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You can travel to Ladysmith by land,
air and water

[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1551400424577{margin-top: 50px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Ladysmith BC is easily accessed by Car Ferry, Plane or Bus.
Ladysmith is located 25min by car from The Duke Point and Departure Bay Ferry terminals located in Nanaimo.
Ladysmith  Airport is only 11 min drive from the Nanaimo airport which has daily flights to Vancouver and Calgary.
To the South, Victoria is approx 1:20 hour drive. The Victoria Swartz Bay ferry terminal is 1.5 hour drive with bus service to Ladysmith. Victoria also has an International Airport also 1:30 min away.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1551400902603{margin-top: 50px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1551400664407{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]

Ferry service from the mainland

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You can depart from Tsawwassen, arriving at  Duke Point Ferry Terminal which is the closest ferry terminal to Ladysmith (approx.  21 min drive).
Or you can leave from Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay (Nanaimo) which is approximately a 25 min drive.
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Getting to Ladysmith by Air

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Getting to Ladysmith by Bus

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Commuting to Cowichan

Cowichan offers fast and easy access to Victoria, Nanaimo and Vancouver with frequent national and international connections.  Float planes, helijet services, ferries and airports are all just a hop, skip and a jump away:

• Harbour Air offers up to 20 flights daily to and from Nanaimo, Victoria and Maple Bay to downtown Vancouver and up to six flights daily to and from Vancouver International Airport.
• Seair Seaplanes operates up to 12 scheduled flights daily from Vancouver Harbour and Vancouver Airport to and from the BC Ferries terminal at Departure Bay in Nanaimo.
• Helijet Services offers 12 weekday flights a day from Victoria and six flights daily from Nanaimo to the Vancouver Harbour, along with additional flights on the weekends.
• BC Ferries terminals are located in Nanaimo or Victoria; driving there from central Cowichan takes approximately one hour. Once you’ve boarded the ferry, the commuting time to Vancouver is less than two hours.
• Victoria International Airport (YYJ) is only 90 minutes from central Cowichan and has more than 100 daily flights throughout North America, including non-stop flights to major BC cities, Calgary and Toronto. YYJ rates as one of the top ten most-loved airports in the world according to CNN Travel.
• Nanaimo Airport is located just 30 minutes from central Cowichan and is one of the fastest-growing regional airports in Canada with a $7.5 million expansion of its terminal facilities planned to accommodate record-setting passenger growth. Air Canada, Island Express Air and WestJet operate daily scheduled flights to Vancouver and beyond.

Transportation Hubs

BY AIR:

• Nanaimo Airport Cargo: Air Canada Jazz and SkyLink Express provide air cargo service in conjunction with scheduled passenger flights. Five air couriers ship through the Nanaimo Airport – DHL Courier, Dynamex, FedEx, Purolator and UPS.
• Victoria International Airport: In addition to Air Canada, several air cargo companies provide international air freight options from Victoria International Airport.

BY SEA:

• Nanaimo Port Authority: The Port of Nanaimo has the capacity to process 4.8 million tons of cargo and 4.8 million passengers each year.
• Duke Point Ferry Terminal provides container barge service to the Port of Vancouver as an international shipping destination.
• Nanaimo Wharf Terminal has three deep sea-berths and a cruise ship terminal.
• Greater Victoria Harbour Authority has four deep-water berths and terminal services that are strategically located adjacent to major shipping trade routes.
• Westcan Terminals Cowichan Bay is a diversified stevedoring, terminal and logistics company, operating throughout British Columbia.

GROUND TRANSPORT:

• Coldstar Solutions Inc recently completed the expansion of a 72,000 square foot cold storage warehouse located at the north end of Cowichan and adjacent to the Nanaimo Airport.
• Van-Kam Freightways Ltd has service centres located in Nanaimo and Victoria.
• Nanaimo Cold Storage and Trucking Service Ltd is a multi-temperature transport company operating within BC and Washington State.
• Comox Pacific Express has centres in Nanaimo and Victoria serving destinations around the province.

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