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Ogden Point is a deep water port facility located in the southwestern corner of the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Its advantageous geographic location on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, close to major population centres Vancouver and Seattle, has made it an attractive cruise ship destination.
Short and long-term pay parking is run by a private operator under contract to BC Ferries. The terminal is located about 10 minutes from Victoria International Airport via Highway 17. The 29-kilometre (18 mi) Lochside Regional Trail also runs south from Swartz Bay to Victoria.
The creation of BC Ferries in 1960 put the CP Ships passenger triangle route trade out of business and the ship terminal building was leased to become a wax museum by 1969. [25] In 1901 Captain John Voss and Norman Luxton set sail from Oak Bay to circumnavigate the world's oceans in the 38-foot (12 m) dugout canoe Tilikum.
It was created in 2002 to own and operate several marine and upland properties in Victoria Harbour on their divestiture from the Government of Canada. [1] GVHA owns and operates the Ogden Point deep-water terminal, which is visited by more than 260 cruise ships with totaling over 700,000 passengers ships each summer. [2]
Mile '0' of the Trans-Canada Highway, Douglas Street at Dallas Road; Orchard House (Michigan Street), currently the tallest building in Greater Victoria [10] Ogden Point: cruise ship terminal and HeliJet terminal; Royal British Columbia Museum, Belleville St. between Government St. and Douglas St. (just east of the British Columbia Parliament ...
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Langdale is a ferry terminal owned and operated by BC Ferries, which provides ferry services from the Sunshine Coast to the Lower Mainland, Gambier Island, and Keats Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Route 3 is a car/passenger ferry route to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. [3]
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237.