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Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Sat June 12, 2004 08:06 PM UTC
From Vancouver, what is the cost to take BCferry to Vancouver Island? There will be four passengers and one vehicle. What alternative transportation is available?

Thank-you in advance for your responses!
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Re: Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Sat June 12, 2004 08:25 PM UTC
You can go to website: www.bcferries.com and look up everything you want to know, even frequently asked questions are on this site. To help you along, the route you want is the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay.

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Re: Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Sat June 12, 2004 10:47 PM UTC
Leave the vehicle behind and take the seaplane (float plane) harbour to harbour

Great fun

Dave & Andrew

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Re: Re: Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Mon June 14, 2004 02:37 AM UTC
Thanks for your repsonses! If I did not have a car on Vancouver Island, how should I explore it? THANKS again.

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Re: Re: Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Mon June 14, 2004 02:44 AM UTC
Wait a sec.. this is someone else's posting.. what happened to mine?

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Re: Re: Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Wed June 16, 2004 05:08 AM UTC
Vancouver Island is hundreds of miles long-where do you want to go?

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Re: Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Sat June 19, 2004 07:16 AM UTC
The only option to get your car across is BC Ferries- someone posted the website address above. From downtown Vancouver you can take the float planes directly into the inner harbour, but the cost of parking your car in Vancouver and the cost per person for the flights (I've heard they are ~$100 per person, each way) could mean that isn't your best option. Honestly, BC Ferries are kind of fun- you can look at the Gulf Islands, sit out on the warm deck, relax and read a magazine, whatever... and the cost is reasonable (see their site for current season prices).

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Re: Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Sun June 20, 2004 08:58 PM UTC
You better have a car on Vancouver Island, especialy if there are 4 of you. Take the BC Ferry.

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Re: Re: Vancouver to Victoria
Posted: Thu June 24, 2004 09:30 PM UTC
As others have pointed out the bcferries.com website is your best source for fares to the Island from the mainland. Yes, flights are available harbour-to-harbour but they are quite expensive.

In terms of transportation on Vancouver Island - yes, this can be difficult without a car but there are alternatives. If you decide to go with a car I suggest you rent the car once you get to Victoria instead of in Vancouver and then take on the ferry.

Some alternatives you might want to consider - the E&N railway, a very scenic way to get to Nanaimo (although who knows why you'd want to go there:) ) [http://www.viarail.ca/trains/en_trai_roch_vico.html]

There is a bus that goes to Tofino (http://www.tofinobus.com/) from Victoria but having been to Ucluelet and Tofino I have to say that if you want to surf and/or explore anything but the 'intown' areas of both places a car is almost essential.

There is also a service to take hikers to various trailheads such as the Juan de Fuca Trail- this is the West Coast Trail Express (http://www.trailbus.com/home.htm).

Finally there is a bus service that runs quite frequently up the Island (from Victoria to Campbell River and less frequently beyond Campbell River).

Within Victoria you can rent cars, scooters and bicycles.

Let me know if you have other questions.

Susan

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