Harbour Tour | Gorge Waterway Tour | Harbour Hops

Enjoy a 45-minute tour along the Gorge Waterway with a relaxing narration while you pass historic homes, shipyards, and a variety of sea life. Step back in time while you enjoy the views.

The Gorge Waterway Tour is a 45-minute marine adventure that takes you past the Selkirk Waterfront and deep into the Gorge Waterway. This is a part of Victoria that many visitors overlook. As a Harbour Ferry Passenger you'll discover a fascinating part of our history that you will never forget.

Your tour sets sail from Victoria's Inner Harbour and takes you past stately, historical buildings, a working shipyard, while cruising under bridges and railway trestles and past tranquil residential areas, to the world-famous "Reversing Falls" before returning to the Harbour.

Some sites you’ll pass along the way include:

Point Ellice House overlooks the waters of Victoria's scenic Gorge Waterway and is where the 'locals' go to enjoy High Tea. Just as British Navy officers and other guests could do over a hundred years ago, people are still dropped off at the dock!

Selkirk Waterfront is located at the north end of the Selkirk Trestle and was once a working sawmill. Today it is home to the Victoria Rowing Club, as well as being the site of newly developed waterside condominiums, town houses, office buildings and restaurants

Reversing Falls is a tidal phenomenon located at the narrowest point in the Gorge Waterway. During certain tides large volumes of water attempt to flow through a narrow, shallow opening, creating a "reversing falls" with a current of up to 6 knots (11 kilometers per hour/6.5 miles per hour) and up to 5.75 feet (1.75 meters) difference in the water level on either side. Harbour Ferry Skippers sometimes "nudge" their little boats into the falls, providing a bit of a "whitewater" thrill for passengers.

The Point Ellice (Bay Street) Bridge where, in 1896 a streetcar designed to carry 60 people was drastically overloaded with 142 passengers, causing the old wooden bridge to collapse under its weight. 55 people drowned in, what still stands as North America's worst streetcar accident.

The Galloping Goose Trail and the old Selkirk Railway Trestle was once an instrumental part of Victoria's lumber trade.

Halkett Island is the location of a Songhees Indian native burial ground.

Gorge swimming playground once had huge diving towers and locals spent hot summer days cavorting in the cool, clear waters of the Gorge Waterway.