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Photo: Let's Go BikingMalcolm Island

Malcolm Island

Ambitious A real undertaking. Demanding on a couple of fronts, like rough surfaces plus steady climbing, or a long stretch on busier roads.

Difficulty Our overall read of how demanding a route is. We score surface roughness, climbing, singletrack, and how far it runs from services. The route publisher's own rating, a lot of busy road riding, or sheer scale can push the tier up, never down.

Derived from OpenStreetMap. Good data, not perfect. Spot something wrong? Tell us.

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A ferry from Port McNeill lands you in Sointula, the village founded by Finnish settlers seeking utopia in 1901, and Malcolm Island's quiet roads and gravel take it from there: 10 to 90 km of waterfront riding out to Mitchell Bay or the Pulteney Point lighthouse. Orcas and humpbacks pass offshore, and the co-op store in Sointula has run since 1909. Mostly unpaved and hillier than it looks.

Where this ride goes#

Map key & layers
Food & DrinkAttractionsSuppliesCampingAccommodation

Dashed line = our rough sketch of where the ride goes. The rideable route lives at get the book from Let's Go Biking.

Stops worth stopping for8 along this route

Communities along this route#

Sointula (8)

Bere Point Regional Park CampgroundInfo· Public Campground
Sointula MuseumInfo· Museum / Gallery · Free
Sointula Resource CentreInfo· Visitor Centre · Free
The Oceanfront HotelInfo· Hotel / Motel · $$ · Budget
Coho Joe'sInfo· Café / Coffee · $ · Cheap eats
Sointula Library BranchInfo· Library · Free
Upper Crust BakeryInfo· Bakery / Donuts · $ · Cheap eats
Sointula Co-OpInfo· Grocery Store
Slice and dice these stops in the directory →
These stops come from our directory of welcoming places across BC. Spot something wrong, missing, or closed? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Getting here, bike and allSointula

Getting to this ride, bike and all#

Sointula is the handiest transit doorway for this ride. Ferries, rental cars, and buses will carry you and your bike there:

Or pick any two places on To & Fro →

🪶Traditional territories

This route travels through the traditional territory of the Kwakwaka’wakw A̱wi’nagwis.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.