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Vancouver Island
Facts
about Vancouver
Island:
- Largest North American Island on the Pacific Coast: 454 kilometres
long and 100 kilometres wide; 3,440 kilometres (2150 miles) of
coast-line.
- Highest waterfall in North America - Della Falls in Strathcona
Park drops 440 metres (1,443 feet).
Distances from
Vancouver Island
(via Ferry):
- Victoria (Provincial Capital)
to Seattle,
Washington (113 kilometres or 70 miles)
- Victoria to Port Angeles,
Washington
(32 kilometres or 20 miles) - Scenic
- Sidney to Anacortes,
Washington (58
kilometres or 36 miles) - Scenic
- Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen,
B.C. (39 kilometres
or 24 miles) - Scenic
- Nanaimo to Vancouver, B.C.
(58 kilometres
or 36 miles)
- Comox to Powell River, B.C.
(40 kilometres
or 25 miles)
In addition to riding the
VanIsle 1200,
consider extending your stay to explore Vancouver Island.
Some points of interest are:
- Victoria, a little bit of
olde England
- Campbell River and Port
Alberni, both
claimants of the title "Salmon Fishing Capital of the World"
- Pacific Rim National Park on
the exposed
Pacific West Coast
- Duncan, city of totems
- Chemainus, city of murals
- Port Hardy, southern ferry
terminus
for the ferry trip to Prince George, B.C.
Other
General Information:
- Vancouver Island, and particularly the eastern
side,
is visited by large numbers of tourists during the summer months,
so booking accommodation early is very important. Here are some
tourist links which you might find of interest. hellobc.com
and vancouverisland.travel
- Victoria (southern tip of Vancouver Island,
Capital of
the Province of British Columba) refers to itself as a little
bit of olde England! World famous Butchart Gardens are a must
see - go in the late afternoon, wander the grounds, have supper
there and then stay of the impressive gardens lighted at night.
victoria.ca
and butchartgardens.com
- Gulf Islands … lots of folks cycle tour these
islands
--- if you take the BC Ferries from Tsawwassen ferry terminal
to Swartz Bay ferry terminal one passes through many of these
scenic islands. victoriabc.com/vancisland/gulf
- Tofino, Long Beach If you want to see the wild
Pacific
Ocean rollers, then travel to Long Beach Park and Tofino - The
VanIsle 1200 does not travel there, but our 600k and one of our
1000's do go there. tofino-bc.com
and Long
Beach
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