Welcome!
We are the Gabriola Land & Trails Trust. We carry out our activities, with gratitude and respect, on the traditional unceded territories of the Snuneymuxw and other First Nations, whose peoples have had a deep physical and spiritual connection with this island and its surrounding waters since time immemorial..
Our “conserve + connect” tagline expresses our mandate concisely—we aim to conserve areas of environmental, historical, and social importance, and to develop a network of sustainable parklands and trails.
Click on the menu items in the header above (or search one of our listed Categories) to learn about GaLTT’s work and Gabriola’s landscape. Have fun exploring!
- Email us at info@galtt.ca
- Mail us at PO Box 56, Gabriola, BC, V0R 1X0
News
Drumbeg Restoration 2024 – you can help!
Removing invasive broom is only the start of our restoration work at Drumbeg—we then have to replant with native species to prevent the broom and other weedy species from moving back in. Will you donate to help cover the costs of buying plants and [...]
Why I use iNaturalist
Guest post by Lou Skinner. My love of the natural world began early, on walks with my dad through the forests of Quebec. As a teen, I would roll my eyes when he told me the names of wild flowers and birds but it [...]
A wind phone for Gabriola
In 2010 Japanese garden designer Itaru Sasaki set up an old telephone booth in his garden so that he could speak to a loved cousin who had died of cancer by “talking” to him on a phone that is not connected to any “earthly system”. [...]
Gabriola Hills are Alive with Buzzing Nighthawks
Guest post © Vicky Scott After sunset many hill tops and cliffs around Gabriola ring with the buzzes and booms from the calls and dives of the Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor). My favourite site is the open space around the Gabriola Clinic that allows for [...]
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