 | Salt Spring Island has long been known as a very special place in BC. For the population, there are a very large number of artists, sculptors and musicians living here. hall. Many well known musicians, both local and from afar, have performed here already. Even the pubs have a pretty good showing of local talent performing there. There are over ten thousand human residents on Salt Spring Island, several thousand sheep and a sizeable deer population. From time to time, a bear is spotted, usually on the south end of the island near Ruckle Park, and there are occasional reports of a cougar being seen, sometimes close to Ganges. It is believed that bears and cougars swim across Sansum Narrows from Vancouver Island. |
| |
