There is regular car/passenger ferry service (BC Ferries) to the larger southern Gulf Islands throughout the year from Swartz Bay (near Victoria) and the Tsawwassen ferry terminal accessible from ...
"If you were dropped by helicopter into the Gulf Islands, you'd never think you were in Canada," says Jesse Keefer, a longtime Galiano Island resident. "I have fig trees, grapes, kiwi fruit ...
The highlights include Victoria and the Saanich Peninsula, the far southwestern coastline out to Port Renfrew, and the Gulf Islands archipelago ... to walk on or near the beach (but safely ...