The staging post for Skookumchuck Narrows, with gas and diesel on the dock, cabins and lodge rooms up the ramp, and a pub that fills with people waiting on slack water. Moorage takes vessels to 125 feet. If you are running Jervis Inlet or heading for Princess Louisa, this is where the trip is planned around the tide book.

Oceanfront villas above a small marina in Pender Harbour, with a spa and an infinity pool looking down the inlet. The moorage arithmetic is unusually kind: villa guests pay $1.25 a foot, and anyone tying up for dinner or a spa appointment pays nothing for the day. Slips run 20 to 60 feet along roughly 300 feet of short-term moorage, so it suits a mid-size boat rather than a big one.