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The BC Ferry M/V Queen of Saanich makes a slow but steady attempt at departing Tsawwassen Terminal's Berth 5 on the mainland, headed for Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. The Queen of Vancouver is at Berth 4, tied-up and out of service.
BC Ferry Services' Spirit of British Columbia, delayed by 4 hours, attemps to leave Tsawwassen Terminal near Vancouver.
BC Ferry Services' Spirit of British Columbia, delayed by 4 hours, attemps to leave Tsawwassen Terminal near Vancouver.
Leaving Tsawwassen terminal on the mainland, bound for Swartz bay on Vancouver Island
BC Ferry Sonia arriving at Esquimalt near Victoria from Greece before being converted and renamed Northern Adventure. Taking 2 years to build in Greece and touted as only being 2 years old, based on the launch date, the M.V. Sonia had only sailed the warmer waters of the Mediterranean and Caribbean before being bought by BCFS to fill the void left by the sinking of the Queen of the North. The powers that be will tell you that the M.V. Sonia is the replacement for the Queen of the North, while the fact remains that she is destined to actually replace the Queen of Prince Rupert between Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii / the Queen Charlotte Islands. Despite winning a provincial election partly based on the promise of 3 newly built vessels to replace the current ageing northern fleet, the "Liberal" party of BC used the opportunity of the sinking of our former flagship, the Queen of the North, to pawn off this, although not undesirable, former 'party boat' built by a Greek shipyard with a checkered past.
Only a handful of these relics of the past are still operating in the province
Well after BC Ferry Services' Spirit of British Columbia, delayed by 4 hours, attempted to leave Tsawwassen Terminal near Vancouver, the tide is still quite high.
BC Ferry Services Spirit of British Columbia, the main vessel to Swartz Bay / Victoria, holds at Tsawwassen Terminal near Vancouver
VIA Rail's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (Victoria - Courtenay, BC) 'Malahat' passenger service utilizing RDC self-propelled dayliner cars, 1 in the off-season
BC Ferry Sonia arriving at Esquimalt near Victoria from Greece before being converted and renamed Northern Adventure. Taking 2 years to build in Greece and touted as only being 2 years old, based on the launch date, the M.V. Sonia had only sailed the warmer waters of the Mediterranean and Caribbean before being bought by BCFS to fill the void left by the sinking of the Queen of the North. The powers that be will tell you that the M.V. Sonia is the replacement for the Queen of the North, while the fact remains that she is destined to actually replace the Queen of Prince Rupert between Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii / the Queen Charlotte Islands. Despite winning a provincial election partly based on the promise of 3 newly built vessels to replace the current ageing northern fleet, the "Liberal" party of BC used the opportunity of the sinking of our former flagship, the Queen of the North, to pawn off this, although not undesirable, former 'party boat' built by a Greek shipyard with a checkered past.
The BC Ferry M/V Queen of Saanich makes a slow but steady attempt at departing Tsawwassen Terminal's Berth 5 on the mainland, headed for Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. The Queen of Vancouver is at Berth 4, tied-up and out of service.
VIA Rail's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (Victoria - Courtenay, BC) 'Malahat' passenger service utilizing RDC self-propelled dayliner cars, 1 in the off-season
soon after the launching of the new BC Ferry 'Coastal Renaissance' in Germany at Flensburger Schiffbau
Queen of Nanaimo arrives from the Southern Gulf Islands as the Spirit of Vancouver Island departs Tsawwassen Terminal bound for Swartz Bay / Victoria
STC(Surrey) D40LF getting un-stuck
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.'s Queen of Saanich departs Tsawwassen Terminal near Vancouver on her way to Swartz Bay near Victoria on Vancouver Island
Out of service, BC Ferries' 1963-built vessel is tied up at British Columbia Ferries Services' (BCFS) Nanaimo terminal at Departure Bay.
VIA Rail's Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway (Victoria - Courtenay, BC) 'Malahat' passenger service utilizing RDC self-propelled dayliner cars, 1 in the off-season
Arriving at Sturdies Bay, Galiano Island, on the edges of both Active Pass and the Strait of Georgia, aboard the Queen of Tsawwassen. The venerable Queen of Tsawwassen was built in 1960 and is the only one of the two first BC Ferries still in service, the other being the Queen of Sidney, currently languising on the north bank of the Fraser River at Silverdale west of Mission.
Leaving Tsawwassen terminal on the mainland, bound for Swartz bay on Vancouver Island
An officer on the bridge welcomes the travelling public aboard the Spirit of Vancvouver Island while backing away from Tsawwassen Terminal
Drills being performed at Tsawwassen terminal
Her first arrival of the day at Tsawwassen from Long Harbour, Salt Spring Island.
Although sitting languishing on the northern bank of the Fraser River near Mission, the old Shatt gravity davits still work going down and up.
One of Victoria Regional Transit System's new Canadian-built Novabus Nova LFS low floor transit buses heading for Royal Roads University.
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