Day Trips & Getaways
Sidney Spit Ferry Beach Day
A 25-minute summer ferry to a national-park sandbar where the crowds simply do not come.
Departs Port Sidney Marina, foot of Beacon Avenue
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A 25-minute summer ferry to a national-park sandbar where the crowds simply do not come.
Departs Port Sidney Marina, foot of Beacon Avenue
More infoDesert-island date, minus the actual inconveniences. From the wharf at the foot of Beacon Street, hop the summer foot-ferry for a 25-minute crossing to Sidney Spit, a skinny sandbar in Gulf Islands National Park where the beach runs for kilometres and the crowds never materialise. There's no fresh water and barely any shade, so pack lunch, sunscreen and a book, then claim a patch of sand and nap on it.
Catch the little summer foot-ferry from the foot of Beacon Street for a 25-minute hop to the sandbar, and pack everything, because there's no fresh water and barely any shade. Bring lunch, water, sunscreen and zero agenda: walk the spit, wade the warm shallows, nap on near-empty beach. Grab a deliberately later boat back; plan a full five hours. The ferry runs only mid-May to early September, so seize the window.
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