Porteau Cove Provincial Park

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Porteau Cove Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

Porteau Cove is located on the Howe Sound fjord, 38 km north of Vancouver on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, 20 km south of Squamish, 8.5 km south of Britannia Beach. Other nearby communities include Brackendale and Lions Bay.

The park is 50 hectares in size, and offers picnicing, camping, swimming, windsurfing, and a boat launch. Porteau Cove is a very popular area for scuba diving, with a series of artificial reefs including two sunken vessels.

[edit] External links

• Official Government of BC Parks website

Porteau Cove has 44 Drive-In Campsites and 16 Walk-In Sites. 80% of the Campsite may be reserved through Discover Camping, April through September.

Porteau Cove is maintained and operated by Sea To Sky Parks, based out of Mount Seymour in North Vancouver, BC.