Return Trip from Victoria, BC
Did you know there are over 200 Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland of BC? This means when you are sailing between Vancouver and Victoria or Nanaimo, you get to see some of these islands which are small and uninhabited. How w ere the Gulf Islands formed? Around 15,000 to 11,000 years ago, the Cordilleran Ice Sheet covered most of BC and the southern part of Alaska. The ice sheet was as much as a mile thick. When it retreated, the ice sheet carved the landscape of the islands. Sailing between Vancouver and Vancouver Island Every so often you get lucky and you get the best ferry views between Vancouver Island and Vancouver by parking your car on the outer lanes of the ferry. The advantage of parking on either side of the ferry is that you get a window view. But only after the ferry leaves the terminal can you return to your parked car. On a nice summer sailing, I like to roll down my windows and get a whiff of the fresh sea air. I'll play some nice sailing music as...