Duke Point ferry terminal

Ferry terminal in British Columbia, Canada

78 short-term spaces
194 long-term spaces

AccessibleYesOther informationStation codeDUKE^[1]Websitewww.bcferries.com/travel-boarding/terminal-directions-parking-food/nanaimo-duke-point/DUKHistoryOpened9 June 1997Passengers20231 014 816^{[Note 1]}

8.71%

Duke Point is a major ferry terminal owned and operated by BC Ferries that provides ferry service across the Strait of Georgia to Tsawwassen. The ferry terminal is located at Duke Point in Nanaimo and is the only major terminal in the BC Ferries system without a public transit connection.^[2]

The terminal was built in 1997 for $42 million (equivalent to $67.88 million in 2022) to divert commercial vehicle traffic away from BC Ferries' other main Nanaimo terminal in the heart of the city, thus easing traffic jams through Nanaimo's city centre. It was officially opened on 9 June 1997 by Premier Glen Clark and saw its first sailings the following day.^[3] It has one berth, but was built to be easily expanded to have two additional berths in the future, as well as an additional 500 parking spaces, should demand require.^[4]

In 2013, 42 percent of passengers travelling from Nanaimo to the mainland went through Duke Point.^[5]

The ferry terminal marks the southern terminus of Highway 19, which connects the terminal to the Trans-Canada Highway just south of Nanaimo's city centre via the Duke Point Highway. The highway cost $50 million (equivalent to 80.81 million in 2022) to build.^[3]

Incidents and accidents

On December 20, 2011, MV Coastal Inspiration experienced a hard landing upon arrival at Duke Point terminal. The terminal berth sustained significant damage and the vessel's port side doors were also damaged. The terminal required extensive repairs, requiring a closure of over four months, with all service re-routed through Departure Bay,^[6]^[7] finally re-opening on May 1, 2012.

Notes

^ Figures obtained for 2022 & 2023 from adding the passengers counted at Duke Point in each month of the calendar year.^[1] The figures under "Total Prev Year" are not used because those denote fiscal years instead of calendar years. The total passenger count at Duke Point for 2022 is 933 539.

References

^ ^a ^b "Plans, Reports, Policies and Other Resources". Connecting the Coast. BC Ferries. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
^ "Nanaimo Regional Transit System map". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
^ ^a ^b "Duke Point Terminal Now Open". Times Colonist. 7 December 2008 – via ProQuest.
^ "Photobucket". June 1997.
^ Seyd, Jane (March 16, 2014). "West Vancouver merchants worried over future ferry plans". North Shore News. Glacier Media.
^ "All holiday sailings to proceed despite Duke Point closure" (Press release). Victoria: BC Ferries. December 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
^ "BC Ferries to operate mid island route via Departure Bay" (Press release). Victoria: BC Ferries. December 20, 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-11-06.

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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 Orca Salish Raven Salish Heron
I class	Malaspina Sky Queen of Capilano Queen of Cumberland
Powell River class	Bowen Queen Mayne Queen Powell River Queen
Century class	Skeena Queen
Island class	Island Aurora Island Discovery
K class	Kahloke Klitsa Kuper Kwuna
T class	Quadra Queen II Tachek
N class	Nicola
Unclassed	Baynes Sound Connector Northern Adventure Northern Expedition Northern Sea Wolf Queen of New Westminster Quinitsa Quinsam