About Salt Spring - Salt Spring Island Bed and Breakfast Quarrystone

Salt Spring Island - A very special place

Beatiful West-Coast Nature

The Gulf Islands of British Columbia are sometimes called The
Marthas Vineyard of the West Coast and Canadas Caribbean.
Between the mainland of British Columbia and Vancouver Island,
along the boundary with USA, is an archipelago of hundreds of
islands. Those south of the border are called the San Juan Islands,
while those in Canada are the Gulf Islands. This is an area of
extraordinary natural beauty, sheltered in the Georgia Strait,
between the mainland of British Columbia and the 300-mile long
Vancouver Island.

Salt Spring Island gives you the best of all worlds spectacular
natural beauty, but with all the amenities right here. You can hike
through the forests, kayak past gorgeous sculptured sandstone
shores, watch eagles and hummingbirds, or simply sit and enjoy a
spectacular view. You'll find secluded forests, lakes, beaches, rocky
shores, pastoral farmland. We are surrounded by sheltered waters
that are popular with yachters, kayakers and divers. Freshwater
and ocean swimming are excellent. The rock, water, forests and
wildlife provide an environment to remember.

Wild mink, humming birds, bald eagles, deer, sea lions, seals, river
otters, porpoises, owls, hawks, woodpeckers, swans, starfish, sea
cucumbers. No large predators and no poisonous insects. One
visitor to Salt Spring spotted 86 species of birds in three mornings,
just sitting on the deck of a nearby house! Over 120 species of birds
have been spotted.

The region is lush, but because of the sheltering effect of Vancouver
Island, we receive considerably less rain than nearby Vancouver.
The highest year-round temperatures in Canada actually occur here.
The special micro-climate in this area is referred to as "cool
Mediterranean". If you live where the summers give you either
searing heat or sauna-like humidity, you'll absolutely love Salt
Spring! It's warm enough to sunbathe, but not so hot or humid that
you can't enjoy it!