Gabriola Island

Gabriola Island is Northen most of the Souhern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Gabriola lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, to which it is linked by ferry. It has a land area of about 57.6 square kilometres (22.2 sq mi) and a resident population of slightly more than 4,000. Gabriola has a mild climate, public beaches and forested parks, as well as housing, roads, shopping centres, restaurants, a library, and a museum. Its cultural life includes annual festivals related to art, gardens, music, boating, and fishing.

Gabriola Island

Gabriola has many faces. Everyone you ask might describe it differently. Here are a few of those descriptions:

10,000 years ago - at the end of the ice age.
200 years ago - as seen by the Spanish explorers in 1791-2.
125 years ago- as described by one of its first European settlers in 1874.
1874-1894- in the pages of the Nanaimo Free Press.

- see the

Gabriola Chamber of Commerce links to services on the island
Gabriola Home Page
Climate and Weather
Events on island for the monthas list in "The Sounder" paper

- Gabriola Newpapers