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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 .
Insufficiently-sheltered waters and added travel time, leading to higher fuel costs, precluded Sidney from being selected. [3]: 36, 55, 67, 69, 105 A small private ferry dock operated by the Gulf Islands Ferry Company already existed at Swartz Bay when the choice was made to locate the BC Ferry Corporation terminal there.
Sign at the entrance to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club in Victoria, British Columbia. The Royal Victoria Yacht Club is located along the shores of Cadboro Bay [1] in The Uplands a neighbourhood of Oak Bay, adjacent to the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and has facilities at Tsehum Haven near Sidney.
The small Jetty Island Ferry runs the short distance between the Everett Marina and the man made, unpopulated Jetty Island in the summer months for tourists. The Lady of the Lake ferry runs year-round from Chelan to Stehekin on Lake Chelan. [13] Drayton Harbor Maritime operates MV Plover between Blaine and Semiahmoo Resort during summer months.
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.
MV Queen of Sidney: Sidney: 1960: 1960-2000: 138: 989: First vessel built by BC Ferries, abandoned in 2000: MV Queen of Victoria: V: 1962 (1970/1981) 1962-2000: 286: 1360: Stretched in 1970, upper deck added in 1981 to increase capacity; sold to R & G Importadora & Exportadora of the Dominican Republic in 2001 [17] MV PacifiCat Explorer ...
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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.