February sunrise over Mount Tolmie and Cadboro Bay.

The morning opened with deep oranges over the Strait, stretching reflections across the water toward the Gulf Islands before slowly softening into cooler blues. From the height of Mount Tolmie to the shoreline at Cadboro Bay, the landscape felt still and unhurried—neighbourhoods waking up beneath a sky that had already done its best work.

A simple West Coast sunrise, shaped by elevation, ocean, and quiet winter air—the Island as it really is.