Enchanted Isles - The Southern Gulf Islands

Sturdy tugs haul log booms and scows through Gulf Islands waters.

The first Georgina Point lighthouse at the entrance to Active Pass was built in 1884.

Camera: NIKON D2X | Date: 4/5/06 3:33 PM | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/250s | Aperture: 9.5 | Focal Length: 18.0mm

Mount Parke tops Mayne Island; Miners Bay is on the left. The radar installation helps monitor shipping.

Springwater Lodge, begun in 1890 and reputedly British Columbia’s oldest continuously operated hotel, still welcomes arriving visitors at the head of Miners Bay wharf.

Camera: NIKON D2X | Date: 7/25/06 8:35 PM | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/80s | Aperture: 7.1 | Focal Length: 24.0mm

A young Mayne Islander tries his luck in Miners Bay as the sun sets behind Galiano.

Camera: NIKON D100 | Date: 5/31/03 8:26 PM | Exp. Time: 1/160s | Aperture: 6.3 | Focal Length: 32.0mm

Broad-leaved stonecrop brightens a rocky outcrop at Georgina Point.

A folk art carving lurks outside the Mayne museum.

Camera: NIKON D100 | Date: 7/6/05 6:24 PM | Exp. Time: 1/45s | Aperture: 3.8 | Focal Length: 24.0mm

Consecrated in 1898, St. Mary Magdalene was the first church built on the outer islands.

Camera: NIKON D2X | Date: 4/5/06 7:44 AM | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/50s | Aperture: 11.0 | Focal Length: 31.0mm

Early islanders from Galiano, Mayne and Pender lie in the Mayne cemetery.

Camera: NIKON D100 | Date: 3/10/05 11:47 PM | Exp. Time: 1/180s | Aperture: 7.1 | Focal Length: 52.0mm

The Japanese contribution to Mayne’s history is remembered in the Japanese garden at Dinner Bay.

Camera: NIKON D2X | Date: 4/5/06 2:35 PM | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/20s | Aperture: 7.1 | Focal Length: 25.0mm