About Pender Harbour & Areas
Beautiful Pender Harbour
MUST DO:
- At the Madeira Park government dock, take a fully-narrated 90 minute harbour cruise on the Slocat Pender Harbour Cruise for best viewing of the whole harbour. You are guaranteed to spot eagles and seals! Best make some reservations! - At the dock you can also rent a kayak or take a kayak tour with Alpha Adventures. Also reservations recommended. - 15 min-drive north of Madeira Park is the Pender Harbour Golf Course offering 9 challenging holes at very reasonable rates and is open to members and non-members. After a round of golf, enjoy a delicious meal at the Clubhouse Restaurant. |
Pender Harbour
Pender Harbour is the overall name for a collective of small settlements, including Middlepoint, Madeira Park, Francis Peninsula, Kleindale, Garden Bay, Irvines Landing, and Daniel Point. With fewer than 3000 residences, Pender Harbour offers a surprising array of amenities, including great hiking and kayaking! MADEIRA PARK SHOPS: Get groceries at the IGA and the Oak Tree Market (great butcher!); spirits at the BC Liquor Store; prescriptions at the Marina Pharmacy; building supplies at RONA; check out the Bargain Barn; enjoy the famous burgers at Triple B's Burgers; awesome pizza at the Harbour Pizza; sushi at the Japanese Restaurant; tacos at the Mexican restaurant; ice cream and homemade soups at Eusperia Café and Gift Gallery; pick up some BC bud at the Remedy Wellness Center; have lunch at the Royal Canadian Legion; books and gifts at the EarthStore, and in case you need it, visit the Sunshine Coast Credit Union, the Pender Harbour Health Center, the veterinary hospital and the lawyer's office. ACCOMMODATIONS: For affordable accommodations in or close to Madeira Park, stay at the Stonewater Motel and Camping, the Sunshine Coast Resort & Marina, and the Pender Harbour Hotel and Marina with it's popular Grasshopper Pub overlooking the harbour.. Or stay at the beautiful Enchanter Oceanview Suites, the Madeira Park Bed & Breakfast, the Moon Dance Cabin on Oyster Bay and the Freedom Lodge with its Spa services. Om the higher end, stay at the Painted Boat Resort, with its world-class Spa Garden and Lagoon restaurant and marina where float planes come and go, adds a touch of class to this charming sea‐side village. So does the Rockwater Secret Cove Resort with its fine dining restaurant and romantic Tenthouse Suites sprinkled along the shoreline. Across the harbour in the Garden Bay area, camp at Hotel Lake and at Katherine Lake, or stay in a cute cabin in the MoonDance in Daniel Point, the Pender Harbour Resort and Marina or the John Henry's Marina and Resort with its seaside Café! The Garden Bay Pub, Restaurant and Marina offers lots of dock space for boaters and a pub for landlubbers! |
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HIKING FOR ALL LEVELS:
EASY: In Madeira Park, enjoy a relaxing hike in the forest by Lily Lake and spot the turtles that nest there. Visit the Iris Griffith Wetlands with interpretive signs on the boardwalk just past the Post Office. Look out for duck species feeding in the lagoon, plus the resident beaver! MODERATE: In Madeira Park, take a 5 minute-drive on Francis Peninsula Road to find Meryl Street. The street ends at Francis Point Marine Park. Go up to the lookout or hike the trail by the ocean to a light beacon on the point. CHALLENGING: Take Garden Bay Road at the PetroCanada gas station in Kleindale to find Mount Daniel, Pender Hill and Daniel Point for spectacular views! For a real challenge, hike the Suncoaster Trail. 
Pender Harbour Visitor Information Booth and Community Hall
MUSIC EVENTS: The Pender Harbour Blues Festival in June and the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival in August, all feature concerts held in all three local communities, Garden Bay, Madeira Park and Irvine's Landing. See more local events!
ART GALLERIES: Close to Madeira Park, visit the yurts at the FibreWorks Studio and Gallery, then head to the Garden Bay area and stop at the funky Flying Anvil Studios and the Bluff Hollow Art Works for some for beautiful things for your cactus garden. Last but not least, visit the world-famous Motoko Original Art Gallery and the Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society also in Garden Bay. AUTOMOTIVE: Just 10 minutes north of Madeira Park where the Sunshine Coast Highway meets Garden Bay Road is a cluster of businesses you might need, including the PetroCanada, Pender Harbour Automotive & Tire and Pender Harbour Diesel specializing in automotive, marine, industrial and recreational parts and tools. How To Get Here: Travellers from Vancouver Take a BC Ferry from Horseshoe Bay (West Vancouver) to Langdale (Gibsons), and then drive a scenic 50 kilometres (1 hour) northwest on Highway 101. If you are driving down from Powell River, take the Saltery Bay BC Ferry to Earl's Cove and then drive south for 30 minutes to Pender Harbour. |
 Madeira Park Government Dock
BOATING: Pender Harbour is a popular spot for boaters, as there are multiple marinas available for moorage, or you can anchor pretty much anywhere in this protected harbour. Take your dinghy to any of the many resorts' restaurants and pubs that have marinas with dinghy docks. See ACCOMODATIONS. Or tie up at the government dock in Madeira Park to access the village shops and more restaurants. For boat fuel, stop at John Henry's Marina and Resort. For boat repairs, check out Madeira Marine right next to the government dock. Other popular anchorages in the area include Smuggler's Cove and the Thormanbe Islands, a popular for campers pitching tents on the sandy beach.
GO FISH: Rent a motorboat at the Pender Harbour Resort to go explore around Fearney Bluffs, Nelson Rock, and the Anderson and Charles Islands just outside Pender Harbour. Or simply drop a fishing line off the resort's pier. For some serious fishing, call the Gulf Rascal Charters or OTB Charters. Pender Harbour is well‐known for its salmon, cod, flounder, and snapper, as well as surface‐feeding trout in many of our freshwater lakes in the Garden Bay area. GO JUMP IN A LAKE: The Garden Bay area in the northern shores of Pender Harbour (turn west at the PetroCanada) are blessed with beautiful lakes perfect for swimming! Many of the lakes have little docks you can jump off, but the best of the bunch is Katherine Lake, a regional park campground with a beautiful sandy lake beach. Continuing north on the Sunshine Coast Highway is Ruby Lake with another sandy lake beach at Dan Bosch Park. This is also home of the Lagoon Society and the Ruby Lake Resort with its excellent Italian restaurant. Klein Lake recreational arrea in Egmont is a remote lake offering primitive camping, fishing and swimming off the docks. |
Pender Harbour Map
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Egmont, Earl's Cove & Ruby Lake
The Village of Egmont is at the end of the road and only a 30 minute drive north from Pender Harbour, and an hour and a half drive north from Gibsons and the Langdale BC Ferries Terminal. The Earls Cove Ferry Terminal is only one kilometer past Egmont Road, the 6 kilometer road to Egmont, the home to the Skookumchuck Rapids, the #1 attraction on the Sunshine Coast. In Egmont. Visit the Egmont Heritage Centre and the three seaside resorts and marinas only a few blocks down the road. Grab a bite to eat at the waterfront restaurant and pub, both with spectacular views of the Skookumchuck Narrows. Take an unforgettable boat or float plane tour to beautiful Princess Louisa Inlet and the Chatterbox waterfalls, the gem of the Sunshine Coast. Take the BC Ferry to Powell River from Earls Cove, only 6 Km from Egmont. Swim at Dan Bosch Park's sandy beach in beautiful Ruby Lake. Rent a canoe and paddle to the little islands on the lake for a picnic lunch from the Italian restaurant. Explore the Iris Griffith Nature Center located only a 15 minute-drive north from Pender Harbour.
The Village of Egmont is at the end of the road and only a 30 minute drive north from Pender Harbour, and an hour and a half drive north from Gibsons and the Langdale BC Ferries Terminal. The Earls Cove Ferry Terminal is only one kilometer past Egmont Road, the 6 kilometer road to Egmont, the home to the Skookumchuck Rapids, the #1 attraction on the Sunshine Coast. In Egmont. Visit the Egmont Heritage Centre and the three seaside resorts and marinas only a few blocks down the road. Grab a bite to eat at the waterfront restaurant and pub, both with spectacular views of the Skookumchuck Narrows. Take an unforgettable boat or float plane tour to beautiful Princess Louisa Inlet and the Chatterbox waterfalls, the gem of the Sunshine Coast. Take the BC Ferry to Powell River from Earls Cove, only 6 Km from Egmont. Swim at Dan Bosch Park's sandy beach in beautiful Ruby Lake. Rent a canoe and paddle to the little islands on the lake for a picnic lunch from the Italian restaurant. Explore the Iris Griffith Nature Center located only a 15 minute-drive north from Pender Harbour.