Tsawwassen (; from
North Straits Salish: or , meaning "facing the ocean") is a suburban, mostly residential community located on a
peninsula in the southwestern corner of the
Municipality of Delta,
British Columbia,
Canada. Tsawwassen provides the only road access to the community of
Point Roberts, Washington via 56th Street. It is also the location of
BC Ferries'
Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, built in 1959 to provide foot-passenger and
motor vehicle access from the
Lower Mainland to the southern part of
Vancouver Island and the Southern
Gulf Islands. Because Tsawwassen touches a shallow bank, the ferry terminal is built at the southwestern end of a 3 km-long causeway that juts out into the
Strait of Georgia. The ferry dock and causeway are part of
Highway 17.
Boundary Bay Airport, a major training hub for local and international pilots, in addition to providing local airplane and helicopter service, is located ten minutes away. The
Roberts Bank Superport is also located near Tsawwassen.