The M/V Coho is a passenger and vehicle ferry from Port Angeles, Washington to Victoria - it is then a very picturesque hour and a half drive from Victoria to Nanaimo
Regular (18 per day)ferry departures (car and passenger) from both Tswassen (nearest to the airport and the US border) to Duke Point, Nanaimo or from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to Departure Bay, Nanaimo.