Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Drumbeg Provincial Park
Practicalities
For a romantic bed-and-breakfast accommodation,
Marina's Hideaway
(943 Canso Dr.,
250/247-8854 or 888/208-9850,
www.marinashideaway.com
,
$179 s or d), overlooking
Northumberland Channel, is an excellent choice. Each of the two spacious guest rooms in
this magnificent waterfront home has a king-size bed, gas fireplace, private entrance, and
balcony.
Basic services are available less than 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) uphill from the ferry ter-
minal on North Road. Here you'll find gas, groceries, and
Mad Rona's Coffee Bar
(500
North Rd., 250/247-0008, 7am-5:30pm daily, $8-12), a modern café which opens to land-
scaped gardens.
Gabriola Island Visitor Centre
(377 Berry Point Rd., 250/247-9332,
www.gabriolaisland.org
,
10am-6pm daily July-Aug., Fri-Sun. only in spring and fall) is
north of ferry terminal, near the turnoff to Gabriola Sands Provincial Park.
BC Ferries
(250/386-3431) schedules 15 sailings daily between the terminal off Front
Street in Nanaimo (downtown, across from Harbour Park Mall) and Gabriola Island. The
