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Welcome to Shoal Bay ...

Shoal Bay is located on Gilford Island.

Shoal Bay is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Shoal 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).

Area Codes for Shoal Bay: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<2>

Communities Also Named Shoal Bay ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shoal Bay.

Communities near Shoal Bay ...

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

  • Blind Channel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Phillips Arm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Roy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
  • Rock Bay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bay
  • Big Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
  • Stuart Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Church House
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Granite Bay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jackson Bay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bold Point
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shoal Bay ...

Looking for more information about Shoal 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 Shoal Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shoal Bay.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shoal Bay - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Shoal Bay area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Shoal Bay area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).