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Baynes Sound

Over half of British Columbia's Pacific oyster harvest comes from Baynes Sound — cold, current-swept, and reliable. The engine of BC's shellfish industry rather than its luxury showcase.

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Deep Bay

A sheltered bay within the Baynes Sound growing region on eastern Vancouver Island — cold, clean, and producing the understated cold-water Pacific character of the BC mainland side of the strait.

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BeauSoleil

BeauSoleil means 'beautiful sun.' Farmed in the coldest northernmost growing water in the world, four-year-old Eastern oysters in shells so uniform they look stamped from a mold.

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Fanny Bay

The most distributed BC Pacific in North America. Baynes Sound, between Vancouver Island and Denman Island — the single most productive oyster-growing water in Canada. The benchmark. What everything else is measured against.

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Lucky Lime

Farmed in Okeover Inlet, a cold fiord on BC's Sunshine Coast. The citrus-lift finish is real — not lime literally, but a freshness and mineral brightness that makes this the most distinctive of the BC boutique Pacifics.

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Malpeque

The most internationally recognized Eastern oyster appellation in existence. Served at state dinners, listed on menus across Europe and Asia, used as the global reference point for Canadian shellfish.

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Caraquet

The finest Eastern from Atlantic Canada outside PEI — cold Chaleur Bay water, high brine, and a clean mineral finish that outperforms its modest profile.

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Kusshi

The most heavily tumbled Pacific on the market — near-spherical, exceptionally plump, and a practical demonstration of how mechanical intervention shapes oyster flavor and texture.

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Raspberry Point

PEI's most visually distinctive Eastern — a deeply ridged, plump oyster from the Gulf of St. Lawrence where the brine and sweetness arrive in proportion rather than in sequence.

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Colville Bay

Prince Edward Island at its most expressive — colder and saltier than Malpeque, with the firm flesh and clean mineral finish that places it among the finest Eastern Canadians.