The Bowen Island Health Resource Guide produced by the Caring Circle describes the process whereby a patient can get a “medical assured loading letter.” This system is presently in place for travel on BC Ferries from the Horseshoe Bay Terminal. BC Ferries will issue the medical assured loading letter if requested to do so by a physician or hospital when a patient is compromised by waiting extended periods of time to travel. To get the letter a medical practitioner must email a request to [email protected]. This letter and the TAP form are then presented to the toll booth.
A marshalling area has been signed on the Bowen side for those patients with the BC Ferries medical assured loading letter, it is the yellow hatched area in front of the General Store. As it is illegal to park on the yellow hatched areas a dashboard card must be displayed in order to park there to wait for the ferry. To get the dashboard card please take your BC Ferries medical assured loading letter that BC Ferries has issued you to either the Bowen Island Municipal Hall or the Caring Circle.
To access the Bowen Island Health Resource Guide please go to the Caring Circle website www.caringcircle.ca
