Langdale Ferry Terminal

Langdale Ferry Terminal is 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.

Langdale Ferry Terminal
Ferry Terminal
General information
Location1376 Port Mellon Hwy, Langdale
Coordinates49°26′0.5″N 123°28′19″W
Owned byBC Ferries
Operated byBC Ferries
Line(s)Route 3–Horseshoe Bay
Route 13−Gambier Island, Keats Island
Connections

Route three is a car/passenger ferry route to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver.[2] Route thirteen Gambier Island and Keats Island only offers passenger service.[3]

British Columbia Highway 101 is connected to this terminal through an off-ramp that leads to North Gibsons.

Incidents and accidents

On 26 March 2019, the Queen of Surrey smashed into a dock with 285 passengers on board at around 08:10. As a result, passengers were stuck on board the vessel for eleven hours. At 17:15, BC Ferries received permission from Transport Canada to use a Seaspan tugboat to free the vessel from the dock, and at 18:15, passengers were allowed to disembark. BC Ferries reported that no spills and no injuries ensued from this incident.[4]

References
  1. "BC Transit - Schedules and Maps". BC Transit. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. "BC Ferries Schedules: Langdale to Horseshoe Bay(West Vancouver)". BC Ferries. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. "BC Ferries Schedules: Langdale to Gambier Island & Keats Island". BC Ferries. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. Brown, Scott; Carrigg, David (26 March 2019). "B.C. Ferries passengers stuck for 11 hours on ferry at Langdale Terminal". Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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