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Nanaimo Harbour, often associated with and referred to as the "Gabriola Island Ferry", is a ferry terminal owned and operated by BC Ferries in British Columbia that goes from downtown Nanaimo across the Northumberland Channel to Descanso Bay on Gabriola Island.
The ferry, which takes 20 minutes for the crossing, runs almost hourly from 6:15 a.m, starting at the Gabriola side, to about 11:00 p.m. ,from Nanaimo, daily. Residents of Gabriola who work or attend high school in Nanaimo use the ferry to commute. Gabriola may also be reached by float plane or small boat. Malaspina Galleries
Nanaimo-Gabriola Island is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. Created under the 2021 British Columbia electoral redistribution, the riding was first contested in the 2024 British Columbia general election. [1] It was created out of parts of Nanaimo-North Cowichan and Nanaimo.
Live web cameras around the Myrtle Beach area allow people to watch as severe weather impacts the S.C. coast.
In the late 1950s, during a time of labour unrest in the industry, Premier Bennett started a governmental ferry service, then known as the British Columbia Toll Authority Ferry System. [11] Departure Bay remained being served by the Black Ball Line until it was bought by the government ferry corporation on November 30 1961. [12]
Gabriola Sands Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park is located on an isthmus between Taylor Bay and Pilot Bay, and includes the beaches and waters of each. It has a day-use area with a fielded area that can be used for picnicking.
Shinwa Maru, however, was damaged when the ferry penetrated the #1 cargo hold and ballast tanks. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On December 15, 2001, Queen of Alberni got caught in a heavy wind storm which turned a regular 2-hour crossing into a 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 -hour ordeal.
October Ferry to Gabriola is a novel by Malcolm Lowry.Edited by his widow Margerie Bonner, it was posthumously published in 1970.. It is an existential love story featuring a Lowry-like character, Ethan Llewelyn, and his wife, in their never-fully-consummated journey to Gabriola, one of the Gulf Islands off the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.