All you need to know to plan your visit to  North & South Pender Island     The Pender Islands are made up of North and South Pender Island and are separated by a dredged narrow canal, linked by a one lane bridge. The canal was dredged in the early 1900’s to enable the ferry to travel from Hope Bay on the Pender Islands to Victoria, thus avoiding the treacherous waters off the south point and trimming hours from the trip. South Pender Island is more rural and less populated. Bedwell Harbour, the site of the customs dock and a flourishing marina and resort, is located on South Pender, as are two popular hiking trails, one leading up to Mt. Norman and splendid views and the other following  the canal over to Beaumont Marine Park with its white shell beaches and arbutus headland. North Pender Island, with several subdivisions (Magic Lake and Trincomali), has by far the larger population. Here you’ll find a health clinic, an elementary school, a community hall, Driftwood Mall shopping centre, churches, the best second hand shop in the west, a library, and historic Port Washington and Hope Bay, with their government docks and heritage store.

airports serving Pender Island Vancouver International Airport for flights throughout Canada and International destinations   Victoria Airport for flights from Vancouver, Seattle and the west coast airlines serving Vancouver and Victoria for flights into Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo for flights from Seattle into Vancouver and Victoria for flights between Abbotsford, Victoria and Nanaimo for flights between Vancouver and Victoria United Express for flights between San Francisco and Victoria for flights into Vancouver and Victoria getting to and from the airports Vancouver International Airport How to get from YVR to Pender Island without a car!   Victoria Airport Shuttle service to downtown Victoria Scheduled floatplane services to Pender Island operator route times fares route map on-line booking Vancouver Harbour - North & South Pender Island Vancouver Harbour - South Pender (Bedwell Harbour) Vancouver Airport - North & South Pender Island Vancouver Airport - North Pender (Port Washington) Seattle - South Pender (Bedwell Harbour)   Car and Passenger Ferries to Pender Island operator route times fares route map on-line booking Tsawwassen - Pender Island (Otter Bay)              outward (see below for return schedules)  Victoria (Swartz Bay) - Pender Island (Otter Bay)  outward (see below for return schedules) No advance reservations Return schedules from Pender Island (Otter Bay) to Tsawwassen, Swartz Bay and other Gulf Islands       Other useful ferry routes to and from Victoria Tsawwassen - Victoria (Swartz Bay) Port Angeles (WA) - Victoria (Inner Harbour) - MV Coho   Seattle (Pier 69) - Victoria (Inner Harbour) Victoria Clipper - fast passenger ferry (no cars)   Port Angeles (WA) - Victoria (Inner Harbour) Fast passenger ferry (no cars)  operates May 28 - September 19, 2010   Anacortes (WA) - San Juan Islands - Victoria (Sidney, BC) Summer only - service resumes March 28, 2010   Vancouver Island train services Victoria - Duncan - Nanaimo - Parksville - Courtenay intercity coach lines serving Vancouver Island operator route times fares route map on-line booking Vancouver - Horseshoe Bay - Nanaimo (showing connections for other parts of Vancouver Island)     Victoria - Nanaimo - Campbell River - Port Hardy     Vancouver (Downtown) - Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay - Victoria   Reservations required for en-route stops Vancouver Airport - Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay - Victoria   Reservations required for en-route stops Tofino - Ucluelet - Port Alberni - Victoria   getting around by local public transit From downtown Vancouver, the Swartz Bay Express bus (route 70) operates every half hour to Swartz Bay Ferry terminal. Typical journey time is 60 minutes. There is no public transit service operating on Pender Island where to find a taxi Taxis are available from the Pender Island Cab Company. For reservations call 1-250-629-2222    Pender Island map View Location Map where to find more information about Pender Island Pender Island Chamber of Commerce Guide official BC tourism site Pender Island Information     island transport solutions Canada  | 825 Queequeg Place | Gabriola Island | British Columbia | V0R 1X5 England | 4 Castle Court | Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire | HP20 2RD