Our Reasons for Buying our Retirement Home on Gabriola Island

We purchased our retirement home on Gabriola Island because:
-it has easy access to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island with only a twenty minute ferry ride.
-it is in a semi-rural area on a somewhat modern island
-the island stills has old charm
-it is restful and there is a sense of peaceful tranquility here
-it is connected to the rest of the world and has high speed internet, TV, Telephones, etc.
-Self-sufficient community with friendly people
-it has a brand new medical centre with a helicopter ambulance pad and a pharmacy.
-there is sea plane that goes to Vancouver
-the island has it's own Fire Dept and RCMP Station
-there are food growers and a local market with local produce
-there is a supermarket food store, Restaurants, Coffee Shops, Library, Drug Store, Dental Clinic, Chiropractor, Physio, massage, vet clinic, Gas and Propane station, Credit Union,
-The island has a low crime rate
-there are plenty of hiking trails and shores to explore.
-No big industry or pollution on the island.  Clean air.
-The island has half the rainfall that Vancouver has.
-Property values are good still.

Gabriola Island