Canada
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
50.2km²
Area
48km
Coastline
732m
Highest point
4,256
People
17°C
Warmest sea
August
3km
To the mainland
When to go to Bowen Island
Best to visit from July to August.
The sea is warmest in August (17 °C) and coolest in January (7 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
District municipality and island of British Columbia, Canada
Bowen Island is an island in Canada. It covers 50.2 km², with 48 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 732 m. About 4,256 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 3 km away.
Getting there
- Vancouver International Airport (YVR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at YVR airport (Vancouver)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- 3 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From July to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Bowen Island.
- 96beachesMother's Beach, Lighthouse Lane Neighbourhood Beach, Pebble Beach and 93 more
- 53viewpointsOnion Island Lookout, Dorman Point Lookout, Waterfall Trail Coastal Viewpoint and 50 more
- 2lighthousesCape Roger Curtis Lighthouse
- 1marinasUnion Steamship Company Marina
- 6named peaksMount Gardner, North Gardner, Apodaca Peak and 3 more
- 6waterfallsBridal Veil falls and 5 more
- 2ruins and archaeological sites
- 1campsitesApodaca Marine Campsite
- 47hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 10restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Bowen Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Bowen Island, each with its own numbers.
9beaches and covesCoastya
2lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
0.21km²
Killarney Lake
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
23.7°C
Killarney Lake
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
17.5°C
September Morn Beach
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
9 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- September Morn Beach17.5°C
- Apodaca Covecove17.5°C
- Poca Covecove17.5°C
- Safety Covecove17.5°C
- Smugglers Covecove17.5°C
- Snug Covecove17.5°C
- Alder Covecove17.5°C
- Echo Covecove17.5°C
1 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
2 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Killarney Lake0.21km²
- Grafton Lake0.13km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 204 m above the sea. 56 % of it is below 200 m.
- 11 %0–50 m
- 45 %50–200 m
- 40 %200–500 m
- 4 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
5 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Bowen Island4,256 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Night low (°C) | -3 | -3 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | -3 |
| Sea (°C) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 323 | 165 | 253 | 145 | 96 | 84 | 50 | 61 | 122 | 233 | 348 | 294 |
| Wet days | 20 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 21 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| Wind (km/h) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.5 | −0.1 | −0.1 | +0.5 | +0.9 | −0.1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +1.0 | −0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2021 | +0.4 | −0.3 | −0.3 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +1.6 | +2.7 | +1.9 | +0.5 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.2 |
| 2022 | −0.6 | −0.2 | +0.1 | −0.5 | −1.1 | −0.8 | +0.7 | +2.0 | +1.0 | +1.2 | −0.6 | −0.2 |
| 2023 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.5 | −0.8 | +1.4 | +0.3 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.8 |
| 2024 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.2 | −0.2 | −0.4 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.4 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.4 |
| 2025 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.9 | +0.7 | −0.3 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +1.5 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +0.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q895413) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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