Gabriola ferry schedule and info
Gabriola ferry cam
- Gabriola Ferry Cam (shows ferry line-up at Descanso Bay)
Schedules and official ferry info
- Gabriola ferry schedule (This is the schedule for the Quinsam, the ferry that goes back and forth between Nanaimo Harbour and Gabriola Island.)
- Gabriola ferry schedule, printable – This is the official scheule, too, but in an attractive advertising-free format for you to print. (.pdf files.)
- Gabriola ferry fares
- BC Ferries home page
- BC Ferries: email notification service
Where is the Quinsam now?
- Where is the Quinsam? (How to view marine mapping and tracking websites to see which vessels are where in the waters around Gabriola.)
- Map shows current Gabriola ferry location – blog post. Don’t miss the comments at the end of the post.
BC Ferries’ phone numbers
- Main number: 1-888-BC-FERRY (1-888-223-3779)
- Gabriola ferry terminal in Nanaimo Harbour: 250-753-9344
News articles about the Gabriola Ferry
- Truck rolls into harbour when Nanaimo ferry leaves dock early – CBC
- Truck falls off Gabriola ferry ramp Driver jumps to safety as vessel pulls away during loading Times Colonist article reprinted on The Monitor blog.
- If they’d tell us, we’d feel safer (.pdf) – Island Tide articles about the ‘truck in water’ incident, and BC Ferries’ response.
Ferry-related blog posts
(Some of these categories overlap, because a blog post might be about ferries, about the Quinsam, and about Gabriola ferry history.)
- Blog postings about ferries – Gabriolan.ca
- Blog postings about the Quinsam, Gabriola’s ferry – Gabriolan.ca
- Blog postings about Gabriola ferry history – Gabriolan.ca
- Ferryspeak – A BC Ferries phrasebook – Gabriolan.ca
Ferry-related organizations
- Gabriola Ferry Advisory Committee
- Save Our Ferries
- BC Ferries and Marine Workers’ Union
- BC Ferry Commission
- BC Ferry Authority
Assorted
- BC Ferries – Wikipedia
