More than two thousand house numbers on one shoreline road, with a provincial park, an industrial subdivision and no alternative route.
Where Sechelt Inlet Road sits, and the other places we attend
around Sechelt. Every name on the map is a link.
One road, from the head of the inlet to the end
Sechelt Inlet Road leaves the Sechelt street network at the head of the inlet and runs north along the shore. It passes Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, an industrial subdivision, Tillicum Bay, Sandy Hook and Tuwanek, and then it stops. BC Parks places the park 4 kilometres north of Sechelt, off Highway 101 and up this road.
Addresses run from the 5500 block to at least 7648, with Sechelt Inlet Crescent branching off it. That is more than two thousand house numbers strung along a single shoreline route. Documented addresses include 5512 on the Crescent, 5980, 7095, 7103, 7505 and 7648. Postal codes V0N 3A4, V7Z 0C9 and V7Z 0P1 are all in use. Lamb's Brook Beach Access, at 7505, is a named public beach access on the road.
There is no second way in. The Sechelt Official Community Plan treats the single road access as a stated risk to emergency service delivery here, and the fire chief has said the same about the communities at the top of it.
The industrial strip at the southern end
The part of this road that gets least attention is the first part. In 2021 the property at 5980 Sechelt Inlet Road was rezoned and subdivided into nine industrial lots, with access taken from 5512 Sechelt Inlet Crescent. The lots were physically connected to the sewer but had never been brought inside the sewage service area, so their owners paid user fees and no parcel tax. Council gave three readings to a fix on 15 November. Councillor McLauchlan argued against it on the grounds that the land "probably should stay unserviced so that we prevent...residential use". Councillor Toth said that "getting sewer service to our industrial properties is a great idea." Mayor Henderson asked why the properties did not have to pay parcel tax.
In June 2026 a fire-flow plan prepared by the District with the regional district identified two water-supply gaps in Sechelt. The industrial watermain on this road is one of them. So the stretch of this road with a stated water-supply deficiency is also the stretch where boats, trailers, machinery and building materials are kept.
What has been taken off this road
On 23 September 2025 two masked people cut chain-link fencing in the 5500 block of Sechelt Inlet Road and stole three statuaries. The Sunshine Coast RCMP file is 2025-7507. On 15 May 2025, in a report headed by the detachment's warning that theft from vehicles was growing, about 50 litres of gasoline was siphoned out of a vehicle parked on this road.
Neither of those needed a house to be broken into. Both involved property left outside on a road with long sightlines between neighbours and no through traffic to speak of.
The road passes through two RCMP reporting areas. The Porpoise Bay zone recorded 78, 95 and 76 occurrences in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The Sandy Hook and Tuwanek zone recorded 79, 64 and 88, the last figure 38 per cent up on the year before.
The days the road was shut
On 4 February 2025 the road was barred to traffic each way just past the campsite from 9:30 a.m., and it stayed barred for several hours. The snow total measured that day at East Porpoise Bay was 42 cm. Buses were suspended for the remainder of the Tuesday and schools and recreation centres shut.
On 4 and 5 November 2024 the windstorm took out power the length of the road. BC Hydro listed the Sandy Hook and Sakinaw Woods area, north of Sechelt, among the places that would have no supply until morning, citing extensive damage and access challenges. Across the Coast more than 12,000 customers were out at the peak on the Monday, more than 4,000 were still out at midday on the Tuesday, and more than 700 at 2 p.m. on the Wednesday. An insurance adjuster's assessment of that storm, given to Coast Reporter, was direct:
We often will get an influx of water damage claims if we have some torrential rains. But in terms of trees falling, this is the most we've ever seen.
insurance adjuster, quoted by Coast Reporter, November 2024
A tree through a roof on a Monday night, on a road that is not passable until Wednesday, is rain entering a building for two days before anyone can look at it.
What a check on Sechelt Inlet Road covers
The roof and the trees above it after any wind, and the service drop from the pole
Boats, trailers, machinery, fuel cans and yard equipment, listed and photographed where they sit
Fencing, gates and compound locks, given the chain-link cut in the 5500 block in September 2025
Vehicles left standing, including fuel caps and locks after the May 2025 siphoning
Doors, windows, sheds and the crawlspace hatch, tried on every elevation
Heat on and holding, or every line drained and the main valve closed
Septic lid and field above the tank, on the properties north of the serviced strip
The driveway culvert and the ditch after heavy rain
A visit as soon as the road reopens past the campsite, with dated photographs the same day
Insurance wordings for a house standing empty usually fix a maximum number of days between visits in the heating months, four in a row being common, and require a competent person to make them, unless the water is off and plumbing drained. Check the figure written into your policy rather than assuming.
What it costs
A scheduled check at Sechelt Inlet Road is
$55 a visit, plus
$10 travel. The travel charge is the same
everywhere between Gibsons and Egmont. There is no minimum term and no joining fee.
See the full price list.
Where these facts come from
Every figure, date and quotation on this page was taken from one of these. They are
listed so you can read them yourself.
