Sechelt

Sechelt is a coastal community of 10,200 (2016) on the lower Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada.

Understand
Sechelt is a seaside community with approx. 35 km of Pacific Ocean shoreline that extends primarily along the coastline of the Sunshine Coast, and is bounded to the west and east by the unincorporated communities of Halfmoon Bay and Roberts Creek, respectively.

Sechelt has several distinct neighbourhoods; from east to west they are Wilson Creek, Davis Bay, Selma Park, the original Village of Sechelt, and West Sechelt. Several neighbourhoods around Sechelt Inlet were also included in its district limits; these include West Porpoise Bay, East Porpoise Bay, Sandy Hook, Tillicum Bay and Tuwanek. The municipal government of the Shishalh First Nation, which contains a substantial commercial district, is immediately east of Sechelt's "downtown" village.

The name Sechelt is derived from the Sechelt language word, shishalh, the name of the First Nations people who first settled the area thousands of years ago.

By car
Sechelt is approximately northwest of Vancouver, it is accessible from mainland British Columbia by a 40-minute ferry trip between  Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) ferry terminal and in West Vancouver and Sunshine Coast (Langdale) ferry terminal near Gibsons, and a 25-minute drive from Langdale along Highway 101 (Sunshine Coast Highway). For more information about the traveling by the ferry, see Gibsons.

Seaplanes

 * Flights to Sechelt from Nanaimo (20 minutes) and Vancouver (20 minutes).

By public transit

 * Route 1 operates multiple times daily between Sunshine Coast (Langdale) ferry terminal and Sechelt with stops in Gibsons and Roberts Creek. Travel time between the Sechelt and the ferry terminal is 1 hour to 1 hour 5 minutes, and between Sechelt and Gibson's Sunnycrest Mall is 45 to 50 minutes.
 * Route 90 operates multiple times daily between Sunshine Coast (Langdale) ferry terminal and Sechelt with stops in Gibsons and Roberts Creek. Travel time between the Sechelt and the ferry terminal is 40 to 45 minutes, and between Sechelt and Gibson's Sunnycrest Mall is 30 minutes. Some trips travel and stop near Lower Gibsons (harbour area).Front yard 2.jpg
 * Route 90 operates multiple times daily between Sunshine Coast (Langdale) ferry terminal and Sechelt with stops in Gibsons and Roberts Creek. Travel time between the Sechelt and the ferry terminal is 40 to 45 minutes, and between Sechelt and Gibson's Sunnycrest Mall is 30 minutes. Some trips travel and stop near Lower Gibsons (harbour area).Front yard 2.jpg

Do
Sechelt is known for its natural beauty, and is a popular destination for outdoor activities that include kayaking, diving, snowshoeing and skiing, hiking and backpacking, camping and mountain biking. There is an 18-hole public golf course, and a number of small marinas are available around Sechelt Inlet. Sechelt has several municipal parks, and larger provincial parks are nearby. Scuba diving at Skookumchuck Narrows, at the entrance of Sechelt Inlet, are highly rated by diving magazines and the Cousteau Society.



Buy
Cowrie Street in Sechelt's downtown hub has multiple locally owned shops, boutiques, and galleries, is the perfect place to shop for local art & handcrafted goods, books, beads, sporting goods, and clothing.