Island Highway
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The Island Highway is a large J-shaped series of highways that follows much of the coastline of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
While the Island Highway has no officially designated starting point, it is understood to begin at the BC Ferries dock in Port Hardy as Highway 19. The highway continues southbound as Highway 19 until it reaches the northern end of Campbell River, at the intersection of Highway 19 and Highway 19A. At this point, Highway 19A becomes the Island Highway, and runs south through Courtenay, Union Bay, Fanny Bay, and Qualicum Beach until it reaches Parksville (this section of the highway is often referred to as the Oceanside Route).
At the southern tip of Parksville, the Island Highway rejoins Highway 19 and continues south to Nanaimo, where it meets Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway. The highway continues through Duncan, Ladysmith, and several other communities before manoeuvring through the beautiful Malahat district.
It is at the end of this district, in the city of Langford, that the highway changes to Highway 14 and turns northward toward the city of Sooke. After Sooke, the road twists and turns through the mountains past River Jordan to its final destination, Port Renfrew.
