ʻO ka kaʻa kaʻawale a me ka holo kaʻa ma kahi o 75 mau minuke ke kaʻawaleʻo Victoria a me Salt Spring Island , heʻelua mau British Columbia i loaʻa me nā aloha iʻikeʻoleʻia mai kēlā me kēia, a me nā mea'ē aʻe o Canada. ʻO kahi meaʻo Wikitoria a me Salt Spring Island e hui like pū ana i kahi kūpaʻa nui loa i ka LGBT-aloha -ʻo kēia māhele kekahi i waena o kaʻoihanaʻoihanaʻoihana i loko oʻAmelika Hema.
Ma kahi kokoke loa iā Victoria a me Wanekoua (hiki i kahi hōʻailona o ka hōʻailona ma kahi o ke kahawai o Georgia) a me kona mau kauwela hōʻoluʻolu,ʻo ka Salt Sea Island (SSI) he leʻaleʻa maluhia a me ka wikiwiki.
ʻO ka hale kūʻai pāʻoihana,ʻo nā Ganges Village, kahi i liʻiliʻi aiʻole ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o ka PaliʻAmelika,ʻo ia ka mea pili loa ma US i Washington State San Juan Islands . Ma mua o kēia ululāʻau,ʻo ka mokupuniʻoʻoleʻa ma mua o ka 10,000 mau kānaka, eʻikeʻoe i nā lumi a me nā lumi papa, nā kahakai kalaiwa, nā holo moana a me nā ala kaʻa maikaʻi, a me nā wai kūpono no ka lawaiʻa a me ke kai moana - e nānā ka poʻe i ka SSI eʻimi i ka maluhia a me nā hana kupaianaha. No kēlāʻano moku liʻiliʻi, aia kekahi'ōlelo LGBT i'ōleloʻia. Mālamaʻo SSI i ka hōʻailona Salt Spring Pride i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka hoʻomakaʻana o Kepakemapa (ʻo ia i ka 12 o ka makahiki). ʻO ka lā o kēia makahikiʻo Sepatemaba 8 a hiki i Sepatemaba 11.
ʻO ka Hoʻohanohanoʻo Salt Spring Island heʻehā mau lā o ka hoʻolauleʻa a me nā poʻe - he mea kūpono loa no kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi me ka liʻiliʻiʻole i keʻano o ka noho pō. Hoʻomaʻaʻia kekahi mau mea a me nā hanana, e hoʻomaka ana me kahi hōʻike'ānō pōʻo Pōʻemaka o Upstairs Inferno i ka Fatz Theatre.
A laila, aia nā mele, nā meaʻai, a me nā mea inu ma kahi pāʻani Loud a me Proud i ka Moby's Pub festive ma ka Pōʻalima.
ʻO ka Pōonoono, 10 o Kepakemapa, ka mea nui nui no SSI Gay Pride. Loaʻaʻo Carnival o Pride a me ka hōʻole ma waho o ka hale waihona puke i ka 11 am, a ua hoʻokumuʻo Salt Spring Island Pride Parade i ke awakea ma waho o ka hale waihona puke, e hele ana ma ke kūlanakauhale nui o Lower Ganges, a hoʻi mai i ka hale waihona no 2 pm hula.
I kēlā ahiahi ma ke kahuaʻo Fulford, hiki iāʻoe ke hele i ka Queer ma ka hula hula hula ma 7:30 pm, me ka hulaʻana i ke mele a DJ Slade.
ʻO ka hopena, i ka lā Sābati, nā mea i kāwiliʻia me kahi lawelawe Unitarian Pride i 10:30 am ma ke Kula kiʻekiʻe o nā Kula kiʻekiʻe.
Nui nā'āpana eʻike a hana i kēia mokupuni maluhia. E like me ka mea i hōʻikeʻia ma luna nei,ʻo ka loaʻaʻana o kahi holo kaʻa holo kaʻa mai Victoria a me nā wahi'ē aʻe o ka Mokupuniʻo Vancouver,ʻelua mau holokoku holo mai ka Vancouver mai aʻo Seattle paha, aiʻole he mea hikiwawe a maʻalahi paha (inā naʻe) he 35 mau mile mai Vancouver mai, a he 95 mile mai Seattle. Loaʻa ka lawelawe o SaltSpring Air mai Wanekoua, a me nā moku lele Kenmore mai Seattle.
Hiki iāʻoe keʻike hou aku ma ka wahi e kamaʻilio i nā punaewele pūnaewele e like me ke alakaʻi Guide Victoria GayVan.com a ma ka heluheluʻana i kā mākou Guide Salt Guide . No kaʻike huakaʻi a me ka hoʻokipa ma ka SSI, eʻimi i ka pūnaewele o ka Salt Lake Island Tourism, a he nui nāʻike kōkua, a me kahi kūlana maikaʻi e pili ana i ka mokupuniʻo Vancouver i huaʻia e ka Destination BC.
ʻO nā wahi'ē aʻe ma nā mokuʻo Gulf
Inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻolālā i ka SSI, hiki iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo e noʻonoʻo i kekahi huakaʻi i kekahi o nā mokupuni'ē aʻe e kūkulu nei i kēia mau pae moku, iʻike nuiʻia e like me nā Mokupuni Gulf o Canada.
ʻO SSI kahi i makemake nuiʻia e ka hapanui o ka LGBT, akā aia nā pōhaku'ē aʻe kokoke. E like me ka Salt Spring Island, aia nā'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo o nā kahawai o Gulf Islands, kahi i ulu wale i nā ululāʻau. ʻO ka wai a puni lākou -ʻeleʻele - kokoke iʻeleʻele. Keʻike nei ka lā i kahiʻoi aku ma mua o ke kulana BC, no ka hāʻawiʻana i kēia mau mea momona a me keʻano hoʻonanea. ʻO nā mokupuni'ē aʻe e hiamoe ana, me nā hale noho e pili ana i ko lākou mau kahakai a me nā kikowaena pāʻoihana.
Galiano Island, he 16 mile mai ka wao nahele me kahi 1,250 mau makahiki āpau, uaʻoi aku ka mamao a me ka ulu lāʻau ma mua o ka paʻakai paʻakai (aia ma kahi o 4 mile mai SSI a hiki i ke kekahiʻo Trincomali), akā, ua kaulana i nā malihini, no ka nui o kona mau manawa. no ka holoʻana, ke holo moana, kaʻauʻauʻana, a me ka holoʻana. ʻO ka mokupuni he nui nā mea waho waho waho a me nā alakaʻi, a me nā paka me nā ala hele.
Inā loaʻa iāʻoe kahi manawa no kahi mokupuni'ē aʻe, e ho'āʻo e hele mai iʻaneʻi.
Noho mālie,ʻo Mayne Island (nui 1,100), aia ma ka hema o Galiano a ma ka hikina o ka paʻakai paʻakai, he mau kuahiwi kalo aʻaʻole nui loa i ke ala o nāʻoihana, hale noho, a me nā kūʻai. He mea maʻalahi ke hoʻokele a holo kaʻa paha i ka mokupuni a pau i kahi awakea; he nui nā malihini e hele mai eʻimi i nā loko wai kūpono, nā kahakai i hōʻinoʻoleʻia, a me nā kuahiwi. ʻO ka hike kiʻekiʻe 837 kapuaʻi kapuaʻi. ʻAʻole i laweʻo Parke i ka hapa o ka hola; ʻaʻole i kū like ka manaʻo o Wanekoua a me Moku Islandʻo Wanekoua. ʻO Mayne ka mokupuni mua i hoʻolālāʻia e nā poʻe noho, akāʻo ka uluʻana ua aneane nil mai ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala.
ʻO nā pōhaku nui e pili ana i ka pae mokuʻaina, heʻano hoʻouluhua a paku iki paha ka Pender Island (ka heluna 2,250) a me ka noho mālie Saturna Island (ka heluna he 350), kahiʻoi aku ma kahi o 8 mau mile ma kahi o Boundary Pass mai Orcas Island , kekahi o nā US San Juan Islands ma Wakinekona.