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Langdale Ferry Terminal is owned and operated by BC Ferries, which provides ferry services from the
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to the
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,
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, and Keats Island in the
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. Route three is a car/passenger ferry route to Horseshoe Bay in
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. Route thirteen Gambier Island and Keats Island only offers passenger service.
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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
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to use a
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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 {{ferry-stub