Bear Cove ferry terminal

Bear Cove is a northern Vancouver Island ferry port in British Columbia, Canada. The location on the Queen Charlotte Strait, near the district municipality of Port Hardy in the Regional District of Mount Waddington, provides connections to British Columbia's Central and Northern coasts. The tidal range of the Queen Charlotte Strait is normally between 2 and 6 metres (7–20 ft).^[2] The ferry terminal is the northern terminus of Highway 19.

Bear Cove
Ferry terminal
Bear Cove terminal seen from the sea.
General information
Location	6800 Highway 19, Port Hardy British Columbia Canada
Coordinates	50°43′31.6″N 127°27′21.9″W
Owned by	BC Ferries
Operated by	BC Ferries
Line(s)	Route 10–Prince Rupert Route 28–Central Coast Connector (direct summer service) Route 28A–Central Coast Connector
Construction
Parking	50
Other information
Station code	BEAR[1]
Website	www.bcferries.com/travel-boarding/terminal-directions-parking-food/port-hardy-bear-cove/PPH
History
Opened	May 1979
Passengers
2023	22 897[Note 1]  2.89%
Location

Construction

In 1979, the new $2.5M new terminal opened. The relocation from Kelsey Bay reduced the Prince Rupert run by four hours.^[3]

Routes

BC Ferries (British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.), the main provider of BC coastal ferry services, operates the following routes:

• Route 10 – Inside Passage: Port Hardy to Prince Rupert.
• Route 28 – Central Coast Connector (direct summer service): Port Hardy to Bella Coola.
• Route 28A – Central Coast Connector: Port Hardy to Bella Coola (with stops at Bella Bella, Shearwater, Klemtu, and Ocean Falls).^[4]

See also

• Inside Passage

Notes

1. Figures obtained for 2022 & 2023 from adding the passengers counted at Bear Cove in each month of the calendar year.^[1] The figures under "Total Prev Year" are not used because those denote fiscal years instead of calendar years. The total passenger count at Bear Cove for 2022 was 22 253.