In the Community

A 10.5 lb. zucchinis, toasted marshmallow lego, human slugs, cow patty cookies and more!

What a great day for a run, last Saturday. Thanks to all our runners and walkers, the Rotary Run for Rwanda was a resounding success for the ninth year in a row.

Fundraising efforts continue as our community eagerly awaits the decision on the $8M Investing in Canada Infrastructure grant application for the Bowen Island Community Centre.

'It's a gift of geography that a place so wild still remains right next door to the huge metropolitan area of Vancouver. But lately I've begun to wonder just how long our good luck will last...'

With talk of rezoning at Cape Roger Curtis reemerging, the Undercurrent got a tour of the property.

Another Nature Matters from Bowen's Nature Club.

When he started driving transit for BC Hydro in 1979, then 23-year-old Peter King was the youngest driver the company had ever hired.

A former Bowen volunteer firefighter had helped save Glen McGregor's grandson two weeks earlier.

Clear skies and lower light pollution meant Bowen Islanders had gorgeous views of a full (and nearly full) Sturgeon moon Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Knelt between sprouting peas and pumpkin heads, hands deep in soil, Jessica Mitts is most at home. In Grafton Lake Lands’ 350 acre ecological reserve, crows call above her head and douglas squirrels zip along branches.