Dionisio Point Park is a boat-access BC Parks site on the northeast tip of Galiano Island, overlooking Porlier Pass. BC Parks describes rocky headlands, sandy beaches, picturesque bays, sculpted sandstone shelves, pebble beaches, and wildflower meadows.
The park has walk-in style campsites, but reservations are not accepted.
Dionisio Point is a Gulf Islands destination for boaters, campers, hikers, anglers, wildlife watchers, and experienced divers. Trails run through forest and along the shoreline, while sandy beaches provide ocean swimming without a designated swim area.
Fast tidal currents support rich intertidal life, including sea-stars, nudibranchs, chitons, and tide pools. Wildlife viewing can include seals, sea lions, otters, shorebirds, bald eagles, black-tailed deer, raccoons, and winter birds. Scuba diving is possible, but strong currents make it suitable only for experienced divers.
The park also has important cultural history. Shell middens indicate First Nations occupation dating back more than 3,000 years, and fenced archaeological sites previously used by the Penelakut First Nation are identified through interpretive signage at Maple Bay.
Plan around boat-in camping, shoreline hiking, sandy beach swimming, fishing, wildlife viewing, careful tide-pool observation, experienced scuba diving, identified cycling routes, shoreline wildflower viewing from February through June, and archaeological-site interpretation.
Access is by boat only. Water is available May 1 to September 30 but must be boiled, filtered, or treated. Do not pick wildflowers, disturb middens, touch marine life, remove shells, consume shellfish without closure checks, or use the staff mooring buoy.
