French Beach
French Beach is a beach in Capital Regional District, British Columbia. French Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Shirley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: MaryConverse, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include French Beach Provincial Park and Sheringham Point Light.
French Beach Provincial Park
Nature reserve
French Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park on Vancouver Island, between Sooke and Jordan River, British Columbia. The area has a day use parking lot and B.C. provincial campground.
Sheringham Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Smably, Public domain.
Sheringham Point Lighthouse is located on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in the community of Shirley. Built in 1912 following the fatal wreck of the SS Valencia six years earlier, it is still used for navigation. Sheringham Point Light is situated 2½ km southeast of French Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include River Jordan.
River Jordan
Hamlet
Jordan River, founded as, and still officially gazetted as, River Jordan, is a small settlement on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, approximately 70 kilometres west of Victoria at the mouth of the Jordan River. River Jordan is situated 9 km northwest of French Beach.
French Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: landform
- Location: Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.39189° or 48° 23′ 31″ northLongitude
-123.94533° or 123° 56′ 43″ westElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
84WR93R3+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1673941026OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“French Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “French Beach”
- Swedish: “French Beach”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shirley and Otter Point.
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