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Saturday, October 30th, 2021; 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM 4:30 – 5:30 PM Spooky Trivia at the Birch Bay Community Library Stay tuned for more information Join The Birch Bay Chamber, Blaine-Birch Bay Park & Recreation District & Friends of Birch Bay Library on the newly completed berm pathway for the first ever Birch Bay […]

A poker run is an fun event in which participants visit checkpoints, drawing a playing card at each one. The object is to have the best poker hand at the end of the course. The Birch Bay Poker run is for participants on bicycles and golf carts only and is a FREE non-gambling family-friendly event with prizes […]

The Ducks are Back in Birch Bay! Buy your duck here to participate! The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce will be releasing the ducks into Terrell Creek at the bridge just west of the C Shop right around 9 am on Sunday, September 5th, 2021! See below for prizes! Prizes will awarded to the first […]

It’s not too late to enjoy the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce pop-up drive in movies at the waterslides! Uncle Buck will be shown this week (Friday Sept 3rd, 2021) and on Friday September 17th there will be a double feature of Back to the Future and Rogue One. Click here to purchase tickets Tickets […]

The 19th Annual Wings Over Water Birding Festival will take place virtually, March 19th – 21st in celebration of the incredible variety of migratory birds that flock to the coastal waters of Drayton Harbor, Birch Bay and Semiahmoo Bay at the northwest corner of Washington State. Learn more about this major stopover on the Pacific Flyway […]

The Northern Light published an article on March 3 with information on the completion of the Birch Bay Berm project. As of right now the berm is slated for completion in late March to early April. Read the full article here

The Birch Bay Polar Bear Plunge is an annual New Year’s Day tradition which generally brings hundreds to the shores of Birch Bay, WA for a ceremonial dip into the bay. 2021 was the 38th annual event, however due to COVID-19 The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce asked people to participate Burr-tually (or virtually) and […]

If you live in Birch Bay, you know that this is the place to spend Labor Day weekend. The beach is wonderful for social distancing, swimming, catching crab and sand sculpture building. The new portion of the berm is great for a walk along the bay, and our golf cart friendly zone provides a fun […]

Recreational crab fishing in Marine Area 7 North (Gulf of Georgia) will open August 20 – a week later than normal. The delays were put in place to allow shell conditions to improve. Information on the delay and opening from the WDFW https://wdfw.wa.gov/news/recreational-crab-season-opening-delayed-one-week-northern-san-juan-islands-additional-late Visit our Birch Bay Crabbing Page for more information. Be safe on […]

One of the most popular pages on the Birchbaywa.org visitor site is the webcam page and we know a lot of people were disappointed when the older webcam started having issues last month. Luckily the new webcam has arrived and seems to be working fabulously with a higher resolution image than the previous camera. Fingers […]