A Paddle in the Park Kayaking

BC Transit Bus

Victoria Transit Information (BusLine): 250-382-6161 Carry exact fare $2.25, obtain transfers if required

Victoria to Sidney:

• Option 1 Bus + Walk: No.s: 71,72, 73 (Swartz Bay via Sidney) Get off in Sidney at Fifth Street and Beacon Avenue.  Ask directions to Resthaven Road (very easy).  Walk 1.5 km down Resthaven. Turn right on Allbay Road.  Walk .25 km to Van Isle Marina, Dock E .
• Option 2 Bus No Transfer:  Take Bus 81 (‘Swartz Bay” to Sidney via Lochside Drive).  After bus leaves Sidney, ask driver to let you off at Harbour Road stop on Bowerebank Road.  We are at 2320 Harbour Road, Van Isle Marina, Dock E.
• Option 3 Bus + Bus Transfer: Do Option 1, except instead of walking, transfer to Bus 81 in Sidney, which is Option 2 above.

Swartz Bay to Sidney:

• Option 1 Bus + Walk: No.s: 70, 71,72, 73 (Swartz Bay via Sidney) Get off in Sidney at Fifth Street and Beacon Avenue.  Ask directions to Resthaven Road (very easy).  Walk 1.5 km down Resthaven. Turn right on Allbay Road.  Walk .25 km to Van Isle Marina, Dock E .
• Option 2 Bus No Transfer:  Take Bus 81 (‘Swartz Bay” to Sidney via Lochside Drive).  After bus leaves Sidney, ask driver to let you off at Harbour Road stop on Bowerebank Road.  We are at 2320 Harbour Road, Van Isle Marina, Dock E.
• Option 3 Bus + Bus Transfer:  Do Option 1, except instead of walking, transfer to Bus 81 in Sidney, which is Option 2 above.

Victoria Airport to Sidney:
Take Bus No. 83 (“Sidney via Airport”) then:

• Option 1:  Bus + Short Walk.  Ask driver to let you out at Malaview and Resthaven in Sidney. Walk north on Resthaven 2 blocks to AllBay Road on right.   Walk  down Allbay 0.25 km to Van Isle Marina, Dock E .
• Option 2: Bus + Bus Transfer. In Sidney, transfer to Bus  No. 81(“Swartz Bay” via Bowerebank).  Ask driver to let you off at Harbour Road stop on Bowerebank Road.  We are at 2320 Harbour Road, Van Isle Marina, Dock E.

Victoria Airport Shuttle Bus 250-386-2525
Closest Bus Stops to our Kayak Dock:

• Bus direction: north to Swartz Bay
• Short walk down Harbour Road
• Right onto Resthaven Drive
• Left on Bowerbank Road

or

• Bus direction: south to Sidney
• Short walk down Harbour Road
• Left onto Resthaven Drive

Washington Ferry

Proof of citizenship required

• Port Angeles-Victoria (Coho) www.cohoferry.com 250-386-2202. Take the Coho across from Olympic Peninsula to Victoria.
• Seattle-Victoria (Clipper) www.victoriaclipper.com 250-382-8100. The Clipper travels between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver.
• Anacortes to Sidney (Washington State Ferries) www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries 206-464-6400.  Arrives/Departs from 2499 Ocean Avenue in Sidney