Bowen Bay Beach is a very nice, off-leash, accessible dog beach with beautiful west-facing views, but dogs are not allowed in July or August. There is a fresh water creek next to the beach where your dog can have a drink and a boat launch which is suitable for launching small boats by hand – such as kayaks, canoes and row boats.
Limited parking is available. There is a small parking lot immediately next to the beach access point which has room for about a half dozen vehicles. A little further down the road, you’ll find street parking for another half dozen, or so, vehicles.
There is an accessible pit-toilet along the path down to the beach.
Are dogs allowed on Bowen Island beaches?
Bowen Island’s municipal website says that, “dogs are currently allowed off-leash in all municipal parks but must be kept under control by owners.” It also says that “dogs are not allowed on Tunstall, Sandy or Bowen Bay Beaches in July and August,” however, “at all other coastal access points, leashes are optional, so long as your dog is under control and kept within 3 metres of you.”
“Public beach,” as defined in Bowen Island’s Animal Control Bylaws, “means those public lands located between the low water mark and fifteen (15) metres upland of the high water mark of any body of salt water”
