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Helliwell Park

49.5008° N, 124.5869° W

Helliwell Park, British Columbia. 49.5008° N, 124.5869° W

Provincial park, 28.7 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/helliwell-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Helliwell Park is a 28.7 km² provincial park 3.7 km southeast of Hornby Island, in British Columbia. It was established in 1966.

Area
28.7 km²
Established
1966

Conditions today

12.5 °C

Wind W 2 km/h

Observed at Qualicum Beach, as of 8:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

Tonight: Increasing cloudiness. Rain beginning after midnight. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h near midnight except gusting to 60 near the Strait of Georgia overnight. Wind becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 before morning. Low 11.

Weather: Qualicum Beach (local forecast), as of 8:02 p.m. PDT Thursday

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:58 a.m.
Sunrise
7:30 a.m.
Sunset
6:39 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:11 p.m.
Moonrise
6:30 a.m.
Moonset
6:00 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Comox Valley, as of 1:00 a.m. PDT

In the park

Beaches

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Things to do

Activities

  • Canoeing
  • Cycling
  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • Pets on leash
  • Scuba diving
  • Wildlife viewing

Facilities

  • Picnic areas
  • Pit or flush toilets

As listed by the park’s official page.

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Class A
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia
Official website
bcparks.ca

Photos

Helliwell Cliffs (11446038815)
Photo: daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Helliwell Grass (11446081634)
Photo: daryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Cliffs at Helliwell
Photo: Radiowallah, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons