Pender Harbour and Egmont
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Egmont village and wharf
address: Bathgate Rd, EgmontThe wharf by the Bathgate General Store provides some pretty views of the village, harbour and mountains. -
Seafarer's Millenium Park
address: end of Madeira Park Rd, Madeira ParkSmall park that overlooks Madeira Park Public Wharf and has nice views of Pender Harbour. There's a gazebo, picnic tables, small boardwalk and access to the wharf. -
Skookumchuk Narrows Provincial Park
address: EgmontThe site of some of the strongest and most spectacular tidal currents in western North America. These narrows occurs where the water enters into the Sechelt Inlet. There can be as much as a 2m difference in sea level between Sechelt Inlet and the Jervis inlet. The water can be moving at speeds of up to 16 knots and creates standing waves up to 1.5 m and whirlpools. Access to the best place to view the narrows is a 4-km roughly 1½-hr hike (each way) from the parking lot. Princess Louisa InletOne of BC's most beautiful natural locations. The wide opening of Jervis Inlet narrows to become a 64-km (40-mile) long fjord ending in Princess Louisa Inlet. Accessible only by boat. On the journey up, your boat will navigate past dozens of waterfalls that trickle down from steep, craggy granite bluffs that loom over you on both sides.
Once past the geological constriction called Malibu Rapids, Princess Louisa Inlet opens up revealing the glacier-fed Chatterbox Falls, the highlight of this sheltered inlet. This region is protected and preserved within the 65-hectare Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park.
Beside Chatterbox Falls, there is a dock with water, but no electricity, for boaters. There is also moorage available for at least twenty boats. Boardwalks will take you along trails to the Falls, where the air is so moist that the trees are covered with thick moss and ferns.
Tours leave for Princess Louisa from Egmont on a scheduled basis all summer long.
Buy
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phone: +1 604-883-9006address: 12887 Madeira Park Rd., Madeira ParkBooks, activities, and gifts, for naturalists, kids and bookworms.
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phone: +1 604-883-2222address: 6781 Bathgate Rd., EgmontSouvenirs, gifts, local arts & crafts, groceries, liquor store.
Eat
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address: 16660 Backeddy Rd, EgmontPub and restaurant known for its gigantic "Skookum Burger". There’s also other pub fare, like sandwiches, fish and chips and a number of seafood appetizers.
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Inlets Restaurant at West Coast Wilderness Lodge
address: 6649 Maple Rd, EgmontThe fine dining at the Lodge is all about the view. It has floor-to-ceiling windows that span the entire dining room, and was built high up on a bluff overlooking Sutton Islands and the Sechelt Inlet.
Sleep
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phone: +1 604-883-2269address: 15426 Sunshine Coast HwyTen rooms (studio and one-bedroom units) on a hill overlooking a lake in a bird sanctuary. The rooms are clean, although a bit dated, but the setting is beautiful and it’s very peaceful. Units have a kitchenette and there is a communal BBQ. There are many trails on the property (some hills) and canoe and rowboat rentals on the other side of the road.
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phone: +1 604-883-2222address: 6781 Bathgate Rd, EgmontFour suites.