Years ago, Nancy Braithwaite and her husband Roy were fortunate to be able to buy about 30 acres of woods and meadowland that lie on either side of the property their house is on. Much of it had been logged in the 1950s, but there remains a coastal Douglas fir forest containing cedars and arbutus. It has significant understorey features with some rare plants and it provides habitat for many varieties of birds, small mammals and amphibians such as salamanders.

The land has now been covenanted by Islands Trust Fund and The Land Conservancy of B.C. and will eventually be bequeathed to a local conservation organization. The process followed included surveying the land and having legal documents drawn up. The covenant is also registered on the land title.

Our hope and intention was that it should be preserved for posterity as a wildlife refuge and a place for neighbours to walk.
Nancy Braithwaite