Transportation:
(click on blue highlighted text for links)
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Water: |
BC
Ferries from:
- Swartz Bay
(20 miles/32 kms north of Victoria at the end of Highway 17)
- Tsawwassen
(24 miles/38 kms south of Vancouver via Highways 99 and 17)
- Inter-Island (between
the southern Gulf Islands)
The
BC Ferries web site includes excellent driving directions from major
cities.
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Coho
Ferry: Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC. |
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Washington
State Ferries: Anacortes, WA (north of Seattle) to Sidney,
BC (5 minutes from Swartz Bay) |
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Victoria
Clipper: between Seattle, WA and Victoria, BC |
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Victoria
Express: between Port Angeles, Wa and Victoria, BC |
Air: |
Victoria
Int. Airport: minutes from Sidney, BC and the Swartz Bay ferry
terminal |
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Vancouver
Int. Airport: south of downtown Vancouver and not far from
the Tsawwassen ferry terminal. |
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Harbour
Air: between downtown Vancouver and the Gulf Islands |
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SeaAir:
between Vancouver International Airport and the Gulf Islands |
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Kenmore
Air: between Seattle, WA and the Gulf Islands |
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Helijet:
between Seattle Boeing Airfield and Victoria, BC (airport-close to
Swartz Bay and also Victoria harbour) |
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San
Juan Airlines: between Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA
and Victoria International Airport |
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Tofino
Air: between Vancouver and the Gulf Islands |
Road: |
Translink:
the Greater Vancouver Transit Authority; has links to most of the
public transit in BC's lower mainland |
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BC
Transit: info on buses between Victoria - Swartz Bay and Vancouver
- Tsawwassen |
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Pacific
Coach Lines: bus service between downtown Victoria and downtown
Vancouver, including to and from terminals |
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BC
Road Report: driving conditions on BC highways |
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Greyhound
Bus: bus services between major cities |
Rail: |
ViaRail:
Canada's train system |
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Amtrak:
American system which connects thru to Vancouver, BC |
The
Environment:
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Victoria
Weather Forecast: Quite accurate for Pender and the airport
readings are only taken a few miles south of the Penders. |
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Marine
Weather Forecast: For Haro Strait, the main channel running
south to north, with the Penders at its northern end. |
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Local
tide tables: Fulford Harbour is a good general reference for
the waters near Camelot (Swanson Channel); Bedwell Hbr. (South Pender)
and Hope Bay (Plumper Sound) also applicable. |
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BC
Ferries' Otter Bay, Pender Island terminal
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