Does anyone know a ferry that goes from Victoria to Seattle? BESIDES THE CLIPPER!?

Question

my family is planning a trip where we go to victoria BC and then go to seattle WA. i'm having lots of trouble finding a site. we need a ferry that takes cars with it as well.

i found this site...

http://www.cohoferry.com/index.htm

however, i don't get it. it seems like after you take the ferry to port angeles they just leave you there...and you have to go to seattle by plane! but since we have a car we can't do that.

ps: it doesn't matter if the ferry stops at a place NEAR seattle

Answer 1

the COHO is the best, i take that when i goto Sea-town

Answer 2

The Victoria Clipper has a monopoly on service directly into Seattle and does not carry autos. The choices for automobiles are:

Washington State Ferries to Anacortes from Sidney, BC (about 1/2 hour drive north of Victoria) to Anacortes. Anacortes ferry terminal is a little less than 100 miles from Seattle and is about a 2 hour drive.

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries

British Columbia ferries to Tsawwassen  or Horsehoe Bay from Swartz Bay (about 45 minutes north of Victoria) or Nanaimo (more than an hour from Victoria). If you are not planning to visit Vancouver, then Tsawwassen is  the closest terminal to the US border. It is about 20 miles from the border, then it is a bit more than 100 miles into Seattle. Allow at least 4 hours for the drive, more on weekends, as crossing the border can be very slow.

http://www.bcferries.com

Finally Black Ball goes to Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula from Victoria itself. Once at Port Angeles, it is a long drive to Seattle requiring a toll bridge and yet another ferry crossing, the Washington state ferry to Seattle from Bainbridge (or from Kingston to Edmonds). A great trip but a little expensive and time consuming, plan for a whole day.

http://www.cohoferry.com

The fastest route from Victoria to Seattle is usually BC Ferries to Tsawwassen from Swartz Bay as they have the most boats and most frequent schedules. Washington State ferries and Coho only run a single boat and have only a few sailings each day.

If you plan to make the trip in the summer, especially on a weekend day, MAKE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS for any of the routes!

Answer 3

Unfortunately there is no ferry that goes from here (Vic) to Seattle that takes cars. If you have to take a car, you have two options.

#1-Take the Coho Ferry from downtown Vic to Port Angeles. You can then drive to Seattle (believe it's at least three hours), there is a ferry that crosses over the inlet but I'm not sure what it's called, or whether it's foot only or car passenger.

#2-Take the ferry from Swartz Bay (in Sidney, near Victoria) to Vancouver, and then drive down to Seattle. I think that the Coho is probably cheaper than BC Ferries, but I could be wrong.

Good luck and have a great visit!!