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Good places.
Better days on the water.

Explore island communities, freshwater shores and working harbours. Each guide brings together places to know, practical planning sources and directory listings in the area.

Howe Sound viewed northwest from Horseshoe Bay toward wooded islands and mainland mountains.
Photographed August 2019. Howe Sound from Horseshoe Bay by Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0. Historical destination photograph, displayed without cropping. It does not document current marina facilities.

6 destinations

Northern Sunshine Coast · British Columbia

Desolation Sound

Forested bays, marine parks and island communities

  • Tenedos Bay and Unwin Lake
  • Roscoe Bay Park
  • Refuge Cove community stop

Southern Gulf Islands · British Columbia

Gulf Islands

Island villages, shore trails and marine park stops

  • Montague Harbour Marine Park
  • Wallace Island Marine Park
  • Beaumont, South Pender Island

North Coast · British Columbia

Haida Gwaii

Community harbours and the lands and waters of Gwaii Haanas

  • Daajing Giids
  • SG̱ang Gwaay
  • Hlk’yah G̱awG̱a — Windy Bay

Northern Vancouver Island and mainland channels · British Columbia

Broughton Archipelago

Island anchorages, coastal communities and time ashore

  • Broughton Archipelago Park
  • Sullivan Bay Marina
  • U’mista Cultural Centre, Alert Bay

Southern BC · British Columbia

Sunshine Coast

Harbour towns and marine parks from Gibsons northward

  • Gibsons Seawalk
  • Pender Harbour communities
  • Smuggler Cove Marine Park

Lower Mainland · British Columbia

Howe Sound

Island marine parks and mountain-lined ocean shores

  • Plumper Cove on Keats Island
  • Halkett Bay on Gambier Island
  • Porteau Cove’s ocean shoreline

Turn a place into a plan.

Save a destination, find a place to tie up and leave time for a shore stop. These guides are a starting point for research; use current charts, forecasts and operator information to plan the passage itself.

Canadian Boating Destinations | The Boatload