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Coast Ferry - Vancouver Island to Bella Coola
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The ferry route took us through many of the same channels as the
Alaska cruise ships.
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Highlight! 
The
only road out of Bella Coola and the Hill
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After a 16 hour ferry trip through some spectacular coastal
scenery, we arrived in Bella Coola. The only way out was to
return
on the ferry, or tackle the 22 kilometre, 20% grade hill.
Naturally, we chose the hill, but some of our fellow travellers,
after talking to some of the locals, decided to go back on the
ferry. The road goes through Tweedsmuir Provincial Park and ends
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British
Columbia, Vancouver Island and the lower mainland.
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Ferry
from Port Hardy (North end of Vancouver Island) to Bella
Coola, a 16 hour trip through some spectacular coastal scenery.
(whales, eagles).
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Across
the coastal mountain range to Williams Lake - 500 kilometres,
mostly gravel - this leg features climbing a 20 km long stretch
of narrow gravel road, with an 18% grade, no guard rails.
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From
Williams Lake through the Thomson and Fraser River canyons to
Vancouver - to pick up Elaine. Elaine spent a week with us on
the Island.
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then
the ferry home. We highly recommend this trip. Make sure your
vehicle is capable of making the hill. If you're not sure, do
the trip in reverse, but check your brakes.
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trip
stats: days: 8
distance: 1920 kilometres
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