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Travelling between
Vancouver International Airport
and Texada Island
without a car
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Your travel options from Vancouver International Airport to Texada Island

YVR to Gillies Bay
by air from
YVR South Terminal

Cost - about $175
one-way to Gillies Bay

From Vancouver International Airport, take the free shuttle bus to the South Terminal.

KD Air fly from the South terminal to Qualicum Beach, then onward to Gillies Bay on Texada Island.

YVR to Powell River by air from
YVR South Terminal

Cost - between
$130-$200
one-way to Powell River

From Vancouver International Airport, take the free shuttle bus to the South Terminal.

Pacific Coastal Airlines fly direct from the South terminal to Powell River Municipal Airport, which is about 2km from the Texada Island ferry at Westpoint.  

YVR to Powell River
by intercity coach 
 
Cost - around $75
one-way to
Powell River

Malaspina Coachlines operates a daily coach service between Vancouver Airport and Powell River via the Horseshoe Bay-Langdale and Earls Cove-Saltery Bay ferries.  Coaches depart outside the Domestic Terminal Arrivals area (Level 1) on Bay E each afternoon, with an additional service from downtown Vancouver in the early morning.
 

Coaches terminate at the Town Centre Hotel, and call at the Westpoint ferry terminal (for Texada Island) on request.