Tourism Victoria

Here is the official website for Tourism Victoria. It's a great place to start if you are interested in taking a weekend trip to Vancouver Island. Victoria is not a big city. You can do most of the highlights in a day or two and pretty much everything is within walking distance of the downtown core. The B.C. Provincial Museum is worth a look, as is a walk along the seawall in the summer when all of the street performers are out doing shows for the tourists.

http://www.tourismvictoria.com/

Here is another link to BC Ferries. This is the cheapest way to get to Vancouver Island -- it costs about $12.00 per person one-way. The ferry crossing takes about one and a half to two hours and is full of beautiful scenery. If you check this link out, you will see the scheduled ferry sailing times for the next little while.

http://www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/tssw-current.html