Bring the feeling of the coast into your everyday

SURGE NARROWS COLLECTIVE

Designed for those who want life to feel a little simpler, a little more real.

Here at Surge Narrows, we create handcrafted wooden boards, grow botanicals + make small-batch natural body care in this small, remote part of the Discovery Islands, and soon look forward to welcoming guests to a cabin carved into the wild edges of the coast.

About us

A handcrafted world

A collection of places, stories, and craftsmanship inspired by life in the Discovery Islands.

Of Surge & Keel

Elevate your table

Handcrafted wooden boards made from carefully selected hardwoods, shaped by hand on the British Columbia coast. Each piece reflects the natural character of the wood and the quiet rhythms of island life.

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Surge Blooms

Start a daily ritual

Small-batch botanical body care crafted with plant-based ingredients and inspired by the coastal forest. Simple formulations, slow processes, and a deep respect for the land they come from.

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Explore the cabin

Step into the place

A remote coastal cabin retreat tucked between forest and shoreline in the Discovery Islands, offering a place to slow down, reconnect, and experience the natural beauty of the coast. Coming soon.

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Explore Surge Narrows

Surge Narrows is a remote passage in the Discovery Islands of British Columbia, where cedar groves, shifting tides, and quiet mornings shape the way we live and create.

Discover the place

Walk the forest paths, watch the water move, and discover the place behind every board, balm, and moment we make.

Coastal view of Surge Narrows on Read Island, BC

Rooted in land & tide

Surge Narrows is a quiet stretch of the Discovery Islands off the coast of British Columbia, where tides, forests, and weather shape daily life. From hand-built wooden boards to seasonal body care and a cabin carved into the shoreline, everything we make begins with this place.

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Discover Of Surge & Keel

Of Surge & Keel creates handcrafted wooden charcuterie boards, serving boards, and home goods from our workshop at Surge Narrows in the Discovery Islands. Made from carefully selected local wood, every piece is uniquely one of a kind.

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The woods we work with

We carefully select each species for its natural beauty, strength, and character, allowing the grain and colour of every board to tell its own story.

The epoxy collection

Handcrafted epoxy boards from local Vancouver Island + Discovery Island wood.

The maple collection

Handmade quilted maple charcuterie board

Quilted maple handcrafted wooden boards from British Columbia.

The fir collection

Coasters + gathering boards made from local Read Island fir.

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Botanical forest salves

Bring the forest to your skin with these botanical salves made with infused wildcrafted + garden-grown botanicals.

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Coastal sea salt soaps

Gently exfoliating sea salt soaps made with local Vancouver Island sea salt + cedar-infused oils.

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Letters from the coast

Like a postcard from a friend.

Once a month, we’ll send a letter from Surge Narrows: coastal photographs, stories from Read Island, new salves and handcrafted goods, cabin news, and notes from the floating post office.

Delivered to your inbox, wherever you are.

From the journal

This journal explores handcrafted wooden boards, botanical body care, and slow living on the British Columbia coast.

Behind the boards

The textures, materials, and process behind our handcrafted wooden boards.

Wildcraft notes

Seasonal reflections on plants, land, and how botanical body care comes to life.

A day at the cabin

Quiet moments, coastal light, and life shaped by tide and weather.

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