Travel
The Brentwood campus is located in Mill Bay, a beautiful oceanside community on Vancouver Island, BC. It is approximately a one-hour drive from four major ferry terminals and airports located in Nanaimo and Victoria. There are a number of scenic ways to travel here.
Unaccompanied Student Travel
The management of travel plans is imperative for the safety of our students. Brentwood’s travel system in MySchool requires parents/guardians to log into the Parent Portal throughout the year to provide details regarding their child's travel.
Details should include departure, arrival times, flight, and/or ferry information, and will allow our houseparents and operations team to ensure the safe arrival to and departure from our Vancouver Island points of entry.
Students traveling as unaccompanied minors will require a Brentwood staff member to assume responsibility for them at the airport. The staff member is required to stay and wait at the airport until the plane has taken off. There is an additional hourly cost of $25 per hour for this service.
Please continue here for more details specifically regarding student travel.
How to Get Here
Brentwood College School
2735 Mount Baker Road
Mill Bay, BC, Canada VOR 2P1
250.743.5521
By Air
From YVR - Vancouver International Airport, you have the option to:
Connect your final flight to Victoria International or Nanaimo Airports
Travel from YVR, or downtown Vancouver Harbour if you are planning a stay on the mainland, via HeliJet helicopter or Harbour Air seaplane
By prior arrangement with the school, land a chartered or private seaplane (or moor a private boat) at the Brentwood dock
By Ferry
Depending on where you are travelling from, there are several ferry options:
BC Ferries offers the following sailing routes. Please note it requires approximately five hours of travel time from the Vancouver airport to campus using this method
Tsawwassen (Greater Vancouver) to Swartz Bay (Victoria)
Tsawwassen (Greater Vancouver) to Duke Point (Nanaimo)
Horseshoe Bay (West Vancouver) to Departure Bay (Nanaimo)
Reservations can be made for these routes and are highly recommended when traveling via vehicle to minimize the possibility of sailing waits. Please note you must arrive no later than 30 minutes before your scheduled sailing or your reservation will not be valid. Check-in opens 60 minutes prior to scheduled departure at the Tsawwassen terminal, and 120 minutes prior to scheduled departure at the Horseshoe Bay terminal.
From Anacortes / San Juan Islands, WA: Washington State DOT
From Port Angeles, WA: Coho Ferry
From Seattle, WA: Victoria Clipper
Finding Your Way Around Campus
A 77-acre property with over one kilometer of oceanfront may require a little help to navigate.
