Headline history: Nanaimo Port Authority works on ‘passenger-only ferry’ in 2000

Nanaimo has a history of foot passenger ferry business ventures promising to shuttle residents to-and-from the Lower Mainland.
One such plan was reported in the Oct. 5, 2000 issue of the Nanaimo News Bulletin, where the Nanaimo Port Authority was working out details with Halcyon Transportation, a company based in Courtenay.
Bill Mills, port manager at the time, was quoted as saying talks were progressing “very positively,” with the subsequent three to four months a period that would