At the least this should be a day-stop on your tour of the Gulf Islands. Each bay has one of the best beaches in the Islands. The renowned Malaspina Galleries can be viewed by kayak or tender, or on foot at LW. Elsewhere, there is ample room to walk the rocky shoreline with its numerous tide pools. The two sandy beaches form an isthmus that divides the Bays and provides vital ecosystems for migratory and breeding shorebirds. This is Gabriola Sands Provincial Park; road-accessible and a popular destination for kayakers. Anchor in either Bay as snug to the beaches as you can in 2-6 m with good holding in sand. Taylor Bay is exposed to the W and N and to ferry wash. Pilot Bay is protected from all but NE winds, but is open to the swell from the Salish Sea.
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