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Cruise Ships & their Ports-of-Call on Vancouver Island

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Real Estate Agent with Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Victoria BC Canada

Cruise Ship at Ogden Point, Victoria BC

Victoria - Ogden Point

Downtown Victoria is the only port on Vancouver Island for large cruise ships. Our Inner Harbour and downtown are wonderful visits for the passengers, who access the area via a shuttle bus. Whale watching is one of the most popular tourist attractions.

 

Victoria - Inner Harbour

Small cruise ships carrying up to 130 passengers are able to dock right in our Inner Harbour, where many attractions are located. The Victoria Museum and world-class shopping are only steps away.

Nanaimo

Nanaimo, the second largest city on Vancouver Island is known as "The Harbour City" and a port of call for many of the smaller cruise ships. The 4 kilometre harbour-side walkway leads to the Bastion, a fortified tower erected on the waterfront in 1853. The Bastion is one of the few Hudson's Bay Company Bastions still standing, and is the oldest remaining structure of its type in North America.

Campbell River

Many cruise ships pass close by and some stop in Campbell River en-route to Alaska. Campbell River is known as "the Salmon Capital of the World" and is a fishing paradise. Visit the Campbell River Museum and learn about local industries through visits to a pulp and paper mill or salmon hatchery.

Alert Bay

Alert Bay at the northern end of Vancouver Island is the oldest community on the island. Small cruise ships stop to admire the pristine wilderness and fishing village. Alert Bay is the home of the Namgis First Nation, and also home to the world's tallest totem pole (183 feet high, in two parts). The Native Cultural Centre is a wonderful museum of native art.

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Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty
4460 Chatterton Way, Victoria, BC Canada V8X 5J2

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Comments (2)

Kathy Clulow
Uxbridge, ON
Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

David - They certainly dwarf everyting on the dock ... almost a floating city at least a floating town

Sep 23, 2008 11:07 AM
David Stevens
Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty, Victoria BC Canada - Victoria, BC
Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty

Kathy - the cruise ships that we see here are certainly humongous - I've never been on one, but am happy sailing on a 23 ft sailboat, in very cramped quarters!

Cheers!

David

Sep 23, 2008 02:10 PM