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• Boyle Point Regional Park. A 1.7 km (1 mi.) short walking hike to the hills and a view overlooking Gravelly Bay and the lighthouse on Chrome Island. The hike may be short but the beach access trail of Boyle Point Regional Park is for the healthy, in shape, hiker as the drop down to the shoreline is steep and the hike up is a work out. Located via the forested trail at the south end of East Road on Denman Island.
  
  
• Chrome Island Lighthouse. On the west coast, some of our most historic structures are the lighthouses. At the end of the trail in Boyle Point Regional Park is the spanning ocean views and a look at on of those lighthouses, the Chrome Island Lighthouse. Access from Boyle Point Regional Park at the south end of East Road.
  
  
• Fillongley Provincial Park. On Denman Island following the east coastline is a 23-hectare park with easy grade forested walking trails called Fillongley Provincial Park. The Park is a fabulous spot to visit to view the salmon spawning stream of Little George Creek. Fillongley Provincial Park has picnic tables, fire pits and outhouses.
  
  
• Helliwell Provincial Park. Hornby Island has a beautiful park in Helliwell Provincial Park. The beach is cloaked in wildflowers, hidden away in the seaside bluffs and forested shorelines of south Hornby Island. Helliwell Provincial Park guards the northern entrance to Tribune Bay, and sits on a headland known as St. John Point. Popular for bird watching and is a popular area for Cormorant nesting and eagles patrolling the sky. The Helliwell Provincial Park Trail is a 3-mile (5-km) loop trail along bluffs, through forested areas and wildflower fields on south Hornby Island.
  
  
• Little George Creek. Inside the forest walls of Fillongley Provincial Park is a trail leading to Little George Creek. Little George Creek is a spawning ground for Salmon accessed by a short series of hiking trails through a lush forest and thick undergrowth. Little George Creek is located in Fillongley Provincial Park on Denman Island.
  
  
• Little Tribune Bay. This is a great little beach to soak up some sun. Beach combers beware as some of us locals like to shed some clothes on this beach. Tribune Bay also has some wild hoodoo rock formations that are a big draw for camera buffs. Little Tribune Bay on Hornby Island is accessible by road and boat.
  
  
• Longbeak Point. Sea shells and sand dollars decorate this north end spit of Denman Island as it bends out towards Sandy Island (sometimes referred to as Tent Island). Longbeak Point is surrounded by, mostly, shallow waters and at low tides one can walk out to the island. Shorebirds and marine life inhabit the area. Prime bird watching territory.
  
  
• Norris Rocks. Off the southern tip of Hornby Island is a popular sun tanning area for Sea Lions. If the season is right and you have access to a boat or a charter the Norris Rocks is worth a look. Follow the barking sounds to the sea lions.
  
  
• Sandy Island Provincial Marine Park. Located at the north end of Denman Island Sandy Island Provincial Marine Park is a treat for waders of all ages at low tide because you can wade out to the bird watching of Longbeak Point. Camp among the cluster of trees, under the stars on a beach mattress. Bring some water and cook stove.
  
  
• Tribune Bay. A very popular area on Hornby Island for families and exploring as Tribune Bay is a playground for swimming and for admiring the hoodoo formations of the surrounding rock clefts left from time on the sandy beach.
  
  
• Whaling Station Bay. A great place for kids to play because the waters are protected and shallow. Beautiful sandy beaches and mellow tides, yet room for exploration.