Local Information
Silva Bay and Gabriola Island activities, events, and travel info. Helpful links to make your stay more enjoyable
Our Innkeepers can tell you more about our island's activities and events. Below, we've noted places and activities that are in walking distance of the Inn or further afield, and which are available all year or summer only.
Gabriola
- Gabriola Chamber of Commerce
Links and other information about Gabriola restaurants, shopping, attractions, accommodations, parks, trails, markets, beaches and a calendar of community events.
- Gabriola Online Directory
- Gabriola Museum
Maps, natural and human history
- Gabriola Chamber of Commerce
How to Get Here
- Directions to the Inn
- Gabriola Ferry Schedule Current as of 11-09-16
- Gabriola Taxi (1 250 247 0049)
- Gabriola Ferry Cam
(Real-time web cam of ferry line-up to get off- Island)
- Tofino Air
(Direct flights, Vancouver Airport to Silva Bay)
- Nanaimo Transit
(City Bus)
- BC Ferries
Mainland to Vancouver Island
- Float Plane Service
Vancouver Harbour to Nanaimo
- Bus Service
Vancouver to Nanaimo
Silva Bay
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The Henhouse Studio
studio • gallery • lessons (On site. Year round)
- Silva Bay Kayak Adventures
Kayak trips, eco-tours, sailing adventures from the Inn dock (On site. Summer only)
- Gift Gallery Madd Art
Funky and fun gifts that are recylced, fairly traded and make you feel good! (On site. Year round)
- Hasta Mañana Charters
Salmon Fishing & Scenic Tours around Gabriola Island. From the Inn dock.
- Silver Blue Fishing Charters
Fishing Charters. From the Silva Bay Resort Marina.
- Access Diving
Dive Charters and Day Tours. From the Silva Bay Resort Marina.
- Silva Bay Pub (Year round)
Restaurant, pub, laundry, and liquor store located next door
- Silva Bay Shipyard School
(Short courses. Year round)
- Friends of Silva Bay
Waterbirds and nearshore ecosystems identification guides
- Wooden Boat and Maritime Seminars
October to March. A benefit for the Shipyard Raid
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The Henhouse Studio
Boating Information
Things to Do On Gabriola
Activities
- Our Innkeeper's Calendar
Up-to-date local events
- Sundays 10am - 2pm, Market at Silva Bay (Summer only)
- Kayaking (Silva Bay, walkable)
- Gabriola Golf Course (South End)
- Dive Charters (Silva Bay, walkable)
- Wednesday night jam sessions, 8 pm, Silva Bay Pub
(Year round)
- Saturdays 10am - 12 noon, Farmer's Market at Agi Hall
(Summer only)
Events
- Dancing Man Music Festival
July
- Poetry Gabriola Festival
November
- Thanksgiving Arts Council Studio Tour
October (some walkable)
- Silva Bay Maritime BoatLaunch Festival
April (walkable)
- Silva Bay Traditional and Wooden Boat Rendezvous
September (walkable)
Walks and Trails
- Drumbeg Provincal Park
(walkable)
- Sandwell Provincal Park
- Gabriola Sands Provincal Park
- The Elders Nature Reserve (100 year old cedars)
- 707 Acre Wood, Regional District Park
- GALT Gabriola Island Trails Maps. Gabriola's walking trails