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Try out some of these online puzzles we’ve created using the Jigsaw Explorer platform. We’ll continue to add to the collection – check back whenever you’re in the mood to puzzle!

Use the prompts within the puzzle platform to change the number of pieces, change the background colour, and reference the guide photo.

If you’d like to send in one of your own photos of Sidney for us to include in this online puzzle collection, email your images to: admin@sidney.ca and include a title and your name for the photo credit!

A picture of hundreds of golden yellow daisies, taken at an angle that gives the illusion of an unending river.

River of Gold

A rocky beach at low tide, with big patches of green seaweed, large rocks, and the odd piece of bull kelp.

I'll Beach You There

A close up view of ripe blackberries on the vine.

That's Berry Close Up

An old ship propeller sits on display in the middle of a purple and green flower bed.

Propelled to the Park

A sunrise over a calm waterfront. The fishing pier in the background reflects clearly in the water, as does a lone log.

Glassy Sunrise

Live, Laugh, Gather

Live, Laugh, Gather

A large wooden sign with the top shaped lake a wave, reading "Town of Sidney Municipal Hall". It sits in a vibrant flower bed full of pink, white, orange, and purple flowers, with a backdrop of leafy green bushes.

Hall-o There

Yellow and orange gazanias in a flower bed, with grass on one side and rocks on the other.

Gazing at Gazanias

A look down at the texture of beach rocks. There are blacks cracks in the largest of them, and small grey pebbles.

Ready to Rock

A garden bed full of purple, yellow, and red flowers by the waterfront walkway stone path.

Garden in Bloom

The aurora borealis (northern lights) light up the sky over the water in a stunning green.

Incomparable Skies

An overhead view of a circular garden with pink and red flowers in a pinwheel design, and white in the centre.

Hypnotic Garden

An overhead view of a tide pool, teeming with barnacles, rocks, and kelp. There are at least half a dozen camouflaged crabs hanging out.

Tidings from the Shore

A wood sculpture of a mother and baby orca along the waterfront at sunset.

A Whaley Lovely Day

Red and yellow tulips stand tall and regal in front of the Bevan Fishing Pier.

It's Tulip Time

An image overlooking the water from the Waterfront Walkway, overlooking the water and sloping waterfront rocks. There is a boat anchored in the water. The Beacon Wharf, Fish Market, and Band Shell are all in the background. There is a large, hard to see crowd in front of the Band Shell, celebrating Sidney Days.

Sidney Days by the Sea

A dazzling fireworks display over the water and the silhouettes of happy onlookers in the foreground.

Sidney Days Fireworks

An overhead view of a cluster of purple and white bluebells.

Anything but Blue

Lush green foliage frames part of the Iroquois duck pond. There are tall decorative grasses and a weeping willow.

Shades of Green

A seagull sits atop a wooden bollard on the waterfront walkway, staring directly into the camera.

Seagull You There

Driftwood logs on the pebbly beach beside calm water and below a moody looking sky. In the background, a sassy little seagull dips its toes in the water.

Lochside Logs

Purple and white tulips look larger than life as they present a blurry foreground to Mt. Baker and gulf islands in the background.

Larger than Life

A wooden arbour is centered above a stone path that fades into the grass, Centered behind in the distance is a two tiered fountain which marks the middle of the rose garden at the library. There are tall red flowers beside the arbour, and a canopy of green leaves hanging down from the trees above it.

Entry to the Rose Garden

A heron wades in the water at low tide, with the Port Sidney Marina's in the background. The bright blue sky reflects off the water. It is very serene.

Friends in Low Places

A look from above at an open red tulip and its yellow stamen.

A Look Inside

An up close and person look at some very cheer cherry blossoms.

Cherry Blossom Time

A honeybee is collecting pollen from a lush California Lilac. It might seem like a misnomer, "bumbling around," but there are bumblebees in there, too, they're just camera shy.

Bumbling Along

A statue of a fisherman with a tacklebox in his lap sitting on a stone bench. He is looking at his tacklebox, or perhaps it is the fresh wildflowers someone has placed in his hands.

Fisherman statue

An arbutus tree reaches across the beach, ready to provide shade on a hot summer day.

Arbutus View

A flower bed of pink and purple tulips flanked by yellow primula.

Town Hall Tulips

Looking down the wooden Bevan Fishing Pier towards the water at sunset, there are low fluffy clouds, reminiscent of pink and orange cotton candy, with the shadowed outlines of people walking at the end.

Bevan Fishing Pier

Bright pink flowering trees overhang the Waterfront Walkway near the Port Sidney Marina on a bright sunny day.

Cheery Cherry Blossoms

Sunny the golden retriever looks at the camera, while she sits on a flower and tree-lined gravel path, with a pink sunset in the background.

Sunny Sunset

A bright, cheery flowerbed with white daisies, purple, and red flowers.

Waterfront Bouquet

A small tide pool in the midst of large beach rocks shows a perfect reflection of the bright blue sky and moody clouds.

A Moment to Reflect

Fireweed grows alongside the Waterfront Walkway on a beautiful summer day.

Dancing in the Breeze

The sun rises behind the Anacortes Ferry Terminal building, and everything that isn't backlit is gold - the sun, the sky, and the road.

Golden Sunrise

A close up of a white chalk heart on pavers, leading up to a wooden bridge.

A Lovely Walk

Tower 1, a shiny red ladder truck with its name in gold letters on the front, faces forward. There is a Canadian flag on the front of the white ladder.

Tower 1

Yellow and purple crocuses grow among mulch and bright green blades of grass.

Spring Crocuses

A larger-than-life 3D wooden carving of a diver, complete with air tank and mask, looks as though it is diving into in the water. It's not, though. is on a raised brick area, surrounded by a brick walking path.

Diving In

A shadowy, rocky waterfront at sunrise, with the black outline of the Anacortes Ferry Terminal. The soft orange hues of the approaching sun are visible, and the sky is various shades of blue, with wispy pink clouds.

Waterfront Sunrise

A bunch of bright pink lilies bask in the sunshine, with the Bevan Fishing Pier in the background.

Lilies by the Pier

A barred owl looks over its shoulder, high among the branches of a leafy green tree.

It's a Hoot

An image of the Waterfront Walkway, It is a bright day with fluffy clouds. The water is cerulean and there is an oak tree standing tall with bare branches. You can see islands in the background.

Waterfront Wandering

An orange rock fish at the aquarium looks a little grumpy as it eyes the photographer with one of its big black eyes

What are You Looking at?

A close up of daffodils and crocuses, with a low sun reflecting off the water in the background.

Spring Flowers

A paved path, flanked by well-tended orange and purple flowers leads up to the Sidney/North Saanich Library, a single storey blue building with a grey roof. It is a bright day, the on the other side of the flower beds is very freen, and the blue sky has wispy white clouds in it.

Walkway to the Library

Moss grows on a pebbly surface, overlooking the marina. There are blurred boats in the background, lit by the fading sunlight. It is very calm and peaceful.

A Mossy Moment

Driftwood logs on a rocky beach.

Beach Study

A yellow primula and other green buds peek out of a a snowy flower bed, facing towards the sun.

A Spring-kle of Snow

A blue lamppost with two rectangular banners on it. The left banner has a sunset image, orange and blue background of the water and islands, and the shadowed image of birds sitting on a pylon in the water. The right image is of an eagle landing on a pylon in the daytime. Behind the banners and lamppost are flowering trees and shrubbery along the sidewalk. Beacon Wharf in the background is lined with flags, and there glimpses of bright blue water, all set on a backdrop of bright blue sky.

A Banner Day

A close up photo of two shelves on a wooden book case, filled with antique looking books of various heights and colours.

Book Town

A wooden sculpture of two orcas breaching sits on the wharf, with the Salish Sea in the background. A rainbow is visible, seemingly coming out of an island in the background. The sky is blue and cloudy, the water is a little choppy, and the wharf is wet. It was stormy, but now the sun has come.

After the Storm

Magenta and yellow tulips seemingly reach for the bright blue sky and fluffy clouds, against a background of the Salish Sea, on a bright sunny day.

Reach for the Sky

A very frosty and frozen railing of bollards and chains overlooking Glass Beach and Diver's Point. There is ice hanging off the chain, and everything facing the water is covered in a sheen of ice. The water is choppy and rough looking.

Chilling at the Waterfront

Two red Adirondack chairs sit on a cobblestone pathway, facing the waterfront. They look out over the water, with islands in the background.

Summer Seating

An aerial view of the Town of Sidney from over the water, facing west. The Beacon Wharf and Fishing Pier are most prominent. Beacon Avenue is centred and the airport is visible in the background.

Waterfront Overview

A serene marina at sunrise, full of moored sailboats. Some of the boats are reflected in the calm water.

Good Morning, Marina

A wooden bridge with some fallen leaves on it leads to a gravel path in a wooded area. There is a creek below the bridge, and lush green fauna on the banks.

This is the Way

A bumblebee collects pollen from a purple flowering bush. Town Hall is in the background.

Buzzing About Town

A Sidney by the sea sign in the foreground, with green space, water, and islands in the background. The sign has a breaching whale on it and says "A great lace to Shop Eat Stay Play".

A Great Place to Sea

Two small decorative houses, one short and one tall, that look like they could be made of gingerbread, create a festive scene. They are covered in fake snow and have small bottle brush trees in the yards. There are two cone trees in the background, made from brightly coloured round candies.

Gingerbread Neighbourhood

Out of focus Christmas lights in front of the street sign for Fourth Street.

Twinkly Downtown

A long wooden fishing pier at night, with white twinkle lights along the railings.

Bevan Fishing Pier

A small sign that says "Candy Cane Lane" points to a covered pedestrian street at night, which is decorated with white twinkle lights, hanging candy canes, and pillars wrapped like candy canes.

Candy Cane Lane

Web - It's flower time

It's Flower Time

Image of an octopus with suction cups pressed against aquarium glass with two orange anemones in the background

Octopus Views

Web - Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

Web - Speckled Sunrise

Speckled Sunrise