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A. Howe Sound Marine - Located in Lions Bay<br />
Marina, your one stop for all your marine services<br />
and repairs for stern drives, out-boards,<br />
diesel and gas engines, electrical, tuneups and<br />
much more.<br />
1. Government float in this nice small bay. Respect<br />
private buoys and wharfs to the east<br />
and west.<br />
2. Halkett Bay – Named after Sir Peter Halkett.<br />
Provides good anchorage and great shelter.<br />
Halkett Bay Provincial Marine Park is a 40 ha<br />
(100 ac) recreational reserve with onshore toilets.<br />
3. Halkett Point – Named after Sir Peter Halkett<br />
who served with Lord Howe in 1794. Watch<br />
for drying rocks on the east side of the point.<br />
4. Good fishing along these shores, keep an eye<br />
out for changing winds.<br />
5. Brigade Bay – Named after the Vancouver<br />
Boys Brigade; provides some anchorage. The<br />
best shelter on the east side of Gambier. Good<br />
fishing close to the shores north and south.<br />
6. Nice bay with some sandy beaches; good anchorage<br />
and great shelter from south winds.<br />
7. Ramillies Channel – Named after the H.M.S.<br />
Ramillies and captained by Captain Henry Harvey.<br />
8. Anvil Island – Named on June 14, 1792, by<br />
Capt. Vancouver in accordance with the shape<br />
of its 760 m (2,500 ft) mountain.<br />
9. Irby Point – Named after Honorable Frederick<br />
Paul Irby, midshipman of the Montagu in the<br />
battle of the “Glorious First” in June, 1794.<br />
Daybreak Point Bible Camp is in the middle<br />
of two beautiful bays surrounding Daybreak<br />
Point just to the west of Irby Point. You will<br />
notice a 10 m (30 ft) water slide on one of the<br />
docks.<br />
10. Great place to anchor with shelter from Squamish<br />
winds. Some good scuba diving at the<br />
point.<br />
11. Christie Islet is a bird sanctuary for the glaucous-winged<br />
gull, pigeon guillemots, and longnecked<br />
cormorants.<br />
12. Pam Rock – Reported as a sea gull nesting colony<br />
in 1960 and is home of the double-crested<br />
cormorants. Expect to see some seal colonies here.<br />
13. Montagu Channel – Named after the H.M.S. Montagu and<br />
captained by James Montagu. He was killed in the battle<br />
of the “Glorious First” of June, 1794.<br />
14. This large bay will provide you with shelter from north<br />
winds. The centre of the bay closer to shore is a good anchorage<br />
area.<br />
15. Alberta Bay – Good anchorage and shelter from north<br />
winds. Brunswick Beach is just around the point to the<br />
north where M Creek is located.<br />
16. Lions Bay – Beautiful homes with great views; respect private<br />
buoys. Lions Bay Beach Club is for members only and<br />
has a small park with a children’s play-ground.<br />
17. Newman Creek – North of Ocean Point are beautiful<br />
homes<br />
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