Getting to the Sunshine Coast

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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.

MILEAGE FROM LANGDALE FERRY TERMINAL TO:

Port Mellon	13 km
Gibsons	5 km
Roberts Creek	14 km
Wilson Creek	23 km
Davis Bay	24 km
Selma Park	26 km
Sechelt	27 km
Halfmoon Bay	43 km
Secret Cove	51 km
Madeira Park	64 km
Garden Bay	75 km
Ruby Lake	76 km
Skookumchuck Trail	81 km
Earl's Cove	81 km
Egmont	86 km

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:

Budget Car & Truck Rental 1-800-299-3199
Hertz Rent A Car 1-800-263-0600
National Tilden Inter-rent 604-885-9120
Skookum Chrysler 604-886-3493

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

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

Featured:

Pacific Wings Air
Float Base Location
5764- Unit 1, Wharf Road ( next to Lighthouse Pub)
Telephone : 604-885-2111
Toll free : 1-866-885-2111
Fax : 604-885-7900

Land Base Location
2040 Hilltop
Sechelt / Gibson Airport (building has green stripe around it)
Telephone: 604-885-0811

Tofino Airlines
Sechelt Base
5987 E. Porpoise Bay Road
604.740.8889 or 1.888.436.7776

Airspan Helicopters
604-885-7474 (24 hours)

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 24 hours a day. Cormorant and Coastal water taxi companies make trips
into Horseshoe Bay, and Coastal will meet you for pick up at the Delta River Inn,
just 2 minutes from the Vancouver Airport - bypass the ferries altogether!

Listing of Water Taxi Companies

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