 ferry travel,Prince Rupert to Vancouver Island
<joan.fabre@> wrote in message
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> On Mar 12, 3:33 pm, "Gerrit" <gthart@sadforyou.au> wrote:
>> "Poptop" <sydcool56@> wrote in message
>>
>> news:30270c00-39c4-420e-bb03-99ef572d6791@s37g2000prg..com...
>>
>> >I am planning a trip to western Canada. Am considering fly to
>> > Vancouver, Via Rail to Jasper
>> > then Via Rail to P. Rupert. At Prince Rupert get on a ferry to
>> > Vancouver Island & travel overland to Victoria.Can I get some advice
>> > on this itinery?
>>
>> Others have advised about the merits of train travel.
>>
>> We did a car rental from Edmonton to Vancouver a few years ago. (Edmonton
>> because we had friends there we wished to visit)
>> We then drove to Calgary to visit other friends and thence via Banff,
>> Lake
>> Louise, Jasper, to Smithers. A week later from Smithers to Prince Rupert
>> thence by day time ferry (the old Queen of the North) on the last trip of
>> the year to Port Hardy. Then drove Port Hardy to Victoria and ferry to
>> Vancouver area.
>>
>> This was a wonderful trip (except for the Edmonton to Calgary bit which
>> was
>> fairly boring.
>> The ferry trip was magic, but then we had a cloudless day. My brother has
>> twice done the trip but had rain both times.
>>
>> Thoroughly recommend the round trip but only by car!!
>>
>> Gerrit - Oz
>
> Hi All,
>
> We also discarded the rocky mountain train because is really
> expensive... so we are planning a drive round trip similar to yours.
>
> Our plan is to start next 10th June a 14 day round-trip:
>
> Vancouver- Penticton
> Penticton-Revelstoke
> Revelstoke-Banff
> Banff-Jasper
> Jasper-Prince George
> Prince-George- Smithers
> Smithers-Prince Rupert
You could do Prince George to Prince Rupert in one day
fairly comfortably and spend the extra day elsewhere
> Prince Rupert by ferry to Port Hardy
> Port Hardy to Campbell River
> Campbell River-Victoria
> Victoria-Vancouver
>
> Do you think it's to large to do in 14 days?
> Must we reserve the ferry ticket now, or we can wait until some days
> before the date?
> Tomtom 6 GPS maps for this area are precisse ?
>
OK but a little odd. Last year mine kept insisting the roads
in some areas were 100m left of where I was driving :)
That seems likely to be a surveying issue as in towns and
more developed areas they were fine, and thats were you
really want GPS
Keith |