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Tsawwassen terminal was constructed by filling in a large area at the end of a causeway in 1960 Toll booths at Tsawwassen Terminal A BC Ferries loading dock (berth 4 at Tsawwassen terminal) Final loading of cars onto a ferry. BC Ferries' first route, commissioned in 1960, was between Swartz Bay, north of Sidney on Vancouver Island, and ...
At Swartz Bay, Highway 17 leaves Vancouver Island, and starts on a 44 km (24 nmi)-long ferry route through the Southern Gulf Islands and the Strait of Georgia. The ferry route between Swartz Bay and the Mainland is the oldest and most heavily used route in the B.C. Ferries system.
Swartz Bay is a 22.7 ha (56.1-acre) [2] ferry terminal and a major transportation facility at Swartz Bay in North Saanich, British Columbia. It is located 32 km (20 mi) north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. The terminal is part of the BC Ferries system, as well as part of Highway 17.
It has a population of approximately 11,583. Sidney is located just east of Victoria International Airport, and about 6 km (4 mi) south of BC Ferries' Swartz Bay Terminal. The town is also the only Canadian port-of-call in the Washington State Ferries system, with ferries running from Sidney to the San Juan Islands and Anacortes.
MV Northern Adventure is a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry operated by BC Ferries. She sails two routes: the scenic Inside Passage route between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert and the Haida Gwaii crossing between Prince Rupert and Skidegate. The vessel was laid down by Atsalakis-Sidironaftiki shipyard on 11 September 2001 at their yard in Perama ...
Ferry terminals on the Anacortes–San Juan Islands route The Anacortes–San Juan Islands ferry is a system of ferry routes operated by Washington State Ferries in the United States . The routes serve Anacortes , Lopez Island , Shaw Island , Orcas Island , San Juan Island , and Sidney on Vancouver Island in Canada .
The Sidney class consisted of two roll-on/roll-off ferries, Queen of Sidney and Queen of Tsawwassen, built for the British Columbia Ferry Corporation in service from 1960 to 2008. The design for the ships was based on the ferry MV Coho with changes made to accommodate loading of vehicles through the bow of the vessel. Both vessels serviced ...
The MV Queen of New Westminster is a Canadian roll-on, roll-off passenger ferry operated by BC Ferries. [2] In 1964, the vessel was built as one of seven Victoria class ferries. Like her sister ships, she was lengthened in 1973 at Burrard Dry Dock.