English Bay Launch is a privately owned and operated
water taxi
A water taxi or a water bus is a watercraft used to provide public or private transport, usually, but not always, in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or o ...
service in the
Lower Mainland,
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, which replaced
Granville Island Water Taxi Services in the Fall of 2009.
["New owners refloat Granville Island water taxi service"](_blank)
''Bowen Island Undercurrent'', October 29, 2009. It is one of three
Tourism BC website, Accessed January 13, 2010. water taxi services connecting
Bowen Island
Bowen Island (originally Nex̱wlélex̱m in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), British Columbia, is an island municipality that is part of Metro Vancouver. Bowen Island is within the jurisdiction of the Islands Trust. Located in Howe Sound, it is approximat ...
to
Vancouver
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with regularly scheduled service.
"Hunt for treasure at Sun Peaks"
''Vancouver Sun
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'', June 19, 2010 It also offers on demand charter services around the greater Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. Th ...
area. It operates an enclosed 27-foot Eagle Craft vessel named The Eagle 14.
Stops
Regularly scheduled routes operated between stops at the following locations:
*Granville Island
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge. The penins ...
*Coal Harbour
Coal Harbour is the name for a section of Burrard Inlet lying between Vancouver's Downtown Peninsula and the Brockton Point of Stanley Park. It has also now become the name of the neighbourhood adjacent to its southern shoreline.
Neighbour ...
* Snug Cove
See also
* Aquabus
The Aquabus, also known as, Aquabus Ferries Ltd., is a privately owned and operated ferry service that provides commuter and sightseeing servicesParton, Nicole. "Battle of the ferries is a False Creek epic", ''Vancouver Sun'', May 12, 1988, Page ...
- operates passenger ferries from Granville Island
* False Creek Ferries
False Creek Ferries, a division of Granville Island Ferries Ltd, is a privately owned and operated ferry service that operates on False Creek near downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The False Creek Ferry fleet has grown from the four ...
- operates passenger ferries from Granville Island
References
External links
English Bay Launch
Transport in Greater Vancouver
Tourism in Vancouver
Ferries of British Columbia
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