About the terminal
The Nanaimo end of this twenty-five-minute crossing is Nanaimo Harbour, the small downtown berth, and not Departure Bay or Duke Point where the mainland ships go, which is worth getting right since all three lie within a few kilometres. At 2.8 nautical miles it is among the shortest and most frequent runs in the British Columbia timetable, suiting an island close enough to Nanaimo to live on and work in the town. The fare is taken on the Nanaimo side. Duke Point is 3 km from here in a straight line, Departure Bay 7 km.