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Travel advisory: Busy Weekend Expected View ×

Posted: Friday, April 18, 2025

Easter Long Weekend
April 18 – April 21, 2025

Easter long weekend is a popular time for travel on the coast. Busy travel days are expected from Friday, April 18 through Monday, April 21 on the following routes:

•    Vancouver (Tsawwassen) – Victoria (Swartz Bay)
•    Vancouver (Tsawwassen) – Southern Gulf Islands
•    Vancouver (Tsawwassen) – Nanaimo (Duke Point)
•    Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) – Nanaimo (Departure Bay)
•    Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) – Sunshine Coast (Langdale)
•    Vancouver Island – Gulf Islands

Historically, the most popular day to travel from the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast is Friday, from our Tsawwassen and Horseshoe Bay terminals. Monday is typically the most popular day for travel back to the Lower Mainland.

Customers planning to travel with a vehicle without a reservation should be prepared for sailing waits during popular times to travel. If reservations are sold out, the best option to avoid sailing waits is to travel during less busy times, typically mid-week days and early morning or late evening sailings, or walk on board.

Click here to view Travel Tips and here for Service Notices.

We look forward to welcoming you on board this Easter Long Weekend.

For schedule information and bookings, visit bcferries.com. For up-to-date travel information, check Current Conditions and follow @BCFerries on Twitter.

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Sunshine Coast (Earls Cove)  to  Powell River (Saltery Bay)

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 This is a non-bookable route. Fares are paid on board the ferry at the time of travel.   
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Earls Cove terminal on the Sunshine Coast is 27 km north of Madeira Park on Highway 101, a one and a half hour drive from Langdale terminal. Sailings departing from Earls Cove provide service to Saltery Bay, connecting passengers to Powell River and the Northern Sunshine Coast.

Boarding is based on order of arrival at the terminal. Check-in closes five minutes prior to the scheduled sailing for foot passengers and vehicles.

Check here for more information if travelling between Vancouver, Sunshine Coast and Texada Island.



Dangerous goods sailings information

Note: Schedules subject to change without notice.

 This is a non-bookable route. Fares are paid on board the ferry at the time of travel.   
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Route

Powell River (Saltery Bay)  to  Sunshine Coast (Earls Cove)

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 This is a non-bookable route. Fares are paid on board the ferry at the time of travel.   
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DEPART ARRIVE DURATION
7:30 am 8:20 am 00:50
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9:25 am 10:15 am 00:50
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11:20 am 12:10 pm 00:50
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3:50 pm 4:40 pm 00:50
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6:00 pm 6:50 pm 00:50
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7:55 pm 8:45 pm 00:50
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9:45 pm 10:35 pm 00:50
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Saltery Bay terminal is located on BC’s Sunshine Coast. The terminal is a 30 minute drive from the City of Powell River. Sailings departing from Saltery Bay provide service to Earls Cove on the Sunshine Coast.

Earls Cove is a 1 hour and twenty minute drive from Langdale terminal. Sailings departing from Langdale terminal provide service to Horseshoe Bay on the Lower Mainland.

Boarding at Saltery Bay is based on order of arrival at the terminal. Check-in and ticket sales close five minutes prior to the scheduled sailing for foot passengers and vehicles.

Check here for more information if travelling between Vancouver, Sunshine Coast and Texada Island.



Dangerous goods sailings information

Note: Schedules subject to change without notice.

 This is a non-bookable route. Fares are paid on board the ferry at the time of travel.   
Service notices
Current Conditions
Departures and arrivals
Calculate fare
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