Getting to Pender Island
BC Ferries offers at least two sailings from Tsawwassen on the Mainland and at least six a day from Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island.
Float plane service is available from Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle.
Directions to our cottage (from the ferry terminal):
Follow the ferry traffic from the terminal along Otter Bay Road until you come to a T intersection and a stop sign. Turn right onto Bedwell Harbour Road. Follow it past the Driftwood Centre (a small shopping area) and Prior Park (government campground). Both are on your right side. The name of the road changes to Canal Road. At the base of a small hill, there is an intersection with a sign indicating South Pender Island and Canal Road to the left. Turn here and follow the road to a single lane bridge. Turn into the gate immediately to the left after you cross the bridge.
Pender Island is located between the city of Vancouver on the mainland and Vancouver Island in the Gulf of Georgia. It is a 40 minute ferry ride from Sidney ( 30 minutes north of Victoria on Vancouver Island ) and is just north of the American San Juan Islands.