Langdale Ferry Terminal is owned and operated by
BC Ferries, which provides ferry services from the
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**Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region
**Sunshine Coast Stadium
* Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ...
to the
Lower Mainland
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,
Gambier Island
Gambier Island is an island located in Howe Sound near Vancouver, British Columbia. It is about in size and is located about north of the Horseshoe Bay community and ferry terminal in westernmost West Vancouver.
A rugged and sparsely populate ...
, and
Keats Island in the
Canadian province
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of
British Columbia
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.
Route three is a car/passenger ferry route to
Horseshoe Bay in
West Vancouver
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. Route thirteen Gambier Island and Keats Island only offers passenger service.
British Columbia Highway 101
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Highway 101, which first opened in 1962, is divided ...
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
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to use a
Seaspan
Seaspan ULC (formerly Seaspan Marine Corporation) provides marine-related services to the Pacific Northwest. Within the Group are three shipyards, an intermodal ferry and car float business, and also a tug and barge transportation company that ...
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.
References
BC Ferries
Ferry terminals in British Columbia
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