Quarry Beach

Tafoni weathering in sandstone There can't be many publicly accessible beaches on Salt Spring that I haven't visited at this point, ...

Yeo Point

Yeo Point itself is not a beach, but a rocky promontory at the north end of Ruckle Park on the southeastern corner of Saltspring Island. But...

St Mary Lake

This relatively small lake on Saltspring Island has neither the waves nor the sediment to form natural beaches and is fringed by reeds every...

Chocolate Beach

The Chain Islands run in a line out of Ganges Harbor and make a great island hopping kayak tour. All are rocky and there is neither sediment...

Wen,Na,Nec

I like that every time I come to Salt Spring, I find one or two new beaches. This one was unexpected and a new favorite. It's actually a...

Price Road

Many small beaches on Salt Spring are swash-aligned pockets, completely contained by bedrock points.  Beddis Beach ( Gravel Beach 2008 ), a ...

Walker Hook

The northeast shore of Salt Spring Island is a relatively strait, steep, rocky edge along Trincomali Channel. Sediment sources are limited a...

Vesuvius Bay

Most of Salt Spring Island consists of folded sedimentary rocks of the Cretaceous Nanaimo group.  They range from conglomerates to finely be...