A couple of other "day trips" to ponder, when voyaging from Salt Spring to other Southern Gulf Islands....
Saturna Island is most likely best reached by going from Fulford to Swartz, and connecting to the Outer Gulf Islands ferry. Alternatively, one can take the Long Harbour to Tsswassan ferry and get off at Village Bay on Mayne Island, and then connect with a ferry going to Saturna. It's important to read that B.C. ferry schedule (it's online, too), before visiting Saturna.
When there, check out the Saturna Vineyard...it was the first vineyard on the Southern Gulf Islands. Winter Cove is also a very beautiful area, and this is the site of the famous annual Saturna Island lamb roast. This is a destination event for many boaters!
The ferry docks at Lyall Harbour, and the floatplane also services the Island from here.
To visit Saturna, if not by your own boat, does take some planning as one has to "synch" with the ferry schedule!
It's definitely a quieter place, and less "set up" for tourism than some of the other Southern Gulf Island options. Pack a picnic!
Beautiful park to explore and a view that is breathtaking...truly, you do "see it all"!
In the opposite direction, there's tranquil Thetis Island.
Catch the ferry from Vesuvius to Crofton, then drive the lower road to Chemainus Old Town, where the ferry goes to Thetis.
There are marinas in Telegraphy Harbour, and floatplanes land here, too. A good idea, though, to take a picnic and to be a little self-sufficient, as, like Saturna, it's less "organized" from a tourist's perspective.
Don't miss Pilkey Point (so beautiful). Bring a bathing suit, if it's summer, and enjoy the warm ocean swimming waters in this area.
More suggestions for easy day trips, on Gulf Islands or on Vancouver Island? Call me! Ask for "Li's List".
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