The possibilities for further extension of the steamer services to the north had also been explored in the past.
The steamer services were affected by the war.
After steamer services discontinued in 1966 the remaining pleasure pier also began to fall into disrepair.
With her departure the upper Fraser River would be without steamer service until 1906.
A steamer service ran four times per week between there and Calcutta.
A paved road leading south to Vancouver was completed in 1954 and coastal steamer service ended two years later.
An irregular steamer service from Garden Reach is also present.
A steamer service from Victoria was the major link for goods and people before the coming of the railway.
Tourism blossomed with the arrival of the first regular steamer service to Cleveland in 1864.
As a consequence, access to the area has primarily been by road although in earlier times there was a regular steamer service to Newport.