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The park also offers swimming, hiking, fishing, scuba diving and wilderness-camping opportunities. A portage route to Small Inlet Provincial Park on the west side of Quadra Island can be accessed from the Octopus Islands.
“It’s a good place to get away from it all,” said George Creek, president of the B.C. Marine Parks Forever Society. “It also has good anchorages and a hiking trail to a lake, which makes it a popular destination for boaters.”
Octopus Islands Marine Provincial Park was established in 1974 to provide opportunities for marine recreation and protect a fragile coastal western hemlock ecosystem and habitat for a variety of marine species.