Trip 283 - June 7, 2023 (Wednesday)Town of Sidney BC VisitVancouver Island
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Liked: A large free parking lot by the visitor centre, a picture-perfect seawall, Beacon Park with statues, beach access, Fish Market building exterior, lots of greenery, several friendly locals. Of Note: No shade on the seawall, low flying aircraft above the parking lot. Related Websites: Town of Sidney Official Website, Wiki - Sidney, BC. Vancouver Island, Victoria & Gulf Islands Backroad Mapbook (9th edition) Town of Sidney Coordinates: Page 11 (Duncan) G6. Other Trips in Sidney BC Area: Sidney Island visit, Island View Beach Park visit. Follow @ihikebc Tweet![]() The town of Sidney is a lovely small town just off Highway 17 on the way from Swartz Bay ferry terminal to Victoria. It has a neat seawall and an interesting main street (Beacon Avenue). Today, we walked down Beacon Avenue, checked out the seawall, and then walked a bit around the residential part of Sidney, which has a beach access at the foot of Amherst Avenue. 1. Here is a Google Maps location of the Town of Sidney on Vancouver Island.
2. Here is a map of Saanich Peninsula. We have indicated the town of Sidney with a red square. Swartz Bay ferry terminal is at the top of the map, and the city of Victoria at the bottom.
3. And here is a general map of the town of Sidney.
4. Finally, the map of downtown Sidney. We have indicated as follows: red square - a big free parking lot by the info centre, red arrows - the direction of our travel down Beacon Avenue, yellow square - Beacon Park, yellow arrows - the seawall. Highway 17 from Swartz Bay to Victoria is seen just to the left of the red square as two thin red lines.
5. The town of Sidney sign near the info centre.
6. Here is that big free parking lot. Coordinates: N 48⁰38.846' W 123⁰24.309'. Elevation: 10 meters.
7. The parking lot has some blue lines-marked stalls, and a sign states as shown. Unclear if overnight parking is allowed in all other stalls, which would be neat. Perhaps, white lines-marked stalls are designated for the community centre, in which case overnight parking here would not be possible - check with the info centre staff for clarification, if needed.
8. Near the parking lot and very close to the info centre, right in front of Mary Winspear Community Centre, is a cenotaph with this statue.
9. We are beginning our walk down Sidney's main street, Beacon Avenue, which runs for about 7 blocks. Here we are on the corner of Beacon Avenue and 7th Street.
10. A beacon just off Beacon Avenue.
11. People sitting at a table on Beacon Avenue in Sidney, BC.
12. Sidney's street banners are all the same, just these two, but they are fairly good.
13. Still on Beacon Avenue.
14. Sidney has a few more "iron people" around town. Here's one.
15. Now we are by Beacon Park, located at the end of Beacon Avenue.
16. Beacon Park sign.
17. It's a very pleasant park, pretty much in the middle of the seawall, which goes for about 500 meters in each direction from here.
18-19. The exterior of Sidney Fish Market is sure pleasant to look at.
20. Pier Bistro restaurant next to the Fish Market.
21. We are now walking down the seawall and turned to look back at the Fish Market and the restaurant.
22-23. A bit further is this diver art piece.
24. Moving on, here is Sidney fishing pier.
25. It's quite long indeed.
26. A few people were apparently crabbing from the pier.
27. This is where the seawall ends on the right side (if facing the ocean).
28. We have turned around, and what a fine view!
29. We are now a few hundred meters past Beacon Park while exploring the remainder of the seawall.
30-31. Here is Port Sidney Marina. This is where you take a seasonal ferry to Sidney Island (Sidney Spit).
32. A very green spot on Sidney seawall.
33. And this is the seawall's other end, at Third Street near Henry Avenue.
34. Sidney's Third Street.
35. We then walked down Third Street for a bit, and found beach access at the foot of Amherst Avenue.
Sidney, BC is a lovely little town to visit. Highly recommended.
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