Birch Bay is a protected bay of the east shore of the Salish Sea, between Semiahmoo Bay and Lummi Bay; approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of Seattle and 35 miles (56 km) south of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Birch Bay is a headland bay created by the refraction of incoming waves on the headlands that lie on either side of the bay.