BC Ferries route 25 Port McNiell - Alert Bay - Sointula
Route 25: Port McNiell - Alert Bay - Sointula | |
Type of Route | Minor |
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Terminals | Alert Bay Port McNeill Sointula |
Vessel based out of Alert Bay | Island Aurora |
Refit replacement | Island K’ulut’a |
Sailing takes | 40 minutes between both Alert Bay & Port McNeill 30 minutes for directly between Alert Bay & Sointula 25 minutes Sointula & Port McNeill 60 minutes Port McNeill to Alert Bay via Sointula |
First and last sailing from Alert Bay | 6:40 am * 5:55 pm** 8:25 pm *** *Daily, direct sailing to Port McNeill on Monday to Saturday but adds a stop at Sointula on Sunday ** Daily last direct sailing to Port McNeill ***last sailing but stops at Sointula |
First and last sailing from Port McNeill | 8:40 am * 8:25 am ** 10:25*** 9:30pm **** *Daily to Alert Bay, Sointula via Alert Bay on Sundays only ** Monday to Saturday direct sailing Sointula *** Sunday first direct sailing to Sointula ****Daily to Alert Bay & Sointula |
First and last sailing from Sointula | 7:55 am * 7:20 am ** 9:00 pm *** *Monday to Saturday **Sunday ***Daily |
Route 20 is a ferry runs that is under contract and receives subsidy from Province of British Columbia to BC Ferries. This is minor route in BC Ferries route network.
Route Details
This route connects the Northern Gulf Island to Northern Vancouver Island.
Points of Interest
- Port McNeill
- Alert Bay
- Sointula
Number of sailing
- 5 direct sailing between all terminals daily excluding Sunday between Alert Bay or Sointula and Port McNeill
- 1 all stop sailing between Alert Bay to Port McNeill via Sointula in both directions Monday to Saturday
- 2 all stop sailing between Alert Bay to Port McNeill via Sointula in both directions Sundays
How to determine the vessel for the sailing?
The vessel switch between Alert Bay and Sointula on five direct sailing Monday to Saturday. On first sailing on Sunday and last sailing on each day the vessel will sailing between Alert Bay and Sointula which is only direct connection with each other.
History
This route was separated from the BC Ferries Kelsey Bay - Beaver Cove - Sointula - Alert Bay - Port McNeill - Port Alice with the Nimpkish by Ministry of Transportation Salt Water Ferries in 1973. In 1979 in order to keep with vehicles capacity of the route a 30 vehicles and 252 passengers per sailing vessel named Tenaka took over operations of the route. In 1985 the route was transferred back to BC Ferries but due Island Highway being extended to Port Hardy it was not merged back on original route due its cancellation. In order to keep with over-height capacity on route the Quadra Queen II was placed on route in 1991. In June of 2020 a brand new vessel Island Aurora which increase capacity to 47 vehicles and 300 passengers per sailing took over operations of the route.
Future
Electrification of the vessel on route.
What is 25u?
It is passengers only variant of route, which will do school day runs from Monday to Friday sailing for students, which are operated by Western Pacific Marine Ltd. Spirit of Yalis under contract to BC Ferries.