Palm Beach Regional Park — Attraction in Area C (Lois Lake/Saltery Bay)

My favorite Beach in the area. The view from the beach is spectacular and you can walk from end to end and see very different topography with a rocky point to the right. It is not the sandiest beach around but once you get past the rocks at the beach it is sandy underneath the water, though very shallow so you have to walk quite a ways to get any depth. After going there today I realized it was a little different between high tide and low tide. At high tide there is a little incline but at low tide it is very flat. No big waves here. Very few people seem to come during the week. There is a bathroom closer to the parking lot. The beach is about a three-minute walk from the parking lot depending on how much stuff you are carrying I guess! There's also a large park for picnics with some picnic tables on the way to the beach and a small playground for the kids near the bathroom. There is a small market just up the street from the park that sells snacks and drinks if you forgot anything. A...

It might just be the nostalgia talking but it was better back in "my day". There are significantly more people living nearby now, making it a busier beach. There's not all that much real estate to stand on, on account of all the washed up logs so you are liable to be right next to someone on any given day.

It seems like a fair few trees have been removed to make room for the adjacent housing, which takes away from the ambiance of the park, and the new play equipment doesn't hold a candle to the old stuff built from logs. Also there used to be a big metal roundabout there, truly a loss.

That said, if you've never been, you'll still have a good time and it's worth going to. Like all other things in life, it has simply undergone...

Perhaps I shouldn't be stating this publicly but two of the best beaches on the mainland coast lie 1,500 metres apart, about 18 kilometres south of Powell River. One is Palm Beach, easily accessible from the park and the other is Mahood's Beach, a little closer to town. Both are relatively safe, sandy spots, suitable for the entire family. Photos are from Palm Beach,...