Chaos at BC Ferries Horseshoe Bay Terminal as traffic backed up onto Highway 1 – BC [Video]

BC Ferries says vehicle sailings from the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal to Departure Bay are all full, as of 1 p.m. on Friday.

The organization says people with reservations and foot passengers can still go to the Horseshoe Bay Terminal but anyone without a reservation should stay away.

West Vancouver police are also warning people to stay away as Highway 1 approaching Horseshoe Bay is heavily backed up due to Whistler traffic, along with ferry traffic.

BC Ferries said that the congestion on Highway 1 was compounded by a surge in Whistler-bound traffic and a broken-down commercial vehicle blocking a lane on the Upper Levels.

“This morning what happened was so many people had showed up without reservations that the people that did have reservations ended up further back in the queue and our teams on the ground did as much as they could do because of the lineups and …