ferry_terminals

Find B.C. ferry terminals from the province's Ferry Terminals layer on DataBC, read live: vehicle, passenger and inland (cable and reaction) ferries. Filter by name, town, type, or distance from a point. Returns the terminal's operator, berths, address, town, website and position. Geography only: NOT schedules, fares, sailings or live status.

Cost: 3 units of your allowance (see Rate limits).

ParametersCopy Anchor Link

• name (string, optional): min length 1, max length 60
• locality (string, optional): min length 1, max length 60
• type (Vehicle Ferry, Inland Ferry, Passenger Ferry, Inactive, optional)
• lat (number, optional): min 47.5, max 61
• lon (number, optional): min -140, max -113
• radius_km (number, optional): min 0.5, max 100
• limit (integer, optional): min 1, max 50, default 20

RESTCopy Anchor Link

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/v1/tools/ferry_terminals \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

MCPCopy Anchor Link

Call the tool ferry_terminals with these arguments. Over raw JSON-RPC:

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ferry_terminals","arguments":{}}}'

What comes backCopy Anchor Link

Every answer is the same envelope, over REST and over MCP: available, data, citations, freshness and notes. See Citations and freshness.