Masset Airport, Masset, B.C.

Sandspit Airport, Sandspit, B.C.

A Maple Leaf tour leader, with a van, will meet you at the Masset Airport at the designated time for your trip.

The first day of your tour is a Land Day, which will include seeing the Masset area, Graham Island, and a visit to the Haida Heritage Centre at Qay'llnagaay (Sea Lion Town). It includes overnight accommodation and meals.

Flying to Masset
From Vancouver
Pacific Coastal Airlines
Regular daily flights from Vancouver International Airport to Masset.
www.pacific-coastal.com
Phone: 1-800-663-2872

From Prince Rupert
North Pacific Seaplanes
www.northpacificseaplanes.com
Phone: 1-800-689-4234
The flight is 45 minutes with a view of the many small coastal islands off Prince Rupert and of Rose Spit and North Beach on Haida Gwaii.

Flying to Sandspit, Then Driving to Masset (see note)
From Vancouver Daily flights from Vancouver International Airport to Sandspit in the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Air Canada
www.aircanada.com
Phone: 1-888-247-2262

Note: If you fly to Sandspit, you will need to either rent a car from the airport (reserve in advance) or hire a driver to take you north to Masset. This is about a two-and-a-half to three-hour drive, and includes a ferry crossing from Sandspit to Skidegate. We do not recommend you do this, unless you especially wish to spend extra time on the islands, outside of the Land Day included in the tour. The Islands are sparsley populated and do not have many services for transporting tourists.

The Queen Charlotte Islands can be accessed via an eight hour ferry ride to cross 93 nautical miles (from Prince Rupert to the Skidegate Landing Ferry Terminal on Graham Island). Once in Skidegate and on Graham Island, you will need to get yourself up to Masset on the north part of Graham Island, which is about a 2-hour drive.
B.C. Ferry Corporation
Phone: 1-888-BCFERRY
www.bcferries.bc.ca

Click Schedules then click Inside Passage/Queen Charlotte Islands, and be sure to choose the Queen Charlottes Winter/ Spring schedule. [This was the method of getting to the schedule at the time these instructions were written.]

Note - Due to ferry schedules, you may need to arrive several days before the trip and would need to stay in the Queen Charlotte Islands for those days. You must make ferry reservations well in advance. This route requires careful planning in order to make ferry schedules.

Masset
You will have land accommodation for your first day/night on the Maple Leaf trip, however if you wish to arrive in the islands earlier, please feel free to contact us for recommendations.