Effective Jan. 23, the Gulf Islands Ferry Service will operate a two-stop system from the downtown Bradenton Riverwalk Pier to the Historic Bridge Street Pier on Anna Maria Island.

A map of the current Gulf Islands Ferry service route between Bradenton and Bradenton Beach. County officials have plans for expansion, including restoration of service to the northern end of Anna ...

How to Get Around: Take a BC Ferry from Vancouver Island or the mainland to bigger islands (Galiano, Mayne, Pender, Salt Spring, and Saturna), and a private boat or floatplane to smaller islands.

Several areas of Gulf Islands National Seashore will reopen beginning Saturday after being closed since Hurricane Sally made landfall on Sept. 16.