Important Update for Travellers: Due to COVID-19, BC Ferries is advising customers to avoid non-essential travel.We are not accepting any bookings for travel to Haida Gwaii at this time. Always check SERVICE NOTICES before planning your trip with BC Ferries. Surcharges may apply. Home to the Haida since time immemorial, the wild beauty of Haida Gwaii strikes a deep impression on visitors and residents alike. ... Haida Gwaii (Prince Rupert - Skidegate) Not many years ago, it was done by barge and freighter. BC Ferries has cut fares by an average of 15 per cent for all northern routes, and seniors can ride the Alliford Bay — Skidegate Landing ferry for free from Monday to Thursday (except holidays). Previously known as The Queen Charlotte Islands. Photos below show a Volkswagon Westphalia being loaded on a Northland Navigation Freighter, for an overnight trip. Hundreds of people from Haida Gwaii took part in a protest to greet any visitors arriving on BC Ferries on Monday, as fear of COVID-19 infection led to escalated enforcement of a visitor ban to the islands. The 12:30 p.m. sailing from Alliford Bay and the 1 p.m. sailing from Skidegate are being removed Karissa Gall, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter; Jun. BC Ferries has cut fares by an average of 15 per cent for all northern routes, and seniors can ride the Alliford Bay — Skidegate Landing ferry for free from Monday to Thursday (except holidays). Leaders on Haida Gwaii along with more than 60 locals rallied at checkpoints in Skidegate on Monday, April 27, 2020 to ask any visitors coming off of the ferry from Prince Rupert to return to the terminal immediately. Surcharges may apply ... View Haida Gwaii Escape at Haida House

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The protest marked heightened … View major route traffic conditions, web cams & real-time vessel tracking. COVID-19 Update >> Current Conditions. People arriving to Haida Gwaii via BC Ferries are subject to screenings at the entrance to HlGaagilda Skidegate, and at the boat ramp in Daajing Giids Queen Charlotte. There is also an inside-passage route offered which takes you from Port Hardy on Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert, where you then connect and transfer onto the ferry to Skidegate. (Haida Gwaii Observer file photo) BC Ferries removing some sailings between Skidegate and Alliford Bay . TRAVEL ADVISORY. British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. Current Conditions. So just to clarify, you are traveling from Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii?The car decks of the ferry are at water level and are sealed for your safety. Please do not travel to Haida Gwaii during the COVID-19 pandemic. BC Ferries provides year-round ferry service from Prince Rupert to Skidegate, Haida Gwaii. The trip takes about 8 hours, and reservations are required for both foot-passengers and people with vehicles. Check Before You Travel. “They are going to go back on that ferry. In conjunction with the Council of the Haida Nation and all of the island municipalities, we are asking visitors to refrain from coming to Haida Gwaii for non-essential travel. However, none of the 32 passengers who disembarked from the Northern Expedition vessel turned out to be non-essential visitors, according to the RCMP. For Mobile Devices; Metro Vancouver-Vancouver Island-Sunshine Coast; Southern Gulf Islands; Northern Gulf Islands; … The trip takes about 8 hours, and reservations are required for both foot-passengers and people with vehicles. Coastal Circle Tour 5 nights from $819 CAD + $36.64 GST. Haida Gwaii is a remote place with limited medical facilities. For trips between Haida Gwaii and Prince Rupert, islands residents will now pay a regular adult passenger fare of $32.90, down from $38.70. Officials in Haida Gwaii say they plan to tell visitors coming in on the ferry to go straight back in a bid to prevent the arrival of the novel coronavirus.