Travelling times between local communities
- Cortes Island - 10 minute by ferry, 15 minutes by car along paved highway, then another 45 minutes by ferry
- Discovery Islands and the BC Coast - various
- Gold River - 1.5 hours by car along paved highway (Hwy. 28 West)
- Oyster River - 20 minutes by car along paved highway (Hwy. 19A South)
- Quadra Island - 10 minutes by ferry * Sayward - 1 hour by car along paved highway (Hwy. 19 North)
- Strathcona Park - 45 minutes by car along paved highway (Hwy. 28 West)
- Tahsis - 3 hours in total; 1.5 hours by car along paved highway (Hwy. 28 West) to Gold River, then 1.5 hours along gravel road
- Zeballos - 2.5 hours in total; 1.5 hours by car along paved highway (Hwy. 19 North), then 1 hour along a gravel road