Getting to the Sunshine Coast

SUNSHINE COAST TOURISM PARTNERSHIP MAPS & VISITORS CHOICE STREET MAPS

By boat, plane or...?

By car: If you are crossing the border from the United States or are coming from outside the province of BC, just stay on Highway 1 (the TransCanada Highway) to its end at Horseshoe Bay. Follow the signs to the ferry terminal. Just before the terminal the highway branches north
(turns right) towards Whistler/Squamish (the Sea to Sky Highway).

At this junction, stay left for the ferry toll booths (left hand lane for the Langdale/Sunshine Coast toll booths).

The ferries leave Horseshoe Bay roughly every two hours starting at 7:20 am, with the last boat at 9:15 pm. (Note: Sometimes in the summer extra sailings and late sailings are added. Check the BC Ferries web site for details.) The ferry ride offers spectacular scenery and takes about 40 minutes. *Remember, you pay only to get on the coast, not off. That's half the price of going to Vancouver Island! So your ticket is actually good for a round trip.

From the Langdale terminal you have three options: turn right towards Langdale and Port Mellon, left for the scenic route through lower Gibsons or straight ahead up the hill to bypass lower Gibsons and get on the highway to Roberts Creek, Sechelt and Pender Harbour.

 

From Powell River, drive southeast to Saltery Bay and catch a ferry to Earls Cove
at the top of the Sunshine Coast. These boats also go every two hours -
from 5:45 am to 9:40 pm - and also get very full very fast in the summer.

There is one main road - Highway 101 - which takes you from one end of the
Sunshine Coast to the other. It is, for the most part, two lanes, and traffic can
be a bit pokey. Just relax and enjoy the scenery - you're on vacation, remember?

Car Rentals:

• Prime Rentals Sechelt 604.885.6422

Bus: Malaspina Coach Lines offers service from Vancouver to Gibsons,
Sechelt and Pender Harbour. Buses leave from the Pacific Central Station
bus terminal (on the corner of Terminal and Main in Vancouver). You can also
board at the corner of Burrard Street and Georgia Street (right downtown)
or at the north end of Lions Gate bridge. Buses drive onto the ferry at the
Horseshoe Bay terminal. Call for details:
Tel: 604-885-2217
Toll Free: 1-877-227-8287

LOCAL TRANSIT AND HANDYDART BUS SERVICES:
Sunshine Coast Transit (604) 885-3234 or e-mail "transit@scrd.bc.ca".
Also, (604) 885-6899 for 24-hour bus information access.
Bus Online Web Site for local transit information

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Heading into Sechelt, image courtesy of Fly! Coastal

Air: From Victoria, Vancouver or Nanaimo, you can get a seaplane, a
regular plane, or even a helicopter to the Sunshine Coast.

• visit the Sechelt Airport page

COMMERCIAL OPERATORS:

• Fly! Coastal
  604-740-1022
  Website: www.flycoastal.ca | email: fly@dccnet.com
• Tofino Air Lines Ltd. (Sechelt Base)
  Telephone: 604-740-8889 | Toll Free: 1-866-436-7776
  Website: www.tofinoair.ca | e-mail: tofinoair@dccnet.com

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By water taxi: When you absolutely, positively have to get here
right away, there are private taxi services which will take you where you want
to go, some 24/7. If you contact any of these companies, could you let them know you saw them on Bigpacific.com? Thanks!

Sunshine Coast Water Taxi Gibsons, Ryan 604-741-7317

Buccaneer Marina Water Taxi and Barge Secret Cove/Thormanby Island, 1-877-885-7888

Malaspina Water Taxi, Pender Harbour, 604-989-2628

Sunshine Coast Water Taxi and Cargo Transportation, Pender Harbour 1-800-870-9055

Island Girl Water Taxi, Egmont 1-604-483-1353

High Tide Water Taxi, Egmont 1-604-883-9220

Egmont Water Taxi 1-604-883-2099

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