The distance between Vancouver and Pender Island (Station) is 52 km.
Travel to Pender Island
- Harbour Air.
- Kenmore Air -Kenmore Air provides daily, year-round seaplane service between Seattle and the Victoria Inner Harbour.
- Seair – Seair provides up to 8 scheduled flights daily from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to 6 of the major Southern Gulf Islands.
We get many emails asking about transportation on the Pender Islands for folks that are walking onto the ferry or don't have a vehicle. For the less adventurous, the Pender Islands now have an excellent taxi service (Pender Island Cab Co.)
Vancouver - Victoria (Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay)
| Leave Swartz Bay (Victoria) |
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| 12:00 pm | Availability Fri, Sun and Mar 16, 20 & 23 only, except Mar 31 |
| 1:00 pm | Daily |
| 2:00 pm | Mar 17, 19 & 25 only |
| 3:00 pm | Daily |
about 2,250 permanent residents
There is no direct connection from Victoria to Gabriola Island. However, you can take the bus to Departure Bay Ferry, take the line 20 bus to Downtown Nanaimo Exchange Bay B, take the walk to Nanaimo Harbour, then take the ferry to Gabriola Island.
There is no direct connection from Victoria to Mayne Island. However, you can take the line 72 bus to Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, take the walk to Victoria, then take the ferry to Village Bay.
For adult foot passengers, the price for the sailing between Nanaimo and Vancouver is $17.20 plus taxes and surcharge. Cars (not including driver & passengers) : $57.50. Payment: You can buy tickets either online thru BC ferries website or you can buy them at the ferry terminals.
A single ticket cost is $5.50 on weekdays before 6h30 pm and $2.75 at all other times. A ferry walk on passenger will pay $16.25. The ferry ride is 1.5 hours. At Swartz Bay, catch the BC Transit bus #70 Downtown/Airport bus.
Cost per passenger (one-way):
Child aged 4 and under: Free. Child aged 5 to 11: $8.60. Ages 12 to 64: $17.20. Seniors, Monday-Thursday: Free.A single ticket cost is $5.50 on weekdays before 6h30 pm and $2.75 at all other times. A ferry walk on passenger will pay $16.25. The ferry ride is 1.5 hours. At Swartz Bay, catch the BC Transit bus #70 Downtown/Airport bus.
Marine transport is very important to Vancouver Island for access to the mainland of British Columbia and Washington. There are no bridges connecting the island to the mainland, although the idea of building one has been brought up many times. The only vehicle access to Vancouver Island is by ferry.
1. Re: Which Ferry Route is best from Nanaimo to Vancouver? It's the Tswassen - Swartz Bay route that is the most scenic. The Duke Point trip misses the best part through the Gulf Islands, unfortunately.
A single ticket cost is $5.50 on weekdays before 6h30 pm and $2.75 at all other times. A ferry walk on passenger will pay $16.25.
The Island is 600 miles long, you can't just drive around it in a day or two. With only two weeks, you need to decide if you are going to see the Rockies (10 hour drive from Vancouver) or concentrate on Vancouver and Vancouver Island. You could easily spend the two weeks on the Island.
Price per passenger one way from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale (Langdale to Horseshoe Bay = FREE): Child aged 4 and under: Free. Child aged 5 to 11: $6.85. Ages 12 to 64: $13.70.
If you're bringing a car:
To bring your vehicle to the Sunshine Coast, you must take a car ferry via BC Ferries' scheduled service for vehicles and pedestrians from either Vancouver (to Gibsons) and Vancouver Island (to Powell River).Visit the Elphinstone Pioneer Museum or treat yourself to a walking tour of the harbour. Take a stroll on the Seawalk and view the barges, fishing boats, tugs and float planes. Across Howe Sound is the quaint and picturesque seaside village of Horseshoe Bay on the North Shore of Vancouver.
West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast (Horseshoe Bay - Langdale)
Price per passenger one way from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale (Langdale to Horseshoe Bay = FREE): Child aged 4 and under: Free. Child aged 5 to 11: $6.85. Ages 12 to 64: $13.70.By Car: Take BC Ferries from Horseshoe Bay, then follow Highway 101 north to Sechelt. Less than two hours total from downtown Vancouver. Sechelt is located south of the Earls Cove BC Ferry Terminal where the BC Ferry acts as the connector for Hwy 101 between the upper and lower portions of the Sunshine Coast.
Travellers aboard BC Ferries leave Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver for the 45-minute ride to Langdale on the Sechelt Peninsula on the Horseshoe Bay to Langdale Ferry Route. Highway 101 links Langdale with Halfmoon Bay, 16 miles (25 km) to the north.
The Langdale Ferry runs approximately every 2 hours and the ferry crossing time is 40 minutes. Boarding the ferry in Horseshoe Bay, your journey to the Sunshine Coast really begins. For forty minutes you will be enchanted by the scenery of fir and cedar treed islands against a backdrop of coastal mountains.
At
Langdale, ticket sales will end five minutes before the scheduled sailing
time for vehicles and walk-on passengers.
West Van - Sunshine Coast. (Horseshoe Bay-Langdale)
| Leave Langdale (Sunshine Coast) |
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| 10:50 am | Daily |
| 3:15 pm | Daily |
| 5:25 pm | Daily |
| 7:40 pm | Daily |
If you're bringing a car:
To bring your vehicle to the Sunshine Coast, you must take a car ferry via BC Ferries' scheduled service for vehicles and pedestrians from either Vancouver (to Gibsons) and Vancouver Island (to Powell River).
