Darrell Bay, formerly Shannon Bay, is a
bay and associated
ferry terminal
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and unincorporated settlement on the northeast coast of
Howe Sound
Howe Sound (french: Baie (de /d')Howe, squ, Átl'ka7tsem, Nexwnéwu7ts, Txwnéwu7ts) is a roughly triangular sound, that joins a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia. It was designated as a UNESCO Biosp ...
to the south of
Squamish, British Columbia,
Canada
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. It is adjacent to
Shannon Falls Provincial Park, which lies immediately across
BC Highway 99 (the Sea to Sky Highway). Known locally as Shannon Bay until 1949, after William Shannon, one of the original landholders in the vicinity and the namesake of Shannon Falls, it was renamed by the Hydrographic Service as the result of a petition from Darrell Burgess, who owned a fishing camp at this spot (the locality was already known as Burgess Camp, though the bay was Shannon Bay). No reason was indicated why the established local name was not submitted by the Hydrographic Service.
The Darrell Bay Ferry is the only access to and from the former pulp-mill town of
Woodfibre, which lies directly across Howe Sound and is now a retirement-recreational community.
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Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Sea-to-Sky Corridor
Ports and harbours of British Columbia
Bays of British Columbia