VICTORIA, British Columbia -- A blue haze crowns the Olympic Mountains as the Victoria Clipper plies Puget Sound, heading from Seattle to Victoria, on the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It's a three-hour trip that is as ...

FRS Clipper is preparing an extra sailing to Seattle on Oct. 15 in case the Blue Jays and Mariners collide in the American League Championship Series (ALCS).

There’s more than one way to get from Seattle, Washington, to Victoria, British Columbia, but none quite like this. With the FRS Clipper, this round-trip journey pairs the thrill of a seaplane ride with the calm of a scenic ferry, making how you get ...

The Blue Jays and Mariners both led their best-of-five AL Division Series 2-1 heading into Wednesday’s fourth games, which were in progress at press time. The Blue Jays were playing the Yankees in New York and the Mariners were battling the Tigers in Detroit.

Wade Gamble and his young children were three of only about four passengers who said they were Canadian among more than 70 boarding the Clipper ferry from Seattle to Victoria, B.C., on June 5. Even then, this trip was Gamble’s exception, he said.

Things don’t always go as planned. We all know that’s life. It’s what happens after the unplanned event that usually matters the most. Last weekend my family hopped on a Victoria Clipper vessel for a whale watching cruise out of Seattle to Friday Harbor.