Planning a Trip

Getting There

By Plane -- The Campbell River and District Regional Airport, south of Campbell River off Jubilee Parkway, has regular flights on commuter planes from Vancouver on Pacific Coastal Airlines (tel. 800/663-2872; www.pacific-coastal.com).

Commuter seaplane company Kenmore Air (tel. 800/543-9595; www.kenmoreair.com), departs from Seattle's Lake Union or Lake Washington and flies to Campbell River/Quadra Island in summer.

By Car -- On the four-lane Inland Highway (Hwy. 19), Campbell River is 45km (28 miles) north of Courtenay and 266km (165 miles) north of Victoria. Campbell River is the end of this newly improved stretch of roadway. The old Island Highway, 19A, also runs into the center of Campbell River, right along the water as you approach town.

By Bus -- Vancouver Island Coach Lines (tel. 250/388-5248, or book through Greyhound tel. 800/661-8747; www.greyhound.ca) offers bus transport from Victoria and Nanaimo to Campbell River. One-way fare from Nanaimo to Campbell River is C$24 (US$19). (Nanaimo is the closest ferry service to the Vancouver area.)

Visitor Information

The Campbell River Visitor Info Centre, 1235 Shoppers Row (tel. 250/287-4636; http://visitorinfo.incampbellriver.com), is open from 9am to 5pm (later in summer), daily from late July to Labour Day, Monday through Saturday in shoulder seasons, and Monday through Friday from October to early May. Another good resource is Campbell River Tourism (tel. 800/463-4386 or 250/286-1616; www.campbellrivertourism.com).