Quathiaski Cove · Quadra Island · British Columbia

An island, all yours.

Ten acres in the sheltered notch between Quadra Island and Campbell River — fished, lived on, and loved for more than a century. We are its current stewards.

Stay on the island Read its history

From the air, Grouse Island sits snug inside the keyhole notch of Quathiaski Cove. The little island once broke the wind and waves for a busy port — a salmon cannery, a sawmill, a marine ways, a seasonal Indigenous village. Today it shelters a quieter scene, and a slow, careful rebuild.

Stay

The island as your home for a few days

A three-bedroom, two-bath house. A private dock for your boat. A sauna barge tied off the south shore. Ten acres of forest, beach, and quiet between you and the next light.

Hike the mossy interior. Catch ling cod from the rocks. Dive what Cousteau called the best temperate water on Earth. Row to Quadra for breakfast.

Explore the rental

Grouse Island in winter, c. 1905, from the Pidcock home

The island's story

A century of stewards, and what we're building next

For our Quathiaski Cove neighbors: the full story of Grouse Island, the Pidcocks and the Dentons, the historic boathouse on the east shore, and what we are doing to honor what came before.

Walk through the history

Ownership

Grouse Island Resort Inc.

Grouse Island is held by a small ownership group structured as a timeshare. We're not actively seeking investors — this page exists for compliance and for the curious.

Ownership details

At a glance

A small island with an outsized story.

Grouse Island — historically also called Goat Island and, for a stretch, Denton's Island — was pre-empted in 1908, then bought in 1909 by George Pidcock for $42.50. It has been browsed by livestock, served as a marine ways and fuel dock, and weathered the rise and fall of the salmon cannery on the opposite shore.

Today we are restoring what's left — including the historic boathouse and netshed on the east side of the island — and adding a small footprint of new structures designed to sit quietly in their setting.

The full history

Land acknowledgment

Grouse Island and the waters of Quathiaski Cove are part of the unceded traditional territory of the Laichwiltach peoples — particularly the We Wai Kai Nation at Cape Mudge — and were used as a seasonal camp by the K'omoks people long before that. We hold the island with gratitude for the Nations who have always called these waters home.