Smelt Bay Provincial Park — Attraction in Area C (Cortes Island)

Beautiful campsite with extremely clean outhouses and water taps! Pleasent location with no road noise. We didn't reserve a spot (I recommend that you Do, call ahead of time) so we had to stay in over-flow for 2 nights which we were bummed out about at first because it was just a think strip of dirt road, not actual campsites, but we ended up loving it! There's a short 30 second trail to walk through that leads you straight to the beach! At night you get to fall asleep to the sound of waves crashing on the shore (in over-flow) which is absolutely lovely. The man who runs the campsite was very kind and even brought us a table to use because over-flow doesn't have picnic tables. It's $20 a night for any and all campsites including over-flow. Which is honestly amazing and cheap considering how fantastic it is there. Highly recommend...

One of the nicest campsites I've been to. Private, out of the way but still easily car accessible (no 4x4 required). Staff were friendly, too. An easy walk to the beach with great views and sandy spots to rest. Water said to boil it, but washrooms (outhouses) were clean.

As other reviewers mentioned, some of the sites had average privacy between neighbouring sites. They did plant ferns and shrubs and they're starting to grow in, and soon the sites will be very nicely private, but they are by no means...

This is now one of my favorite places on earth for sure. It's comparable to the paradise beaches I've seen in Mexico, it's something out of this world. So so so peaceful. Ranger Tim is really kind too. The bathrooms are super clean, lots of flies tho but hard to keep em out, the camping sites are so nice, space for two tents, maybe three, fireplace and a table. Also you can pick blackberries really close from there. Read the story of the black/orange...