Off the Grid and the Judith Fisher Centre

Lasqueti Island is located in the middle of Georgia Strait, between the Sunshine coast on the mainland and Vancouver Island. Transportation to our island is via a walk-on ferry running between French Creek on Vancouver Island to False Bay on Lasqueti Island. Our community is completely off the electric grid. Each community member is responsible for his or her own electricity through the use of solar panels, micro-hydro or wind power.

The 2011 census reports 426 full time residents, with new families arriving and new children being born.

Because Lasqueti is a semi-remote island, residents’ access to medical services can be challenging.  Community members must travel to Parksville, Nanaimo, Courtenay, Victoria and Vancouver to receive medical care. Community members discharged from the hospital used to rely on volunteer community support to assist them until they are able to take care of themselves or return to their homes.  Our newly built health centre now offers a respite room for temporary needs and recovery.  Likewise, elderly members of our community used to rely on volunteer community support or leave the island once they are unable to maintain their homes.  At this time we have one Elderly Cottage which offers a home close to services for the elderly or those in need of temporary care. 

Meet the Lasqueti Last Resort Society (LLRS):

The Lasqueti Last Resort Society (LLRS) is registered charity that features a dedicated group of people who have tirelessly worked to bring the Judith Fisher Centre to fruition. Founded in 2002, the Lasqueti Last Resort Society promotes health and the prevention of illness to the residents of Lasqueti and surrounding islands. 

The Lasqueti Last Resort Society (LLRS) has been actively pursuing its mandate for 16 years. Initially LLRS wanted to provide seniors with an alternative to leaving the Island when the daily demands of living on a semi-remote island became too difficult. We have embarked upon and completed an ambitious construction project for a health centre and the accessory infrastructure necessary to provide electricity, domestic water and waste water disposal for the entire Judith Fisher Centre.

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Current Board of Directors:

Tim Peterson, President
Nicole Murphy, Vice President
Sandy Morrison, Treasurer
Tom Carter, Liaison Director
​Marilyn Darwin
Frank Buffam

Ron Abrahams
Robert Wallace
Doanne Grinnell
​Eric O'Higgins
​Gwen Bigsby