Bowen Island - A magical place to be for generations

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Perhaps you work in the City in one of the endless towers that fill your view. Perhaps, you long to move beyond a world of concrete and glass, thefts and threats, endless traffic, noise, exhaust, and light pollution. Perhaps, your days are occupied with busyness and stress. Perhaps for a quick passing moment you wonder how you’ll ever find harmony and balance again.

If only....

If only we could find some relief. A pause. Is there somewhere where we can breathe deep and release a big ‘Ahhhhhhhhh’ and say, “Now this feels like home?”

Is there a place where as a parent, for example, you know your children are safe? Where they can walk home safely –alone? Where your neighbours watch out for your kids –and for you. Where the children play and laugh together amongst the forests and the trees and the streams.

Ah yes, ‘Once upon a time’...It’s easy to think such a place might only exist in a fairy tale.

You would be wrong.

Perhaps, as you gaze out of your window you become aware for the first time of an island off in the distance –so close and yet it feels like a world away. Perhaps a tiny voice inside suddenly says, “I need to go there.”

If you’re looking for a sign as to whether to listen to that voice this website would be it.

Conveniently located a 20-minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay and “just off the coast of ordinary”, Bowen Island is a Lower Mainland anomaly, a gem in the ocean, or a mythic paradise –depending upon to whom you talk.

Chatting to residents of Bowen, you might think they were living a fairy tale. It doesn’t necessarily take long in a conversation for ‘Bowenians’ to describe their Island as “peaceful”, “home”, “paradisiac”, and even “magical”. When asked in a recent survey to describe their “most memorable experience on Bowen,” residents used the word “community” more than any other.

Bowen is—in many ways—a different world. For starters, there are no street lamps, no franchises, no box stores, no movie theatres, and not a single traffic light (the one at the ferry doesn’t count). The official speed limit is 40 kilometers per hour.

Whether you’re new to the Island or a long-time resident, it’s easy to fall in love with the arresting beauty that is Bowen. Trees and forests out your backdoor. Healing ocean waters. Seals. Starfish. Eagles overhead.

The nights are dark and quiet. ‘Home intruders’ are most likely to be a herd of deer, grazing on the grass outside your door...or your plants. Looking for fresh, organic, vegetables, eggs, meats, and other produce? Several farms are just minutes away with prices often cheaper than what you would find in your typical grocery store.

Visitors describe Bowen Island as another world:
“It’s like a little oasis...a little puzzle piece that has drifted away from the Mainland a 100 years ago. It feels like stepping back in time to a simpler way of life, but with many little luxuries waiting to surprise you.”

“It feels like time has not caught up to this magical land. Like walking through the armoire into Narnia without an evil queen to worry about.”

“Magical and mystical. Nature is soooo big and present on Bowen. One feels that the ‘force’ is definitely with them.”

“The moment we got off the ferry at Snug Cove, we felt transported into a quieter, more peaceful setting than the one we’d just come from.”

Bowen is a sparkling, safe, “paradise” and residents love their home.

Once here, you’ll wonder why you didn’t move sooner. You might never want to leave.

Bowen is a welcoming –safe– community to live and raise a family.

Archival footage: Bowen Island Museum and Archives