Langdale ferry terminal

Ferry terminal in British Columbia, Canada

49°26′0.5″N 123°28′19″W / 49.433472°N 123.47194°W / 49.433472; -123.47194Owned byBC FerriesOperated byBC FerriesLine(s)Route 3–Horseshoe Bay
Route 13–Gambier Island, Keats IslandBus routes2Connections

Sunshine Regional

1 Sechelt
90 Sechelt (Express) ^[1]

ConstructionParking60 short-term spaces
287 long-term spacesOther informationStation codeLANG^[2]Websitewww.bcferries.com/travel-boarding/terminal-directions-parking-food/sunshine-coast-langdale/LNGPassengers20231 392 986^{[Note 1]}

6.36%

Langdale is a ferry terminal owned and operated by BC Ferries, which provides ferry services from the Sunshine Coast to the Lower Mainland, Gambier Island, and Keats Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Route 3 is a car/passenger ferry route to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver.^[3] Route 13 to Gambier Island and Keats Island only offers passenger service.^[4]

British Columbia Highway 101 is connected to this terminal through an off-ramp that leads to North Gibsons.

Incidents and accidents

On 26 March 2019, the Queen of Surrey smashed into a dock with 285 passengers on board at around 08:10. As a result, passengers were stuck on board the vessel for eleven hours. At 17:15, BC Ferries received permission from Transport Canada to use a Seaspan tugboat to free the vessel from the dock, and at 18:15, passengers were allowed to disembark. BC Ferries reported that no spills and no injuries ensued from this incident.^[5]

Notes

^ Figures obtained for 2022 & 2023 from adding the passengers counted at Langdale from the routes 1 and 13 in each month of the calendar year.^[2] The figures under "Total Prev Year" are not used because those denote fiscal years instead of calendar years. The total passenger count at Langdale for 2022 was 1 309 642.

References

^ "BC Transit - Schedules and Maps". BC Transit. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Plans, Reports, Policies and Other Resources". Connecting the Coast | BC Ferries. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^ "BC Ferries Schedules: Langdale to Horseshoe Bay (West Vancouver)". BC Ferries. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ "BC Ferries Schedules: Langdale to Gambier Island & Keats Island". BC Ferries. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ Brown, Scott; Carrigg, David (26 March 2019). "B.C. Ferries passengers stuck for 11 hours on ferry at Langdale Terminal". Vancouver Sun. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

BC Ferries

Ferry terminals
Mainland–Vancouver Island	Departure Bay Duke Point Horseshoe Bay Swartz Bay Tsawwassen
Sunshine Coast	Earls Cove Gambier Island Keats Island Langdale Saltery Bay Snug Cove
Northern Gulf Islands / Powell River	Alert Bay Blubber Bay Buckley Bay Campbell River Cortes Island Denman Island (2) Hornby Island Little River Port McNeill Quadra Island (2) Sointula Westview (Powell River)
Southern Gulf Islands	Brentwood Chemainus Crofton Fulford Harbour Gabriola Island Long Harbour Lyall Harbour Mill Bay Nanaimo Harbour Otter Bay Penelakut Island Sturdies Bay Thetis Island Vesuvius Village Bay
Mid-coast / Northern Route	Alliford Bay Bear Cove Bella Coola Klemtu McLoughlin Bay Ocean Falls Prince Rupert Shearwater Skidegate

Current fleet
S class	Spirit of British Columbia Spirit of Vancouver Island
Coastal class	Coastal Celebration Coastal Inspiration Coastal Renaissance
C class	Queen of Alberni Queen of Coquitlam Queen of Cowichan Queen of Oak Bay Queen of Surrey
Salish class	Salish Eagle Salish Heron Salish Orca Salish Raven
I class	Malaspina Sky Queen of Capilano Queen of Cumberland
Century class	Skeena Queen
Island class	Island Aurora Island Discovery Island Gwawis Island Kwigwis Island K’ulut’a Island Nagalis
K class	Kahloke Klitsa Kwuna Pune'luxutth
T class	Quadra Queen II Tachek
Unclassed	Baynes Sound Connector Northern Adventure Northern Expedition Northern Sea Wolf Queen of New Westminster Quinitsa Quinsam