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Currently, there is no car service between Seattle and Victoria. The primary choice for passengers with cars is the MV Coho ferry out of Port Angeles. The Washington State Ferry from Anacortes, Washington to Sidney, British Columbia to Victoria was discontinued. The WSF announced that they don't anticipate being able to return the Sidney run to ...
The ferry services run by the Black Ball Line (between Victoria's Inner Harbour and Port Angeles, Washington), BC Ferries (between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen), or the Washington State Ferries (between Sidney, British Columbia and Anacortes, Washington) do not serve Seattle or come near the downtown harbours of either Victoria or Vancouver.
The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. [3] WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. [4] The state ferries carried an average of 59,900 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.
The MV Coho is a passenger and vehicle ferry owned and operated by Black Ball Line. [2] Black Ball's only ferry, Coho carries passengers and cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailers, bicycles, etc. between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Port Angeles, Washington, United States.
MV Coho in Victoria Harbour, British Columbia, Canada. The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. [1] Today the company operates an international passenger and vehicle ferry service between Port Angeles, Washington, United States and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on the MV Coho, [2] through its operating company, Black Ball Ferry Line.
The Coho ferry [156] operates as a car and pedestrian/cyclist ferry between the inner harbour of Victoria and Port Angeles, Washington. The Victoria Clipper is a pedestrian and cyclist-only (no vehicles) ferry which operates daily, year-round between downtown Seattle and the inner harbour of Victoria.
It also operates Kitsap Fast Ferries from Seattle to Bremerton, Kingston, and Southworth. [12] 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]
The Olympic-class auto ferries, also known as the 144 Car Ferries, are based on the Issaquah design. [2] They measure 362 feet 0 inches (110.34 m) long overall [ 3 ] and 335 ft 3 in (102.18 m) between perpendiculars [ 4 ] with a beam at the lower vehicle deck of 83 ft 4 in (25.40 m) and a draft at design load waterline of 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m).