2023.
The riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands consists of the north part of the Municipality of Saanich, as well as the municipalities of Central Saanich, North Saanich, and Sidney on Vancouver Island. The district also includes a number of the southern Gulf Islands , including Salt Spring Island , the Pender Islands , Galiano Island , Mayne Island and ...
Map of Antelope Island. The ranch is on Antelope Island along the southeast portion of the island. Follow I-15 to Syracuse, Utah, 25 miles north of Salt Lake City.Take the Syracuse exit of I-15 (Exit 332) and go straight west 7 miles on Utah State Road 108 (Antelope Drive) to the Antelope Island State Park fee booth (at the beginning of the causeway).
It was established in 1938 for the views afforded from Baynes Peak, the highest point on the mountain, [2] which encompass Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and mainland British Columbia. It has an area of 231 hectares, but is adjoined by the Mount Maxwell Ecological Reserve to the west, and Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park to the south, creating ...
Goats have been living on the island during the summer months since 1982 to control undergrowth. The animals have obstacles for climbing, as well as a covered shelter for rainy days.
A stand of hemlocks along Hemlock Trail at Salt Springs State Park. The Wheaton family owned the lands of Salt Springs State Park from 1840 until 1973, when they sold their land to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The family established a dairy farm on the land and invited tourists to enjoy the towering hemlocks and Fall Brook Gorge. [1]