Miracle Beach

What I love about my country/province/city is how easy it is to be a tourist where I live. And that there is always something new to discover. For me last weekend, it was Miracle Beach, located in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.

Opening up the cottage or going camping on the May long weekend is a Canadian tradition. One of the perks about camping so early in the season in British Columbia, even if we have to gamble on the weather, is we are usually able to have a campfire, one of the best parts about camping in Canada’s wilderness.

This year a province-wide campfire ban implemented in early May (the earliest ever in BC) scuttled our hopes for s’mores around the fire. Then, a week of cooler, damper weather meant the ban was lifted Friday at noon. Excellent timing, weather gods!

Miracle Beach Provincial Park is located on the eastern shores of Vancouver Island. Its wide, sandy beach (at low tide) faces the Salish Sea. Across the water lie the Coast Mountains, which run all the way from the Yukon border down the Alaska Panhandle and the coast of British Columbia to the 49th parallel.

I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this park, but, hey, it’s a big country. I was thrilled to spend time here and am already thinking ahead to next year’s May long weekend.