Bligh Island Marine Park is a BC Parks marine park in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island. BC Parks says it includes southern Bligh Island, the Villaverde, Pantoja, Verdia, Vernaci, and Spouter islands in the Spanish Pilot Group.
Access is by boat only, with nearby launches at Cougar Creek, Tuta Marina, and Gold River.
Bligh Island is a marine park for anglers, boaters, kayakers, divers, campers, and visitors interested in Nootka Sound history. BC Parks says the area is popular for paddling among scenic islands, with mature coastal forests, marine ecosystems, sheltered anchorage, and deep bays in the lee of forested islands.
Rustic beach camping is available in a user-maintained area at Charlie's Beach, which has a pit toilet. Other undeveloped wilderness sites are found in the Spanish Pilot Group, but no facilities are provided in those areas.
Activities include canoeing, kayaking, saltwater fishing for chinook, coho, chum and pink salmon plus rockfish, wildlife viewing, cold-water scuba diving, and hunting in portions of the park for specific species. BC Parks also notes archaeological sites and Captain Cook-era post-contact history at Resolution Cove.
Plan around boat-only travel, sheltered anchorage, Charlie's Beach camping, sea kayaking, salmon and rockfish fishing, scuba diving, marine wildlife viewing, Nootka Sound history, and west coast rainforest photography.
Bring drinking water, since potable water is not available. The park has no boat launch; use marine chart 3675, check weather, tides, fishing rules, hunting openings, archaeological-site respect, and BC Parks updates.
