Hiking on the Mount Menzies Access Road
Mount Cain Snowmobiling
Mount Cain Snowboarding
Mount Cain Snowshoeing
Sayward is a village located in northern Vancouver Island. It is a gateway to this region's recreation opportunities. First verified as Port Kusum in the 1890s, at the mouth of the Salmon River overlooking the Johnstone Strait. The settlement was named after William Parsons Sayward, a lumber and carpenter merchant who moved from California to Victoria and became a successful lumberman. He never visited the Sayward, but the government of the day decided that he deserved an honour, so he named the community after him.
The residents of the small coastal settlement of Sayward on Kelsey Bay live in a magnificent natural environment. Although logging is the primary industry in Sayward and Kelsey Bay, tourism is starting to grow. Protected harbour in Kelsey Bay provides service for tourism and marine recreation, particularly whale watching and fishing. Natural surroundings and access to the Johnstone Strait and nearby islands, the Salmon River, protected estuary and Mount H'Kusam, allowing other opportunities like bird watching, kayaking, canoeing, caving, hiking, camping, horseback riding, hunting, wildlife viewing, and photography.
On average, the highest weather temperature that you can experience in Sayward is 17°C (62.6°F), and the lowest is around 2°C (35.6°F).
June to September considers as the best time to visit Sayward when the weather is mild.
Campbell River Airport is the closest airport to Sayward. From there you can take a bus, taxi, or drive to Sayward.
Kenmore Air offers seaplane services from Vancouver to Campell River city, the nearest community to Sayward. To reach Sayward take a bus, taxi or drive from Campbell River.
If you start your trip from Vancouver, take a ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay in Nanaimo. Then continue your way by taking a bus or drive to Sayward.
Mount H'Kusam, the Salmon River and Kelsey Bay are the hit in Sayward, what you shouldn't miss. Dedicate more time to a 23 km (14.2 miles) loop circuit of the Kusam Klimb Trail. Also, shooting during this trail race would be another choice, held annually on the summer solstice. Watch and enjoy the birds, bears and other wildlife at Salmon River Wildlife Reserve. You can check out artist Hetty Frederickson's "Valley of a Thousand Faces" (a unique outdoor portrait gallery), then dine in a fantastic café that is wrapped in 26 tons of steel logging cable.
Sayward is a small village, and there isn't any public transportation there. But public boat launch is available in the protected harbour.
Sayward offers some excellent places to rest and stay.
Sayward Fisherboy RV Park Motel and Resort
Salmon River Inn
Sayward on Sea
Salmon River Guesthouse
Mt H'Kusam View Lodge (2-star hotel)
