Buckley Bay is a geographical location on the east coast of Vancouver Island, located between Union Bay to the north and Fanny Bay to the south. It is the departure point for the Denman Island ferry, accessible from both the Old Island Highway (19A) and the newer Inland Island Highway (19). Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington State by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ... Union Bay is a small community approximately 15 kilometers south of Courtenay,BC the largest city in the Comox Valley. ... Denman Island is a Northern Gulf Island in the Comox Valley of British Columbia, Canada, with a small community of approximatly 1000 residents. ... British Columbia provincial highway 19A, known locally as the Oceanside Route, is composed of the original 1953 alignments of Highway 19 within Nanaimo and between Craigs Crossing and Campbell River. ... British Columbia provincial highway 19, known locally as the Island Highway, is the main north-south thoroughfare on Vancouver Island north of Nanaimo. ...