A Brief Tour of the Sechelt Area

Beach units Trail Bay
Walking the Sechelt Waterfront

WILSON CREEK:
We'll start the tour from the south end of the Coast, beginning with Wilson Creek. The Wilson Creek Campground is a great place to park your tent or RV. It's fairly central to everything on the Coast, and offers hot showers, a laundromat and a swimming pool. Next to the campground is a small shopping centre with a great seafood and steak restaurant and other amenities. For a rainy day adventure, visit the Chapman Creek Fish Hatchery up Field Road. Learn about the life cycle of salmon and see the tiny fingerlings ready to be released into the ocean. The hatchery has a fully-equipped education centre with scheduled tours for schools and other groups.

DAVIS BAY:
Just beyond Wilson Creek toward Sechelt is Brookman Park. A meandering trail winds along the shore of Chapman Creek - a great place to let Fido stretch. Watch for local carver Terry Chapman's gnomes peeking out from the trees. Another short hop down the highway and you're in Davis Bay, a tiny community that boasts the finest sandy beach on the Coast. It's a great place to spend the day sunning - or rent a kayak, relax over an iced cappuccino or savour a salmon steak. Davis Bay beach is also the site of the famous annual sand castle building contest, a kids' fishing derby from the dock and the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day.

PEBBLES BEACH:
The Sechelt Marsh, once a beaver pond, is now a small sanctuary and breeding grounds for waterfowl. To get there, turn right (north) on Wharf Avenue as you enter Sechelt from the south and drive until you are almost at the waters of Sechelt Inlet (only 1 km). A pleasant, easy stroll around the marsh will give birdwatchers a chance to view many species, including buffleheads, redwing blackbirds, Canada geese and friendly mallards. Just a step closer to the Inlet are Keeper's Restaurant and the Lighthouse Pub. Enjoy their decks looking out over the Inlet, or stroll the government wharf.

Trail Islands, Sechelt, the Sunshine Coast.

SECHELT INLET:
Sechelt Inlet, also know as the Inland Sea, is a stunning body of water stretching from the northern tip of the Sunshine Coast peninsula down to the southeastern apogee that creates the isthmus of land where the Village of Sechelt sits. The most popular aspects of Sechelt Inlet are:

beautiful Porpoise Bay Park, a provincial park with camp and rv sites, a beachside playground, outdoor amphitheatre, walking trails and sandy play and swimming areas
Tetrahedron Class A Provincial Park, a protected watershed
Sechelt Golf and Country Club
Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park, accessible by water from Sechelt

HALFMOON BAY

HERITAGE BUILDINGS:
Rockwood Lodge, Sechelt's most prominent heritage building, has been carefully preserved as a centre for community activities. Its most famous event is the Annual Festival of the Written Arts, a showcase for Canada's finest literary talent - writers, poets, storytellers, journalists and songwriters - who gather amiably to share their best.

Wakefield Inn was originally built as a private mansion. Now a neighbourhood pub, the original hand-hewn log construction is one of its finest features. The view from the deck of the Trail Islands and Georgia Strait is conducive to staying for that second pint, and the food is some of the best on the Coast. Live music happens most weekend nights, and there are rooms for rent if you just can't bear to leave this relaxing rest stop. A fine beach with public road access sits at the foot of the Wakefield property.

Mural, Bank of Montreal Building Sechelt

SECHELT INDIAN BAND:
The Sechelt Indian Band is one of the most progressive First Nations in Canada. They maintain ownership of much of the eastern extent of the Sechelt area, including the site of St. Mary's Hospital, and prime waterfront lands at Mission Point, Selma Park, Porpoise Bay and in Sechelt itself. They are also involved in several lucrative business ventures, including a local airline, a huge gravel-mining operation, a MacDonald's franchise and a popular convenience store. Plans are also underway to build a large shopping centre at the east end of town.

The Band's central complex at the east entrance to Sechelt includes the House of Hewhiwus (House of Chiefs), which serves as the administrative and cultural centre of the Sechelt Indian Band. Also on the site are the Education Centre, the Social Development building, the tems swiya Museum and the Raven's Cry Theatre. The museum has been newly-remodeled and offers a great display of Native artifacts, history and art. Check out the extensive basket collection, and visit the Tsain Ko Gift Shop for authentic Native art, jewellery and crafts. The Raven's Cry Theatre is a popular local venue for both Native cultural activities and regulation Hollywood offerings (call 88-MOVIE for current show information).

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A Brief Tour of the Sechelt Area

ABOUT SECHELT

COMMUNITY OVERVIEW

WHERE TO STAY

WHAT TO DO

DINING

ABOUT THE COAST

TRAVEL EXTRAS

CONVENTIONS/ GROUP TRAVEL

CONTACT US

SEARCH/HELP

ADVERTISE ON THIS SITE

A Brief Tour of the Sechelt Area

CONVENTIONS/
GROUP TRAVEL