Lasqueti Island

Its roads are mostly unpaved, and it is the only one of the larger Gulf Islands that is not currently connected to BC Hydro's electrical power grid.

There are local markets and an informal food cooperative but they operate at odd hours, depending on the season and demand.

These different festivals and informal activities feature local painters, sculptors, poets, fiction writers, and historians.

Performing arts, on the Canada Day long-weekend, include: The Bolting Brassicas (marching band), the Lasquirkus (circus), and other activities.

The island has a reputation for sailing and sea kayaking which is considered among some of the finest, but also among the most challenging, in lower British Columbia.

Tides and currents may become foreboding without warning - the winter weather down the Strait of Georgia has been responsible for various mariners' deaths.

Lasqueti Island is featured in an investigative news report by Global's 16x9 called Off the Grid,[9] which aired on April 28, 2012.