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short hops from the mainland.
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Salt Spring Island
POP 10,500
A former hippie enclave that's now the site of many rich vacation homes, pretty Salt
Spring justifiably receives the majority of Gulf Island visitors. The heart of the commu-
nity is Ganges, also the location of the
visitor center
(
250-537-5252;
9am-5pm)
.
www.saltspringtourism.com
; 121 Lower Ganges Rd, Ganges;
Sights & Activities
Saturday Market
MARKET
( 250-537-4448;
www.saltspringmarket.com
;
Centennial Park; 8am-4pm Sat Apr-Oct)
If you
arrive on a summer weekend, the best way to dive into the community is at the thriving
Saturday Market, where you can tuck into luscious island-grown fruit and piquant
cheeses and peruse locally produced arts and crafts. There are small Tuesday and Wed-
nesday options if you're keen to avoid the crowds.
Salt Spring Island Cheese
FARM
(
www.saltspringcheese.com
;
285 Reynolds Rd; 10am-5pm)
Drop by this bucolic famstead
for a wander around the idyllic facilties and a tasting or two in the winery-style shop -
consider some Ruckles goat's cheese to go.
Ruckle Provincial Park
PARK
(
www.bcparks.ca
)
Pack up your picnic and head over to Ruckle Provincial Park, a south-
east gem with ragged shorelines, arbutus forests and sun-kissed farmlands. There are
trails here for all skill levels, with Yeo Point making an ideal pit stop.
Salt Spring Adventure Co
KAYAKING
( 250-537-2764, 877-537-2764;
www.saltspringadventures.com
; 124 Upper Ganges Rd, Ganges;
tours from $50)
When it's time to hit the water (not literally), touch base with this friendly
operator. It can kit you out for a bobbling kayak tour around Ganges Harbour and bey-
ond.
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