Buckley Bay is a geographical location on the east coast of
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest by ...
, located between
Union Bay to the north and
Fanny Bay to the south. It is the departure point for the
BC Ferries
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., operating as BC Ferries (BCF), is a former provincial Crown corporation, now operating as an independently managed, publicly owned Canadian company. BC Ferries provides all major passenger and vehicle ferr ...
crossing of
Baynes Sound
Baynes Sound is the channel between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The sound is a narrow western offshoot of the Strait of Georgia that separates Vancouver Island from the mainland of British Columbia. The area is act ...
to
Denman Island
Denman Island, or Sla-dai-aich (Taystayic), its Indigenous name, is one of the Northern Gulf Islands and part of the Comox Valley Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member of the Islands Trust group of islands and is home ...
and on to
Hornby Island
Hornby Island of British Columbia, Canada, is one of the two northernmost Gulf Islands, located near Vancouver Island's Comox Valley, the other being Denman Island.
A small community of 1,016 residents (as of the 2016 census), Hornby is home to ...
. Buckley Bay is accessible from both the Old Island Highway (
19A) and from Exit 101 on the newer Inland Island Highway (
19). The
Island Rail Corridor
The Island Rail Corridor, previously the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (E&N Railway), is a railway operation on Vancouver Island and is the only remaining railway on Vancouver Island after the closure of the Englewood Railway in November 2017. ...
also passes through Buckley Bay at Mile 126.2 of the Victoria Subdivision. The area has a population of 173, according to the 2006 Census.
Populated places in the Comox Valley Regional District
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Designated places in British Columbia
Mid Vancouver Island
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