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Travel by Car:
From Nanaimo on Vancouver Island drive North on
Hwy 19 to the last exit of Campbell River. Turn right before the bridge and
drive past the Discovery Harbour Mall on left to the ferry landing of the Quadra
Island ferry (check
www.bcferries.com
for info and schedules).
Rideshares:
www.pickuppal.com
http://www.hollyhock.ca/cms/page1571.cfm
For an express bus service up the island, from the ferry or the airport,
check http://www.islandlinkbus.com/
Travel by Ferries:
Take a scenic BC ferry from Tswassen or
Horseshoe Bay terminals near Vancouver, to Departure Bay or
Duke Point, Nanaimo.
The Quadra Island ferry, the Powell River Queen, leaves Campbell River on
the half-hour from 6:30 AM to 10:30 PM daily (until 11:30 PM Fridays and
Saturdays) and departs Quadra Island on the hour. Some variances, check their
website for scheduling, fares and notices at
bcferries.com
Have you heard?
BC Ferries will be promoting CoastSaver Fares for
the months of May and June. The focus of the promotion will be the
Tsawwassen – Duke Point route. The price points for CoastSaver
were lowered on April 26 2008. Key Changes: Adult Passengers will
pay $5.00 - Underheight Vehicles will pay $20.00 Overheight Vehicles
will pay $35.00 (for all Coast Saver Sailings)
Visit www.bcferries.com for
more information.
Travel By Air:
Westjet Airlines and
Pacific Coastal Airlines
come in to the Comox Valley and Campbell
River Airports. San Juan Airlines
flies to Campbell River Airport regularly from Seattle and the San Juan Islands.
Air Canada now flies
(click on the names to go to their websites
for travel information.)
NEW! 2008 Campbell
River–Seattle Schedule
Kenmore Air Express
will once again be offering daily scheduled air service from Campbell
River Airport to Seattle. The 2008 service begins May 15 — more than a
month earlier than in 2007 — with a four-flight-a week schedule. The
schedule will gradually grow in frequency through July 18, by which time
it will include two flights a day, seven days a week. The service is
scheduled to run through September 29. Fares are US$209 each way, US$418
return, taxes included. Flights booked by April 14 are subject to an
advance purchase discount of US $25 each way. With flights to
destinations throughout the United States usually more plentiful and
cheaper from Seattle than from Vancouver, Kenmore Air Express is often
your most affordable connection to the States. Flights can be booked
online at www.KenmoreAir.com
toll-free by phone at 866.435.9524, or through your local travel agent.
Traveling to and from the US? Here is a link about
border requirements:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html
For more general BC travel information go to:
http://bcsbestbnbs.com/travelinfo.php
Click here for a link to a
Google map to Firesign
click here for a
map of Quadra Island
http://tourismvictoria.com/Content/EN/1057.aspQuadra
Island
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