Market
The Gulf Islands' best-known market: island-made food, crafts and art in Ganges every Saturday from spring to autumn, with a 'make it, bake it, grow it' rule for vendors. The season dates are published by the market each year.
It is the reason to time a Salt Spring day trip for a Saturday. Ferries from Swartz Bay to Fulford Harbour fill on summer Saturday mornings; walk-on passengers can take a bus or taxi to Ganges. The private Salt Spring tour from Victoria listed on this site can be timed for market day.
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Canada's Thanksgiving falls on the second Monday of October. On the island it coincides with the salmon runs, the last grizzly departures from Campbell River and the first autumn storms on the Pacific coast; ferries and accommodation fill for the three days.
Checked 6 Sept 2026
Every autumn tens of thousands of chum salmon return to the Goldstream River, twenty minutes from downtown Victoria, to spawn and die in the shallows beside the trail. Bald eagles follow. It is one of the most accessible salmon runs on the coast and free to watch.
Checked 6 Sept 2026