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Welcome to Gambier Island!
Gambier Island is the largest of four
islands located in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada
(not to be confused with the 14 small Gambier Islands,
located 1600 km southeast of Tahiti). The BC island
is approximately twenty-five square miles with only
125 permanent residents, primarily located in New Brighton,
Gambier Harbour and West Bay - the number swells to
over 600 in the summer. BC Ferries provides passenger
service between Langdale and New Brighton and there
are gravel roads connecting the three communities. We
have electricity and telephone and some of us even have
high-speed internet access. There is no car-ferry access
- something most residents want to preserve.
Our island has one commercial establishment:
The General Store.
Summer Hours
| Sunday |
11:30am to 5:00pm |
| Monday |
11:30am to 5:00pm |
| Tuesday |
Closed |
| Wednesday |
Closed |
| Thursday |
11:30am to 8:00pm |
| Friday |
11:30am to 8:00pm |
| Saturday |
11:30am to 8:00pm |
Update on the Langdale Dock 12-Mar-2010: BCF
has offered to attach a new small-boat float directly
to the existing Langdale Route 13 (Stormaway) dock.
The float will be separated from the existing float
by a gate which will remain open during the daytime
subject to the following restrictions.
The float will be closed
and the gate locked 10 minutes before the ferry arrives
and re-open 10 minutes after she departs. During that
approximate 40-minute closure, no private boats will
be allowed to dock for the purpose of embarking or disembarking
passengers. The gate will be managed by BC Ferries personnel
and an illuminated red signal light will signify that
the small-boat float is closed. For the first sailing
at 6:20 AM the new float and its gate will be open for
a short period even though the ferry is docked. Similarly,
following the arrival of the last evening ferry, the
float will again be open for access.
The small-boat float will be closed overnight,
as is currently the case for the entire terminal. Existing
arrangements for emergency access will remain in place
i.e. at night, for emergencies only, call 604-886-4403
to have the gate opened. Note: The sole purpose of the
small-boat float is to pick up or drop off passengers.
Under no circumstances may a boat be moored there.
For improved boating safety, BC Ferries
will install a line of marker buoys to delineate a channel
for private boats, water taxis and Stormaway III/IV
so as to separate these vessels from the big ferry’s
channel into Langdale Terminal.
This proposal is contingent
upon completion of a Liability Agreement between BCF
and the SCRD. See this document
for more details.
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