If your time is worth anything to you, then consider using Pacific Seaplanes to quickly get you anywhere on Vancouver Island or the Gulf Islands. Instead of spending at least six hours driving and ferrying from Vancouver to Port Alberni, it was an hour's drive to the airport and then a 35-minute flight from the Seaplane Terminal (at YVR) to the Harbour Quay (in PA).
Our pilot Randy was great. The flight was smooth and quick. I even streamed the flights on Periscope.TV since we were flying low enough to get great LTE cell reception throughout our short time in the air.
It was alternative I stumbled across trying to figure out a faster route to our island destination. My colleague and I were certainly happy we discovered this 'as the crow flies shortcut' to Port Alberni.
My only disappointment was not seeing any sea life in the Strait of Georgia - it would have fantastic to observe a pod of killer whales or dolphins swimming below in the ocean - but maybe next time. read more