Location: Cobble Hill is located in the Cowichan Valley, 4.5 miles (7 km) north of the Shawnigan Lake/Mill Bay Road on Highway 1, and 30 miles (48 km) north of Victoria.
Air:
Air Canada
Air Canada serves both the Victoria and Nanaimo airports.
Tel: 1-888-247-2262; 250-360-9074
Harbour Air
Depart from Vancouver Downtown Harbour, Vancouver Intl Airport and arrive in Victoria, Nanaimo, or Maple Bay
Tel: 1-800-665-0212; 604-274-1277
Helijet
Scheduled service between Victoria Harbour, Vancouver Harbour and Vancouver International Airport, and schedules daily flight between Nanaimo and Vancouver.
Tel: 1-800-665-4354
WestJet
WestJet serves both the Victoria and Nanaimo airports.
Tel: 1-800-538-5696; 403-444-2301
Bus:
Island Express Bus
Island Express Bus provides passenger express bus service between most Vancouver Island points, from Victoria to Campbell River, and Tofino on the west coast, and BC Ferries’ services at Buckley Bay. Island Express Bus and IslandLinkBus are operated by the same company.
Pacific Coach Lines
Pacific Coach Lines offers a first-class luxury motorcoach service daily between downtown Vancouver, Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Squamish and Whistler. The bus service between downtown Vancouver and downtown Victoria (via BC Ferries) that was previously operated by Pacific Coach Lines is now operated by Wilson’s Transportation (See below).
604-662-7575; 1-800-661-1725
Ferry:
BC Ferries
Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal to Victoria
Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal to Nanaimo
- Sailing Time: 2 hours
- Sailings: 8 daily round trip sailings between Nanaimo and Tsawwassen
- Vehicles and Passenger Walk On
- Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal is located 39 km south of downtown Vancouver on the BC mainland.
Horseshoe Bay (West Vancouver) to Nanaimo
- Sailing Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Sailings: 8 daily round trip sailings between Nanaimo and Horseshoe Bay
- Vehicles and Passenger Walk On
- Horseshoe Bay is located 25 km northwest of downtown Vancouver on the BC mainland.
- Departure Bay is located 4 km north of downtown Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
For bus travel between downtown Vancouver and downtown Victoria via BC Ferries, call Wilson’s Transportation
- Sailing Time: 25 minutes
- Sailings: 9 daily round-trip sailings between Brentwood Bay and Mill Bay
- Car Capacity: 16
- Ticket sales end 3 minutes before the scheduled sailing time for vehicles and 5 minutes before for walk-on passengers.