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FROM SEATTLE

By float plane
Kenmore Air has daily scheduled flights to Ganges Harbour on Salt Spring Island. Kenmore is located on Lake Union about 30 minutes from the International Airport. To check dates and flight times click here. Note: Luggage on scheduled flights is limited to 25 lbs. per person. Check with airline if you have additional luggage.
By car and float plane
Drive north on I-5 toward Vancouver. The drive time is approximately 3 hours provided there are no long waits at the Border. Once you have crossed into Canada, follow the Highway 99 signs to the Vancouver Airport South Terminal. There are three float plane companies -- Harbour Air, SeAir, and Salt Spring Air, all with scheduled flights to Ganges on Salt Spring three times a day, or charters are also available. Flight time is approximately 20-30 minutes. Note: Luggage on scheduled flights is limited to 25 lbs. per person, except SeAir (35 lbs.) Check with airline if you have additional luggage.

By car and ferry
Drive north on I-5 toward Vancouver. The drive time is approximately 3 hours provided there are no long waits at the Border. Once you have crossed into Canada you will want to follow the Highway 99 signs to Tsawwassen and the BC Ferries Terminal. Reservations can be made on the BC Ferries website, www.bcferries.com. You will have two choices for reaching Salt Spring Island:
1. The Gulf Island Ferry - this ferry will make several stops at some of the other Gulf Islands. The last stop is Long Harbour on Salt Spring Island. From this terminal you are about a 7 minute drive to Hastings House. These trips will vary in sailing time depending on the number of stops the ferry is scheduled to make. Our advise is to sit back and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Reservations required.
2. Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay Ferry - this is a larger ship that sails between the mainland and Vancouver Island, Swartz Bay. The sailing time is one hour and thirty minutes. Depending on the time of year you are traveling there will be a departure every hour or every two hours.
Reservations available.
Swartz Bay to Fulford Harbour - this is a small ship sailing from Vancouver Island to Salt Spring Island. The departure times from Swartz Bay are every two hours on the odd hour. The sailing time is 35 minutes.
You cannot make a reservation on this ferry, it operates on a first come first serve basis.
Once you arrive at Fulford Harbour on Salt Spring Island you will drive north on the Island about 20 minutes, and through the village of Ganges. Just past the village, with the Harbour on your right you will see Upper Ganges Road where you will turn right. Hastings House is on your right about a mile down this road.