This is our story
Photo credit: R. Gustavson. Long Bay looking north approx. 1990.
We began in 1995
The Conservancy was founded in 1995 to address mounting concerns about changes in Gambier's natural habitat.
Saving the Wild Heart Campaign
Crown Land was slated for logging on the northwest corner of Gambier Island in Howe Sound. This is the story about saving the wild heart of Gambier Island. Photo credits: T. Turner
Since time immemorial
The Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) people called the island centered in the middle of this deep fjord Cha7élkwnech in reference to its deep protected bays.