The Sod Roof Cottage

TBuilt like most structures at Clam Bay, from lumber we have cut and milled on our own property, “Sod Roof” is a pleasant L-shaped cottage, with the angle of the "L" a sunny sheltered deck with an outstanding view of Navy Channel and forests.

Tastefully decorated with touches from Master Designer Mario Szijarto’s own hands, and West Coast art and artifacts, this simple building has a nice bathroom and shower, and simple cooking facilities, plus a “Fat Boy” wood burning stove for those romantic evenings. No TV, no stereo, no phone, blessed peace and quiet, birds sing and frogs chirp, ravens call and eagles soar high in the sky.

An interesting piece of history: the door to the bathroom is a door from the P. & O. Liner, which was requisitioned as a troop carrier during WW II. During her conversion to a troop ship at Yarrows in Victoria, much of her lavish interior was stripped out. The door was bought from Yarrows by marine collector Ed Williams of West Vancouver, who gave it to Clam Bay. The Rajhputana was torpedoed and sunk during the war, and this door is one of the few mementos of that glorious age of steamship travel.