Where was Remarkably Bright Creatures filmed? Sowell Bay, Washington, and all the locations
Posted by Ra Moon
Set in the fictional town of Sowell Bay, Washington, Remarkably Bright Creatures was filmed entirely in and around Vancouver.
Inspired by the 2022 bestselling novel by Shelby Van Pelt, the movie stars Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, and a remarkably clever octopus living in a small local Pacific Coast aquarium.
Welcome to Sowell Bay and our spoiler-free guide to all the filming locations of Remarkably Bright Creatures. You'll find the locations in order of first appearance.
Inspired by the 2022 bestselling novel by Shelby Van Pelt, the movie stars Sally Field, Lewis Pullman, and a remarkably clever octopus living in a small local Pacific Coast aquarium.
Welcome to Sowell Bay and our spoiler-free guide to all the filming locations of Remarkably Bright Creatures. You'll find the locations in order of first appearance.
Remarkably Bright Creatures locations
The Sowell Bay Aquarium exterior is the Deep Cove Yacht Club in North Vancouver, overlooking the southern tip of Indian Arm fjord.
But as you can see in this triple image, the facade was digitally repainted and modified to resemble the Lookout Coffee Shop, a scenic spot in Horseshoe Bay, perched above Sewell's Marina with panoramic views of Howe Sound.
(You can open all the locations on Google Maps by clicking on the links below in the captions ↴)
Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps - Maps: Deep Cove / Horseshoe Bay
Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps - Maps: Deep Cove / Horseshoe Bay
Many interior shots of the aquarium, including some jellyfish tanks, were filmed at the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park.
Opened in 1956, Canada's largest public aquarium houses around 65,000 marine animals across 120 exhibits.
As you can imagine, you won't find Marcellus itself there, but Agnetha, a resident giant Pacific octopus that the filmmakers recorded for footage in the movie.
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map
The dock with Tova's bench, featured several times in the movie, is the Deep Cove Government Dock, located near the boating club used as the aquarium.
However, you won’t be able to sit there like her, as the bench and the streetlight were film props.
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map
Sowell Bay, Washington
In the movie, Sowell Bay is located somewhere in Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington.
Although it doesn’t have an open-ocean coastline, Snohomish County does border Puget Sound, a large inland saltwater estuary connected to the Pacific Ocean.
The town’s central street is Gallant Avenue, the main street in Deep Cove, running along the village core toward Indian Arm fjord.
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map
Olympus Realty was filmed in a vacant store on Gallant Avenue, and Rita's Hair Design is a real beauty salon located across the street.
Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps
Next door to the vacant shop is Sorry Coffee, which served as Avery's Wild Tide paddleboard store.
Image courtesy of Netflix and Google Maps
Remarkably Bright Creatures house
Tova's beautiful home is also located in North Vancouver's Deep Cove, with its own private dock and waterfront garden, featured at the end of the movie.
The house was rebuilt in the 1970s/1980s around an early 1920s log cabin.
This four-bedroom, four-fireplace property was listed recently for more than five million CAD (around 3.7 million USD).
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map
After the failed trip to the also fictional town of Elsbeth, Tova and Cameron stop to breathe some fresh air at Whytecliff Beach, a scenic oceanfront park near Horseshoe Bay along Howe Sound.
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map
In the background of the paddleboard scene is the Deep Cove Kayak Centre, situated in a popular kayaking spot in the area.
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map
The restaurant scene with Tova's friends was filmed at the Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, a well-known seafood eatery in Steveston Village, Richmond, just south of Vancouver.
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map
The scene with Simon was filmed at the Bufala River District, a stylish modern Italian restaurant located in a large riverside neighborhood in southeast Vancouver along the Fraser River.
Image courtesy of Netflix - Map
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