Ride Cortes and Quadra Island!

Enjoy a 30 minute boat ride to Mansons Landing on Cortes Island. A beautiful place to start you self guided bike tour of Cortes Island. Mansons Landing is located on the south west side of Cortes and has a beautiful lagoon that is fantastic to explore at low tide, a perfect start for a bike ride. You never know what you may see on the way!?

Option A: Discovery Launch Water Taxi can take you and your bike to Cortes Island for as little as $30 per person!!! Tour from Mansons Landing on Cortes to Whaletown and board the ferry to Herriot Bay on Quadra Island. Rebecca Spit provincial park is a short ride away or try some of the more challenging off road trails that the islands have to offer. Once you have finished exploring Quadra Island make your way to Quathiaski Cove and enjoy your last ferry ride of the day to Campbell River. Both ferry rides in this direction are FREE!!!

Option B: Board B.C Ferries in Campbell River and purchase a ticket to Cortes Island for approx. $15.00. Ride your way across Quadra Island and take the ferry to Cortes Island then make your way to Mansons Landing and board your pre-arranged Discovery Launch return trip home.

Some pics of the lagoon at low tide! There is a nice stretch of sand on the outside of the lagoon, to walk the entire park at Mansons takes about 15 min. and is well worth the visit.

Click here for map of Cortes Island

Click here for map of Quadra Island

Mansons Landing on Cotres Island is about a 2 hour bike ride to Whaletown Ferry. Heriot Bay on Quadra Island is about a 1 hour bike ride to Quathiaski Cove Ferry. Keep in mind that these times are based on the shortest route.

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Ferry Schedules for Quadra and Cortes Island

Leave Campbell River

Leave Quadra Island

6:40 am		6:15 am
7:30 am Except Sundays		7:05 am Except Sundays
8:30 am		8:00 am
9:30 am		9:00 am !!
10:30 am (DC)		10:00 am
11:30 am		11:00 am
12:30 pm		12:00 noon
1:30 pm		1:00 pm
2:30 pm		2:00 pm
3:30 pm		3:05 pm
4:30 pm		4:00 pm (DC)
5:25 pm		5:00 pm
6:15 pm Last connecting sailing to Cortes*		5:50 pm
7:30 pm		7:00 pm
8:30 pm		8:00 pm
9:30 pm		9:00 pm
10:30 pm		10:00 pm
11:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays only		11:00 pm Fridays & Saturdays only

(DC)	Tuesday sailings will be replaced by a Dangerous Cargo Sailing. No other passengers permitted.
!!	The 9:00 am sailing from Quadra is a popular commuter crossing and has the potential to overload.
*	Catching this sailing does not guarantee space on the 6:45 pm sailing from Quadra to Cortes.

Leave Quadra Island

Leave Cortes Island

9:05 am Except Sundays		7:50 am Except Sundays
11:05 am (DC)		9:50 am
1:05 pm		11:50 am
3:05 pm		1:50 pm (DC)
5:05 pm		3:50 pm
6:45 pm		5:50 pm

(DC)

Tuesday sailings will be replaced by a Dangerous Cargo Sailing. No other passengers permitted. Times are revised for the dangerous cargo sailings. The 11:05 am will depart Quadra Island at 10:50 am. The 1:50 pm will depart Cortes Island at 2:05 pm.

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