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Cormorant Marine Water Taxi

Travel with someone who knows these waters. We've been exploring Howe Sound since 1978. Our home port is Snug Cove on Bowen Island, BC. Points of departure throughout Howe Sound include:

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  • Horseshoe Bay

  • Sunset Marina

  • Lions Bay

  • Gibsons

  • and of course, Snug Cove on Bowen Island

Service Area

Our five water taxis provide both scheduled and charter service throughout the area as well as BC Ambulance service with the Bowen Responder (see our fleet). We operate year round with a capacity of 1 to 100 passengers.

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Transport is provided to:

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  • Recreational properties

  • Church camps

  • Island residents

  • Construction crews and freight

  • Film Production

  • Weddings

  • Hikers

  • Tours

  • Emergency and essential services:

    • Personal

    • Ambulance

    • B C  Hydro

    • Coast  Guard
      (Auxiliary Member since 1980)

    • RCMP

    • Bowen Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue

    • Marine Assistance

 

When you call to reserve, other schedule options may be suggested. Quite often there will be additional departures on weekdays as well as weekends.

Gambier Island Sea Ranch Service

Online Booking is available for scheduled runs between Horseshoe Bay / Sunset Marina and the Sea Ranch / Artaban and intermediate docks.   All other bookings and charters please call our dispatch on (604) 250-2630

Throughout the year we provide service on these routes:

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  • Bowen Island

  • Anvil Island

  • Horseshoe Bay

  • Sunset Marina

  • Bowyer Island

  • Gambier Island

  • Keats Island

  • Pasley Island

  • Sunshine Coast

  • and much more

The Cormorant docket at McNab Creek
The Apodaca returning home Snug Cove, Bowen Island
The Kinbasket Queen out on an adventure Gambier Island, BC


HORSESHOE BAY TO BOWEN ISLAND
SCHEDULED RUNS SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
CHARTERS CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE

This affects the Bowen Island Water Taxi scheduled late night service and commuter runs between Horseshoe Bay and Bowen Island

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We appreciate your patience and understanding during this service interruption.

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604-250-2630  |  cormorantmarine@telus.net

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Cargo Policy

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For scheduled trips, when you travel with Cormorant Marine consider luggage limitations on our boats. Guidance: if you can carry it in-one-go; we can too. We charge extra for excess baggage per person over and above personal goods and luggage.. Payment for this will be collected when loading at the pick-up locations by cash or credit card. Items considered “excessive and over-sized” and not personal luggage include: freight, all fuels, building materials, gardening materials, machinery and furniture etc. These must be discussed with dispatch prior to booking. For booking freight transportation please contact; Operations Manager Mike Laudrum directly at 604-250-2630.

 

For chartered trips, please discuss your cargo needs with our dispatch. 

Cancellations & Rebookings

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For scheduled trips, you can rebook your reservation online 2 hours prior to the trip. Log on and go to My Bookings. You can only rebook to another online scheduled trip; the online booking can't be applied to a charter. If you can't rebook and you need to cancel, please note, refunds currently take 5 to 10 days for our processing service and the refund is subject to an 8% non-refundable booking fee. If possible, reschedule your trip to an available sailing. No partial cancellations or partial rebookings are possible!

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For chartered trips, please liaise with our dispatch 4 hours before departure. Charges may apply.

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