Buying or Selling Real Estate on Piers Island?

Piers is a small private island that is part of the Gulf Islands lying near Sidney, BC.  It is minutes from the BC Ferry Terminal at Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. There are 131 private properties on the island and a fire hall whose training room also serves as a community meeting space and reading library.

Owners of island properties also belong to the Piers Island Association which caters to some social activities for islanders, arranges work parties for stewardship of the centre of the island and invasive species irradication.  Island wildlife includes an excellent migratory and resident bird population, black tailed deer, river otter, mink, newts and Pacific Tree frogs.  All but 3 properties are waterfront, ranging from walk on beachfront, to high bank waterfront.  Electric golf carts have proven an excellent source of transportation on the island, as well as old fashioned foot travel and bicycle.   Read More About Piers Island…