CANADA – VANCOUVER AND
SURROUNDINGS - White Rock Beach (*****)
For Polish version please click here.In the summer small beaches by the Vancouver’s lakes are usually crowded. If you want to avoid hustle and bustle, choose the picturesque seaside in White Rock by Semiahmoo Bay. The 8 km long beach with a lifeguard on duty, in fact consists of two beaches: east and west (with a pier and a marina). A white glacial rock is it’s symbol. This is a perfect place to relax, swim, sunbathe, organize a picnic or even have a go at catching crabs. To do so, you need to equip yourself with a crab trap as well as a license (both available in Marine Market by the west beach).
Children can
play in sand or shallow water. In the morning, low tides reveal acres of sand
and blooming eelgrass (a kind of sea grass), which serve as a shelter for different
kinds of fish. There is a lawn with picnic areas
along the beach. An operating but rarely used railway line runs behind. There
is also a boardwalk with restaurants (including a popular fish and chips
restaurant Moby Dick) and shops.
Free public toilets are located
by the entrance to the pier. On the other side of the pier you can find the
marina, wherefrom touristic boat cruises combined with whale and seal watching
start.
It’s worth staying one the White
Rock beach for at least a few hours.
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| The beach during high tide |
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| The beach during low tide |
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| Boardwalk |
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| The beach during high tide |
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