My alternative to shopping was a day checking out as many beaches - with lunch and beer in between - as possible on Gabriola Island. After stops at Brickyard Beach, Degnen Bay, Drumbeg Park, and the pub at Silva Bay, we made our way to Sandwell Provincial Park. The rains of the previous evening had created a bit of a slick path to the beach (it should be mentioned, that this path is 650 meters long and quite steep) but we were down at sea level in no time at all.
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| Dombrowski: "...more than a kilometre long... mostly composed of a band of beach logs and fine pebbles leading, at low tide, to a wide stretch of fine, firm sand and tidal pools."(2013-06-01) |
The beach, #15 (page 57) in Theo Drombowski's "Secret Beaches of the Salish Sea" is, to quote Dombrowski, "...more than a kilometre long... mostly composed of a band of beach logs and fine pebbles leading, at low tide, to a wide stretch of fine, firm sand and tidal pools."
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| The south end of Sandwell Beach is rocky (2013-06-01) |
This beach truly is a gem. But for the rather long and steep path leading to and from it, Sandwell Park beach is close to perfect!
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| South end of Sandwell Beach (2013-06-01) |
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| Amidst the large boulders at the south end of the beach at Sandwell Park; fine sand (2013-06-01) |
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| Looking south along the beach at Sandwell Park (2013-06-01) |