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 […]
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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 […]
A new micro brewery is coming to Birch Bay this summer! Beach Cat Brewing will be opening up in the space just in front of The Beach at Birch Bay bar. The space had previous been used as a restaurant connected to The Beach bar but Beach Cat Brewing has been renovating the space and […]
The State of Washington is offering a Free Fishing Weekend where no license is required. This is a great way for people to try fishing for the first time. Details below from the wdfe.wa.gov website – Free Fishing Weekend June 6-7, 2020 Free Fishing Weekend” is June 6-7, 2020, when fishing licenses are not required […]
The Birch Bay Berm project began December 9, 2019 and was progressing nicely through the spring. A large portion of the phase 1 work was completed and current work is scheduled to end in May and restart again in September 2020. The Northern Light also reported recently that Whatcom County budget cuts won’t effect the […]
There is now a charging station for Tesla electric vehicles at Birch Bay Square that can accommodate 14 vehicles. The Supercharger stations are available 24/7 and have a capacity of 150kW. The rows of stations are located in the east part of the parking lot in-between the Woods Coffee and Jack-in-the-Box. More information on Tesla […]
In spring 2019, the Washington State Legislature provided $2 million in funding for the Birch Bay Vogt Community Library. The estimate for the total cost of the project, including the purchase of the land, is $4.7 million to build a 7,600 square foot library WCLS is working with the Friends of the Birch Bay Library, […]
On October 22, 2019 the Whatcom County Council voted 7-0 to make the Birch Bay golf cart ordinance permanent. Previously it had been legal to use a golf cart in Birch Bay but the county had made a trial period to see if the new law would have any unwanted effects. There were no major […]
Residents and visitors to Birch Bay can now enjoy Italian food at Scampi Osteria. The new restaurant took over the space formerly occupied by Vonna’s Purple Fin, and opened on July 5th. The restaurant is run by experienced restaurateur Giovanni Saffioti who has opened and run eight restaurants on the west coast since 1991. The […]