Sunshine Coast, British Columbia

The Sunshine Coast is a region of the southern mainland coast of British Columbia, on the eastern shore of the Strait of Georgia, and just northwest of Greater Vancouver. It is generally considered to encompass the coastal areas of the regional district of Sunshine Coast.

While populous and frequently visited by tourists, it can be reached by land vehicles only using a ferry or float/airplane —because of the steep terrain, no access roads have been built from the rest of the province. The area around nearby Powell River, also on the mainland and inaccessible by road, is sometimes considered part of the Sunshine Coast, while many people use the name to refer only to the area between Langdale (south) and Egmont (north).

Major population centres on the peninsula include Gibsons (near the BC Ferries terminal at Langdale, for vessels coming from Vancouver), Roberts Creek, Sechelt, Halfmoon Bay and Secret Cove (in between Sechelt and Pender Harbour) and Pender Harbour. At the north end of the peninsula, the ferry to Powell River docks at Earl's Cove which is also near Skookumchuck Narrows, where the skookumchuck, the world's biggest tidal marine rapids, pass the tidal flow from Sechelt Inlet. A popular destination in the area is Desolation Sound which is beyond the end of Highway 101. The highway ends near the settlement at Lund.

External links

* [http://www.communityresourcecentre.info/ Community Resource Centre - free Internet access] .
* [http://www.gibsons.ca/ Town of Gibsons] .
* [http://www.district.sechelt.bc.ca/ District of Sechelt] .
* [http://www.scrd.bc.ca/ Sunshine Coast Regional District] .
* [http://www.secheltchamber.bc.ca/ Sechelt & District Chamber of Commerce] .
* [http://www.suncoastarts.com/ Coast Cultural Alliance arts organization] .
* [http://www.sccss.ca/ Sunshine Coast Community Services Society website] .
* [http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/vasc-current.html BC Ferries: Horseshoe Bay - Langdale Schedule] .
* [http://www.translink.bc.ca/bus/38/timetables/tt257.pdf Public Bus From Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay: Schedule PDF] .
* [http://www.busonline.ca/regions/sun/?p=2.txt Sunshine Coast Transit System] .