How to Get Here.
By Car:
If you are crossing the border from the United States or are coming from outside the province of BC, just stay on Highway 1 (the TransCanada Highway) to its end at Horseshoe Bay. Follow the signs to the ferry terminal.
The ferries leave Horseshoe Bay every two hours starting at 7:20 am, with the last boat at 9:15 pm. (Note: Sometimes in the summer extra sailings and late sailings are added. Call 1-888-BCFERRY for details. The ferries can be very, very full in the summer - especially on long weekends - and you may want to budget your time for a possible two or four hour layover in scenic Horseshoe Bay.)
See the BC Ferries website for more information.
The ferry ride offers spectacular scenery and takes about 40 minutes. *Remember, you pay only to get on the coast, not off. That's half the price of going to Vancouver Island! So your ticket is actually good for a round trip.
From the Langdale terminal you have three options: turn right towards Langdale and Port Mellon, left for the scenic route through lower Gibsons or straight ahead up the hill to bypass lower Gibsons and get on the highway to Roberts Creek, Sechelt and Pender Harbour.
Mileage from Langdale Ferry Terminal to:
| Port Mellon | 13 km |
| Gibsons | 5 km |
| Roberts Creek | 14 km |
| Wilson Creek | 23 km |
| Davis Bay | 24 km |
| Selma Park | 26 km |
| Sechelt | 27km |
| Halfmoon Bay | 43 km |
| Secret Cove | 51 km |
| Madeira Park | 63 km |
| Garden Bay | 75 km |
| Ruby Lake | 76 km |
| Skookumchuck Trail | 86 km |
| Egmont | 87 km |
From Powell River, drive southeast to Saltery Bay and catch a ferry to Earls Cove at the top of the Sunshine Coast. These boats also go every two hours - from 5:45 am to 9:40 pm - and also get very full very fast in the summer. There is one main road - Highway 101 - which takes you from one end of the Sunshine Coast to the other.
Car Rentals:
- Budget Car & Truck Rental 1-800-299-3199
- Hertz Rent A Car 1-800-263-0600
- National Tilden Inter-rent 604-885-9120
- Skookum Chrysler 604-886-3493
By Bus:
Malaspina Coach Lines offers service from Vancouver to Gibsons, Sechelt and Pender Harbour. Buses leave from the Pacific Central Station bus terminal (on the corner of Terminal and Main in Vancouver). You can also board at the corner of Burrard Street and Georgia Street (right downtown) or at the north end of Lions Gate bridge. Buses drive onto the ferry at the Horseshoe Bay terminal.
Call for details:
- Powell River: 604-485-5030
- Sechelt: 604-885-2217
- Gibsons: 604-886-7742
- Vancouver: 604-682-6511
Local transit bus service:
Sunshine Coast Transit (604) 885-3234
By Air:
From Victoria, Vancouver or Nanaimo, you can get a seaplane, a regular plane, or even a helicopter to the Sunshine Coast.
- Pacific Wing: 1-866-885-2111
- Tofino Air: 888-436-7776
- Airspan Helicopters: 604-885-7474
- West Coast Air: 800-347-2222
- Baxter Air: 800-661-5599
- Goldwing Helicopters: 604-740-0880
By Water Taxi:
When you absolutely, positively have to get here right away, there are private taxi services, which will take you where you want to go 24 hours a day. Cormorant and Coastal water taxi companies make trips into Horseshoe Bay, and Coastal will meet you for pick up at the Delta River Inn, just 2 minutes from the Vancouver Airport - bypass the ferries altogether!
- Coastal Water Taxi: 604-740-1912
- Cormorant Marine Water Taxi: 604-947-2243 or 604-250-2630
- Egmont Water Taxi: 604-883-2092
- Island Girl Water Taxi: 604-883-1353
- Regent Navigation Inc.: 604-740-1803