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Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary

48.6736° N, 123.415° W

Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary, British Columbia. 48.6736° N, 123.415° W

Migratory bird sanctuary, 1.46 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/shoal-harbour-migratory-bird-sanctuary/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change 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).

Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary is a 1.46 km² migratory bird sanctuary 1.1 km north of Sidney, in British Columbia. It was established in 1931.

Area
1.46 km²
Established
1931

Conditions today

14.3 °C

Partly CloudyWind SSE 8 km/h

Observed at Victoria (Hartland), as of 12:00 a.m. PDT

Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness this evening then rain beginning before morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h early this evening except west 50 near Juan de Fuca Strait. Wind becoming southeast 30 gusting to 50 before morning. Low 11.

Weather: Victoria (Hartland) (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:53 a.m.
Sunrise
7:25 a.m.
Sunset
6:35 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:07 p.m.
Moonrise
6:24 a.m.
Moonset
5:56 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Duncan, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

Official record

Designation
Migratory bird sanctuary
Managed by
Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Region

Names

  • Refuge d’oiseaux migrateurs de Shoal-HarbourFrench form