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Self-guided museum visit

Maritime Heritage Centre15 hr 1 min by bus · 223.1 km
✓ Fits your group
A two storey blue and grey building with a lighthouse shaped tower at one end, seen across an empty paved parking lot.
Cost
$5 a child
$80 for 16 children
Children under 5 are free. No group rate is published for a drop in visit.
Ages & size
Ages not published
Capacity not published
Duration
Length not published
Year round
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Book by
Not published
Fieldy handles all communication and booking for you.

What it actually looks like

Photos from Maritime Heritage Centre's website
Our note
Under fives are free and the rest is $5 a head, so a small group can do this cheaply on a drop in. If you have a whole class, the $60 school program adds a guided boat tour and a scavenger hunt for less than paying per child.

What the children do

The museum is open to drop in visitors at $8 for adults and $5 for children and seniors, with children under five free. Interactive stations include a knot board, a bridge simulator, a magnetic signal flag board and a lighthouse light, alongside the BCP 45 and the display galleries. No group rate is published for a visit that is not the school program, and no group booking route is given for one.

Try the knots on the knot board, take the seat at the bridge simulator and steer a ship, spell out messages with magnetic signal flags, and see the lighthouse light working up close.

Good to know

Open Tuesday to Friday until 4:30 and Saturday until 2:00, at $8 for adults and $5 for children, with under fives free. Washrooms, a lunch space and coach parking are not stated, so it is worth a call.

Sources disagree. Their contact page and the bottom of every page give different opening days. One has them open seven days a week, the other only Tuesday to Saturday. We show the shorter set. Worth checking when you book, especially for a Monday.
Sources disagree. Two of their pages give different Christmas closing dates. One says December 21 to January 5, the other December 23 to January 6. Assume the longer closure and check before you plan a December visit.
Washrooms
Needs confirmation
Lunch space
Needs confirmation
Rain backup
Needs confirmation
Strollers
Needs confirmation
Wheelchair access
Needs confirmation
Bus parking
Needs confirmation
Nearby park
Needs confirmation

Getting there

621 Island Highway, Campbell River, BC, V9W 0B7

On foot
48 hr 30 min
too far with this group
By bus
15 hr 1 min
includes a 9 min wait
Driving
7 hr 2 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

Details checked on 2026-09-07 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-286-3161