About the terminal
The road between these two shores runs the long way round Saanich Inlet and over the Malahat; the ferry cuts straight across to Mill Bay in twenty-five minutes, with only 6 km of water between the terminals. Fares are listed in each direction here, rather than taken once at the larger end as they are on several of the island shuttles. The berth sits on the Saanich Peninsula with Swartz Bay 13 km away and central Victoria 19 km, so it serves local traffic rather than connections off the mainland ships.