Lasqueti Island is accessible by foot passenger ferry service only, or by private boat or plane. Another hat of Sue Wheeler is farming on Lasqueti Island.
The roads are unpaved and the island has no public transportation. There are no public camp grounds. Lasqueti is not serviced by B.C. Hydro. Residents live either without electricity or with alternative sources of power::text like solar or micro-hydro. There is very little industry and no bustling economy.
Sue Wheeler lives, works and writes on a seaside farm on Lasqueti Island, BC. Her books are Solstice on the Anacortes Ferry (Kalamalka Press, 1995) and Habitat (Brick Books, 2005), both shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award.