Helpful Travel Information

is a ninety minute to two hour crossing from the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island. If you’re coming from the US, Tsawwassen to Duke Point is the best route. If from Vancouver, Alberta or the BC Interior Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo is the fastest choice. Summer ferry reservations are highly recommended. The drive from Nanaimo to Port Hardy using the Inland Island highway is four hours.

Daily flights to Port Hardy from Vancouver International Airports South Terminal. Flight time is one hour.

offers flights from Calgary and Edmonton to Comox on Vancouver Island. Flight time is about an hour. The driving time from Comox to Port Hardy is three hours.

Port Hardy Accommodations

Port Hardy’s premier waterfront hotel. Located immediately adjacent to the marina.

A fine waterfront hotel only a few minutes from the marina.

Downtown, waterfront, quality B&B only five minutes from the marina and a short walk to all the amenities of Port Hardy.

The newest accommodation in Port Hardy. Ecoscape Waterview cabins offer quality west coast cedar styling with all the amenities of a home away from home.

Community operated campground in an old growth forest with all proceeds funding salmon and habitat enhancement projects. Five minutes to the marina.

Beautiful new waterfront Bed + Breakfast where we can pick you up right on their dock.

Activities

offers a number of local kayak trips for the novice to the experienced paddler. The Stories Beach area is a close by beautiful island group well worth exploring.

is one of the North Islands great experiences. Summer Orca populations in the Broughton Archipelago make this a must do North Island trip.

opened in the Spring of 2008. This connects the famed Cape Scott trail network with a number of beautiful remote North Island beaches. Rugged, but rivals that of Tofino’s West Coast.

Useful Information

is a new first class web site highlighting the many features and amenities found in Port Hardy

is a direct link to the local Port Hardy short and long term forecasts.

Buy your recreational fishing licence online. Easy to follow steps.

Top quality local processor offers, vacuum packing, freezing, and smoking services.