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Gabriola Sands Walk to Scenic Olebar Point

GaLLT Walk —Gabriola Sands at Twin Beaches to Orlebar Point (8km return)

Start at parking area in Gabriola Sands Provincial Park (Twin Beaches). This walk follows the shoreline to Seagirt Road, and then road and shoreline to Orlebar Point. Note: The rocks and logs are dangerously slippery when wet. The walk starts on the beach of Pilot Bay. Turn right on the sandy beach and follow the high tide line to the sandstone shelf. Follow the shelf in a northeast direction for about 2 km until you get to rocky headland with a clear view of the lighthouse. At this headland turn, with your back to the lighthouse, and follow the rock shelf up to Seagirt Road. Follow Seagirt, turn left on Berry Point Road, and then left again at the next junction. From here, you can continue along this peaceful shoreline road, or look for trails back to the sandstone shoreline. In about 500 metres, by a roadside nursery stand, you reach the lookout to Entrance Island, with one of the last manned lighthouses on the BC coast. To return, either retrace your route back to the start point, or take the pedestrian/cycle track all the way along Berry Point Road to Ricardo Road and back to Gabriola Sands Provincial Park.