Airplanes Victoria:
Flights into Victoria International airport then 30 minute drive to the Cowichan.

Nanaimo: Flights to Nanaimo airport then 15 minute drive to the Cowichan.

Maple Bay: Daily flights by seaplane from Maple Bay to Downtown Vancouver.
(15 minutes)

Ferries:
Regular schedule sailings (1.5 hrs) with two routes Horseshoe Bay
<---> Nanaimo and Tswassen
<---> Victoria.

Also ferries between Mill Bay and Sannich and Crofton and Saltspring Island.