Discovery Islands

The real estate market here on Cortes and in the Discovery Islands is a unique one. As fibre internet is placed (currently underway) and becomes functional over the next few years I imagine continued changes will come to our sleepy, watery corner of the Canadian West coast. 

My decision to become a REALTOR® is one not taken lightly or made quickly. My hope is to establish a long term niche for myself on my island home. 

Cortes Island is located within the traditional territories of the toq qaymɩxʷ (Klahoose), ɬəʔamɛn qaymɩxʷ (Tla’amin), and ʔop qaymɩxʷ (Homalco) Nations, whose ancestors have inhabited these lands since time immemorial. 

I have loved houses since I was a young girl. I grew up in a 1900s four square farmhouse in the rolling hills of Maryland. I watched my mother restore our home over the course of 20 years. I marvelled at the nooks and crannies inside of the built in cabinets placed below the light filled bay windows in the dining room. I treasured the robin’s egg coloured wooden window shutters and the brightly coloured rhododendron flowers that blanketed the side of the covered front porch in springtime.

Like many children of the 80s’ I collaged, lots. With National Geographic and Southern Living as my only magazines to work from I imagined landscapes and living spaces, possible futures. I collected paint chips from the local hardware store and wallpaper samples from the big binders my mother would borrow during her various remodel projects. 

Fast forward almost 20 years and I am a mother of four living in an old wooden house with its own nooks, crannies, and (lots) of fixer projects. I have found my home here, on the opposite coast from my place of origin. I still love houses and established heritage landscaping. And although I love modern design and Danish modern furniture I wouldn’t trade my lakefront cottage for anywhere else on the planet. As a REALTOR® I hope to help people find, or pass on to the next generation, their home.