Welcome to Pilot Bay ...

Time Zone: Pilot Bay lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Note: If you travel east from Pilot Bay (for example, toward Kimberley), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Pilot Bay: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<1>

Communities near Pilot Bay ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pilot Bay.

• Kaslo
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaslo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kaslo <2>
• Gray Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Creek
• Ainsworth Hot Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth Hot Springs
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ainsworth Hot Springs <2>
• Sunshine Bay ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Bay
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sunshine Bay
  • From Pilot Bay to Sunshine Bay
• Harrop
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrop
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Harrop
  • From Pilot Bay to Harrop
• Riondel
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riondel
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riondel <2>
• Longbeach
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longbeach
  • Former names for Longbeach:
  • Hallets Landing
  • Thirteen (13) Mile
  • Longbeach has also been known as:
  • Thirteen (13) Mile
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Longbeach
  • From Pilot Bay to Longbeach
• Wampsha ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampsha
  • Wampsha has also been known as:
  • Camp Wampsha
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wampsha
  • From Pilot Bay to Wampsha
• Kokanee ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokanee
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kokanee
  • From Pilot Bay to Kokanee
• Atbara ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atbara
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Atbara
  • From Pilot Bay to Atbara

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pilot Bay ...

Looking for more information about Pilot Bay? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pilot Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pilot Bay.

Adding Pilot Bay to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Pilot Bay was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pilot Bay.