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Alaska Ferry

next stop: Ketchikan, Alaska




355 Harris Ave.
(360) 676-8445

Location: in the Cruise Terminal
Hours: Monday, 10 am to 4:30 pm
Tue - Thur, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Friday, 8 am to 6 pm, when ferry departs
Summer, Tue is 8 am to 6 pm, when ferry departs


Ticket counter (360) 676-0212
System information (800) 642-0066


The ticket counter for booking passage to Alaska. The ferry takes 37 hours to the first stop, Ketchikan and 3 days to Skagway. It leaves every Friday at 6 pm year round, and Tuesdays at 6 pm during the summer. It returns from Alaska each Friday morning between about 7 or 8 am, depending on weather and tides.

Amtrak

daily trains to Seattle & Vancouver


401 Harris Ave.
(360) 734-8851

Location: next to the Cruise Terminal
Hours: Open variable hours depending on trains


Ticket counter for trains south to Seattle, Portland and Eugene or north to Vancouver, Canada.

As of December, 2009:
Trains leave daily for Vancouver, Canada at 9:49 am and 8:58 pm. The ride is about 2 hours and prices are generally below $20 one way.
Trains leave daily for Seattle at 8:35 am and 7:40 pm. The ride is about 2.5 hours and prices are generally below $25 one way.
Check the Amtrak website for additional bus services and latest schedules and fares. Reservations made online are often very good deals.

Greyhound Bus

multiple daily buses


401 Harris Ave.
(360) 733-5251

Location: next to the Cruise Terminal
Hours: Mon - Fri, 8 am to 6 pm
Sat & Sun, 8 am to 5 pm


Ticket counter for bus service to Seattle and Vancouver, Canada.

Victoria - San Juan Cruises


355 Harris Ave.
(360) 738-8099

Location: in the Cruise Terminal
Hours: Ticket counter summer hours:
Open 7:30 am to 8 pm every day

Email: tours@whales.com


Toll free number: (800) 443-4552
Ferry to Victoria leaves 9 am daily, arriving Victoria at 12 noon; departing at 5 pm and arriving back in Fairhaven at 8 pm. Every day of summer till Oct 2.

They also run the San Juan Island Commuter, which can take you to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island and also to Eliza, Sinclair, Blakely and Lopez islands.