Nanaimo Harbour ferry terminal

Nanaimo Harbour, highly associated with and commonly referred to as the "Gabriola Island Ferry", is a ferry terminal owned and operated by BC Ferries in British Columbia that goes from downtown Nanaimo across the Northumberland Channel to Descanso Bay on Gabriola Island. The route is serviced by two ferries, the MV Island Gwawis and the MV Island Kwigwis, which can hold up to 47 cars and 450 passengers with a total travel time of about 20 to 25 minutes.[2]

Descanso Bay ferry terminal on Gabriola Island
Nanaimo Harbour
Ferry terminal
General information
Location160 Front St
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates 49.16571807861328°N 123.93231964111328°W / 49.16571807861328; -123.93231964111328
Owned byBC Ferries
Operated byBC Ferries
Line(s)Route 19–Descanso Bay
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeNANH[1]
Websitewww.bcferries.com/travel-boarding/terminal-directions-parking-food/nanaimo-nanaimo-harbour/NAH
Passengers
2022412 220[Note 1] Increase 15.75%

Incidents

At the Nanaimo terminal, on March 20, 2013 at about 2:20 am, a woman from Gabriola Island drove her van through a barrier gate, onto the docked BC Ferries' ship, and off the other side. The next day, an RCMP dive team were able to recover her body and the van from 40 metres (130 ft) of water.[3]

See also

Notes
  1. Figures obtained for 2021 & 2022 from adding the passengers counted at Nanaimo Harbour in each month of the calendar year.[Note 2] The figures under "Total Prev Year" are not used because those denote fiscal years instead of calendar years. The total passenger count at Nanaimo Harbour for 2021 is 356 123. Only statistics denoting "passenger" traffic is counted; it is unclear whether passengers from vehicles are included in this statistic. The significant percentage increase from 2021 to 2022 is due to reduced 2021 passenger traffic from the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "Plans, Reports, Policies and Other Resources". Connecting the Coast | BC Ferries. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  2. "Gabriola Island – Nanaimo Harbour schedule". Gabriola Ferry Advisory Committee. April 12, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  3. "Woman's body recovered from van that drove off B.C. ferry". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 22, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2022.


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