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Ruxton Island
By Keith Elliott
A big welcome to Ruxton Island from the old guy. That's what they call me around here.
Back in 1996, my wife and I acquired a small half acre lot on Ruxton Island which is located in the southern Gulf Islands at the south west corner of British Columbia.
This property was completely undeveloped in any way, and was overgrown with every kind of obnoxious weed and vine you could imagine. It took us several months of back breaking work just to clear an area big enough to build a small cabin on.
Now Ruxton Island itself might be considered very nearly unique. Which is to say there are very few other islands that are similar.
It is very small, less than 1 1/2 miles long and under 1/2 mile wide. It is punctuated with small bays, some big enough to anchor sailboats in, some not.
Back in the 1960's the island was owned by the Nayler family in its' entirety.
It was sold to a developer, who later became the Mayor of Nanaimo, B.C.
Originally, after the purchase, it was announced that the island would become a playground for the wealthy, a private club if you will.
That never materialized and the island was subsequently broken up into 199 lots. Most of the waterfront lots are about 1 acre, with the inside lots (no waterfront) being around 2 acres.
It just so happens that our lot has a very odd shape and is one of the smallest on the island.
You can find us on Google Earth, and that might be a fun exercise for you to try.
Ruxton is located south of DeCourcey Island, east of Vancouver Island, north of Pylades Island and west of Valdez Island.
There are no services of any kind here, so whatever it is you might need, you have to do for yourself.
No roads, no municipal water supply, no garbage pickup, no docks and no screaming sirens! Peace and quiet is here in abundance.
The views are nothing short of spectacular and we have noticed that visitors never fail to comment on this point. Million dollar views they call it.
For most of the year there are only four families living here. During the summer months, the cabins start to fill up as the holidaymakers arrive.
Come the Labor day weekend, the hubbub of summer quietens down as moms and dads get their kids ready to go back to school. Peace reigns again.
By this time, most of our organic garden has finished producing its' bounty, and we are settling in to the fall routine of making sure the woodshed is well stocked for the winter.
The quiet magic has once again returned.
I should point out that my wife is the real gardener here, and most of the flowers she has grown. The small Japanese garden is my effort and is far from being finished.
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Baby on the feeder
Lily
Yellow rose
Clematis Hadley hybrid
"Bridie" our pooch
Flag iris
Japanese maple, "sango kaku"
Part of my Japanese garden
Sunset over Vancouver island
Sunset over DeCourcey island
Yucca flowers
Hollyhocks
Another sunset
Wife's geraniums
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This is just awesome intel. It's useful and what Qassia was supposed to be about, plus you put in some fantastic pictures of the garden. Which, I have to say, is starting to look real nice. When are the koi coming in? That reminds me, you may find this intel about filtering a pond good reference when you do put in the fish.
 | | nick Jul 19, 2009 17:06 | |
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nick: Thank you for your comment. We have some extremely good fishermen around here, they are known as herons! I doubt that any smaller fish would stand a chance, although I do understand that larger koi do not get attacked by herons.
One of our biggest problems here is water, or lack thereof. With no municipal supply, we must use roof catchment, and then hope it lasts us through the dry summers. This mornings' check revealed 2600 gallons remaining in our cisterns. This will have to last us until the inevitable fall rains.
I fear that a fish pond would evaporate too much to leave a safe water level for any fish, so we are sticking with water plants only...at least in the beginning.
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