Crown lease referral

The Lasqueti Local Trust Committee has received a referral for a Crown Land license of occupation on the south western coastline. The deadline is September 6, and although we have requested an extension to enable consideration of a response at our October 6 meeting, there is no guarantee that an extension will be granted. If you have specific concerns to share with your  trustees, please do so prior to September 2, so that we can prepare comments for the response. If an extension is granted, we will provide an updated timeline. Below are the outline of intended use, and a link to google maps for the location.

Commercial General

Referral Number: 186217126 - 009

Reference Number: Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship / 1412379

Request Sent: August 7, 2025

Response Due: September 6, 2025

File Number: 1412379

Proponent: National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

Tenure Type: License of Occupation Purpose: Commercial Recreation

Sub-Purpose: Guided Saltwater Recreation

Intended Land Use/background context: The applicant has applied for a license of occupation over 77 individual sites that will be used as overnight camping locations for guided kayaking adventures. The marine campsites have been selected from the BC Marine Trails network and are scattered across the West and East sides of Vancouver Island, and the Central Coast area. Each site is proposed to be used 3 or less times per year and leave no trace practices will be in place for the guided trips. No structures will be built at the camping locations.

BCGS Mapsheet: N/A Legal Description: N/A Size (Area) ha (approx): 113.9

Schedule/Term Of Proposal: 20 Yrs

https://www.google.com/maps/place/49%C2%B027'42.4%22N+124%C2%B019'12.9%22W/@49.4606327,-124.3276096,2156m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d49.4617778!4d-124.32025?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Send your response to: laltc [at] islandstrust [dot] bc [dot] ca