Salt Spring Island
$14.95
1-895811-27-9
Ellie Thornburn and Pearl Gray
---- Salt Spring Island is a place to be - to relax, to explore, to create, to
discover, to enjoy -- but most of all just to be. Offering a wonderful blend of
natural, recreational, cultural and social amenities, it has lured both settlers and
visitors to its shores for 140 years. Today, Salt Spring, draws the vast majority of
Gulf Island visitors and is recognized as one of North America’s top 100 art
colonies.
----This book, written by two enthusiastic women who independently adopted
Salt Spring as their home during the past decade, is designed as a unique
celebration of the historic, cultural, recreational and hospitality components of the
island.
----We meet artisans, cooks, pioneers, innkeepers, homespun philosophers, and
naturalists. We learn local secrets and share in tidbits of island gossip. We explore
quaint accommodations that front various island shorelines and we are given a good insight into the B&B
community that has literally exploded into a true cottage industry across Salt Spring.
----Illustrated with works by island artists, this promises to be an informative keepsake for visitors and
residents alike.
----Ellie Thorburn has operated her own B&B on Fulford Harbour for seven years and is a former school
teacher. Pearl Gray operates her own resort on St. Mary’s Lake and recently completed her BA in art history
through UBC’s correspondence program. Both have been active in local community groups.
5½” x 8½ ” • 176 pages Softcover
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