West Howe Sound


West Howe Sound, also known as SCRD Electoral Area F, is an electoral area of the Sunshine Coast Regional District, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bound on the south by the Town of Gibsons, on the west by Elphinstone, on the east by Howe Sound, on the north by Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Electoral Area D, and on the southeast by Metro Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area A.
West Howe Sound includes the unincorporated communities and islands of:

Government

The SCRD West Howe Sound Area F electoral directors included Kate-Louise Stamford, Mark Hiltz, Ian Winn, Lee Turnbull, Bernie Mulligan, Eric Cardinall, Davie Hunter, John Alexander McNevin, J. Lorne Wolverton
Langdale Elementary School is part of School District 46 Sunshine Coast.
West Howe Sound is within the territory of the Squamish Nation, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw.

Transportation and infrastructure

Unlike municipalities, like the Town of Gibsons, regional districts do not have authority over roads, so all roads are the responsibility of the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. MOTI in turn contracts out road maintenance to a private company, Capilano Highways, which is responsible for filling potholes, painting lines, sweeping, mowing shoulders, and clearing snow. Highway 101 . British Columbia Ferry Service provides transportation services via the and .