Semiahmoo and The Birth of Furry Creek

While the setting for Semiahmoo is quite different than that of Furry Creek, it served as a model for the Furry Creek community I envisioned in 1990.

This past Labour Day Weekend, Sally and I visited the Semiahmoo Resort and Spa to participate in a Celebration of Life for Craig Waddell, the best man at my wedding and one one of the most important people in my life. More about this later. 

I have enjoyed visiting the Semiahmoo resort community, just across the US border, since it first opened in 1987, . The development includes a challenging golf course, a 200 room

Over the years, the Semiahmoo community has developed with a mix of single-family, townhouse, and lowrise apartments.

Like the Furry Creek community, the Semiahmoo property had a checkered financial history. The hotel, restaurants and spa closed at the end of 2012. In June 2013, the hotel was purchased by a new owner for only $19.5 million and following extensive renovations, the resort re-opened for limited operations in late summer 2013. Since then, additional facilities have been built along the waterfront and new housing developments have proceeded. 

Over the years, the Furry Creek golf course has been reconfigured and improved. What was once the 10th hole is now the first hole where many balls are lost. I have repeatedly suggested to the owners that they give each golfer a dozen used balls to help offset the fact they will likely lose at least this number over the 18 holes.

More about the early history of Furry Creek can be found in this Golf BC reposting of an earlier blogpost about the origins of the community. https://britishcolumbiagolf.org/uncategorized/2797-furry-creek-redux-michael-geller-s-blog