Here is the "causeway", the channel between Newcastle Island and Protection Island. If anybody sees that the image has been updated with one of low tide, please let me know.
Two summers ago I lived on Saltspring while housitting an amazing property on the North End. I also worked at the Treehouse in Fullford. Here's a couple of shots. First one (Guest Cabin I stayed in) Second (view from cabin) Thrid (Fulford Harbour) Fourth (In Fullford)
Fullford in the Harbour on the south end. If you were to take the ferry from Victoria, it would put you there. It is the most underdeveloped area of the Island.
This was taken on Hornby Island, at Little Tribune Bay.
The Gabriola Island ferry arriving in Nanaimo (shown at right are Nob Hill, which is south of downtown, and Wolf Mountain, which is south of Mt Benson):