Eight hundred and twenty-six paved metres at the far east end of Roberts Creek, roughly 5.5 kilometres from the village core.
Where Leek Road sits, and the other places we attend
around Roberts Creek. Every name on the map is a link.
Three segments, 826 metres, paved throughout
Leek Road runs almost due north off Lower Road at the eastern edge of Roberts Creek. A 12 September 2026 reading of the BC Digital Road Atlas records three segments totalling 826 metres, all of them paved. The southern end is at 49.40556, -123.57917 and the northern end at 49.41298, -123.57977.
The position is the point. This is roughly 5.5 kilometres east of the village core at Roberts Creek Road, close to the Elphinstone boundary, and Lower Road itself continues only about 1.2 kilometres further east from this junction before it ends at 49.40594, -123.56259. Everything else in Roberts Creek is west of here.
On 4 November 2024 the closure was measured from this junction
A windstorm on 4 November 2024 brought trees down across the eastern Roberts Creek roads. The obstruction on Lower Road extended between this junction and Highway 101, with a separate tree down at Byng Road. The Sunshine Coast Regional District activated its Emergency Operations Centre. Telus said downed repeaters would leave cell coverage degraded for a further day or two.
When a closure is described by naming the road it starts at, the properties at that end are on the far side of it. Anyone travelling out from the village could reach as far as Leek Road and no further. Anyone east of it was reached, if at all, from the Gibsons direction. Two weeks later, on 19 November 2024, a second windstorm left Roberts Creek and much of Elphinstone without power overnight after trees blocked Highway 101 further west.
The far end of one department's run
One hall serves this whole area, the building at 1302 Roberts Creek Road, and the protection district around it measures about 28.5 square kilometres. Leek Road is at the outer eastern limit of that run. Gibsons and District is the mutual aid department that approaches from this side, so a serious call here may well draw apparatus from two directions.
Distance is not just a matter of minutes. The regional district's fire flow work of June 2026 records that a property lying beyond eight kilometres of road travel from its hall may be treated as unprotected when insurance grading is applied. That threshold is worth measuring precisely for a specific address rather than estimating, because the grading follows the measured road distance and not the map.
For other services the distances are on record. From the hall it is 10.5 kilometres and about 12 minutes to Sechelt Hospital, 11.8 kilometres to the Sechelt RCMP detachment at 5760 Teredo Street, and 11.6 kilometres to Gibsons. From the Roberts Creek post office it is 15.1 kilometres and about 22 minutes to the Langdale ferry.
Below the highway, so metered rather than pumped
Section 13 of Official Community Plan Bylaw 641 stops the regional water service area at the Sunshine Coast Highway, and lists the streets outside it: Lockyer Road, Flume Road, Largo Road, B&K Road and upper Roberts Creek. This road sits below the highway and does not appear there, so properties here are on the regional system with a meter at the lot line.
Meters went in across the system during 2016 and 2017. They are not leak alarms. The SCRD's own position is that a meter flags a problem only after water has run continuously for fifteen consecutive days, that the district is not obliged to notify residents of potential leaks, and that bill adjustments are made only for leaks in the underground service line. Notice normally arrives with a quarterly letter. A pipe that fails inside an empty house in week one of a three-month absence is found in week eleven at the earliest.
Supply on the regional system has also been restricted repeatedly. Chapman Stage 4 restrictions ran for 104 days in 2022 and into October in 2023. There were none in 2024. In 2025 they were lifted on 29 September, and in 2026 the system went to Stage 2 on 5 June and back to Stage 1 on 9 September. An owner arranging for irrigation or a filled tank at a seasonal property has to work around whichever stage is in force that summer.
What a check on Leek Road covers
The meter reading logged each visit, so a rising baseline is caught long before a quarterly bill shows it
Doors, windows, sheds and gates, each one operated by hand and not examined from the drive
Heat on and holding, or the supply shut at the meter and the system drained
Ceilings, walls and crawlspace for staining, damp and any sign of a slow leak
Trees above the roof, the drive and the electrical service line, reviewed again after every storm
Whether Lower Road is open in both directions on the day, and which way the property can be reached
Gutters, downspouts and roof needles, and the driveway culvert at the road
Mail, flyers and parcels cleared away so the building does not advertise an absence
Photographs of everything listed, dated and filed before the end of that day
Home policies normally attach a condition to any dwelling left unoccupied. It calls for someone competent to inspect on the cycle the policy sets through the heating season, commonly at four-day gaps at most, or for the supply to be closed and the lines emptied. Companies word it differently, so the schedule that keeps your coverage intact is the one set out in your own policy.
What it costs
A scheduled check at Leek Road is
$55 a visit, plus
$10 travel. The travel charge is the same
everywhere between Gibsons and Egmont. There is no minimum term and no joining fee.
See the full price list.
Where these facts come from
Every figure, date and quotation on this page was taken from one of these. They are
listed so you can read them yourself.
