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Duke Point ferry terminal

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experienced a hard landing upon arrival at Duke Point terminal. The terminal berth sustained significant damage and the vessel's port side doors were also damaged. The terminal required extensive repairs, requiring a closure of over four months, with all service re-routed through
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and saw its first sailings the following day. It has one berth, but was built to be easily expanded to have two additional berths in the future, as well as an additional 500 parking spaces, should demand require.
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The terminal was built in 1997 for $ 42 million (equivalent to $ 67.88 million in 2022) to divert commercial vehicle traffic away from BC Ferries'
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just south of Nanaimo's city centre via the Duke Point Highway. The highway cost $ 50 million (equivalent to 80.81 million in 2022) to build.
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in the heart of the city, thus easing traffic jams through Nanaimo's city centre. It was officially opened on 9 June 1997 by Premier
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Figures obtained for 2022 & 2023 from adding the passengers counted at Duke Point in each month of the
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In 2013, 42 percent of passengers travelling from Nanaimo to the mainland went through Duke Point.
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and is the only major terminal in the BC Ferries system without a public transit connection.
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instead of calendar years. The total passenger count at Duke Point for 2022 is 933 539.
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Duke Point Highway
Nanaimo
49°09′43″N 123°53′39″W / 49.1620032°N 123.8941355°W / 49.1620032; -123.8941355
BC Ferries
Tsawwassen
www.bcferries.com/travel-boarding/terminal-directions-parking-food/nanaimo-duke-point/DUK
BC Ferries
Strait of Georgia
Tsawwassen
Duke Point
Nanaimo
other main Nanaimo terminal
Glen Clark
Highway 19
Trans-Canada Highway
MV Coastal Inspiration
Departure Bay
Tsawwassen ferry terminal
Departure Bay ferry terminal
calendar year
fiscal years


"Plans, Reports, Policies and Other Resources"
"Nanaimo Regional Transit System map"
the original


"Duke Point Terminal Now Open"

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