[2] A Mediterranean climate of mild winters and warm, dry summers supports a unique ecosystem and an ideal living environment.

In 2002, Glenn Doughty, a Catholic Oblate brother who was employed at the school was sentenced to three years in prison for his historical crimes at the Kuper Island School, including indecent assault on a male, gross indecency, and one count of buggery involving 11 different victims.

On their return journey north, they staged a surprise attack at dawn on the Penelahut natives of Kuper Island, a tribe of about 400 in number.

On April 20, 1863, the British gunboat HMS Forward attacked the native village on Kuper Island.

The captain believed that the village harboured individuals of the separate Lamalchi tribe involved in two recent assaults in the Gulf Islands in which three Europeans had been killed in combat.

The gunboat fired on the village but, unprepared for a naval landing, withdrew with one casualty after a fierce battle with island warriors.