Day 28 · Planned
Victoria
Inner Harbour, Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria’s harbour and the next crossing
This day on the route
- Planned date
- The day
- Walking
- Planned walking
- 5.8 miles
Day 28: 5.8 planned walking miles to Victoria. The next day is the planned Awareness Day; the Port Angeles ferry follows on Day 30.
Route overview, not turn-by-turn directions.
The planned 5.8-mile stage reaches Victoria. The provincial capital marks the end of this island walking section, with an Awareness Day and another ferry still ahead.
Victoria’s city history records the establishment of Fort Victoria in 1843, incorporation in 1862 and its becoming British Columbia’s capital in 1868. The Inner Harbour and provincial government buildings give this end of the island section a clear geographical focus. The walk reaches a capital here before its later planned finish at Washington’s Capitol.
The next water crossing is the Black Ball Ferry Line’s M.V. Coho service between Victoria and Port Angeles. The operator describes a journey of about 90 minutes across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Coho made its first commercial sailing to Victoria in December 1959, giving the route a connection with a long-running passenger and vehicle service.
Day 28 carries 5.8 planned walking miles from Royal Oak. Day 29 remains in Victoria for an Awareness Day; Day 30 crosses to Washington and resumes walking east from Port Angeles. Victoria is therefore a substantial milestone within the loop, with the Olympic Peninsula, Hood Canal and Olympia still ahead in the plan.
Choose where you live
Continue to the official registry that serves you. It decides eligibility, handles registration and contacts you if you may match a patient.
Where in Canada?
Canada outside Québec — Canadian Blood Services
The Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry asks for people aged 17 to 35 in good general health. You answer eligibility questions online, complete a profile and sign a consent form; a cheek-swab kit arrives in the mail within one to three weeks for you to swab and return. If you live in Québec, you register with Héma-Québec instead. Canadian Blood Services makes the final eligibility decision.
Check the listed age range
Browse all official registry options
Eligibility rules can change. Confirm the current requirements with the official registry before joining.
Give to the Jada Bascom Foundation
Choose a symbolic amount or enter your own in Givebutter. Your donation supports JBF’s work wherever it is needed most.
Sponsoring a mile, a day or a stop is a way of describing a gift to the Jada Bascom Foundation. It does not purchase anything on the route.
$100.00 is a suggested amount. Confirm or change it in Givebutter.
Sources
Local history and background reading for this stop.
- Victoria’s past, present and future — checked Sep 5, 2026
- About Black Ball Ferry Line — checked Sep 5, 2026
