dave2
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Deckhand!: Todo: Introduction post (I was born less than 100 feet from the ocean. The tide was...)
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Post by dave2 on Jan 24, 2019 22:16:31 GMT -8
That was a good question, and it was a good, concise answer as well. The growth of BC Ferries (# of passengers, # of vehicles moved, # of ships, etc) during its first three decades was astonishing. Could anyone in 1960 possibly have foreseen what was to come?
Fourteen ferries put in service in the first six years! |
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 27, 2019 16:28:38 GMT -8
The growth of BC Ferries (# of passengers, # of vehicles moved, # of ships, etc) during its first three decades was astonishing. Could anyone in 1960 possibly have foreseen what was to come?
Fourteen ferries put in service in the first six years! Not to mention a number of smaller vessels built for what was then the salt water fleet of BC Highways, vessels and routes that became part of BC Ferries in 1985.
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Post by hullnumbers on Feb 1, 2019 10:53:59 GMT -8
Does anyone here know if there's a photo of a BC Ferries vessel with a BC Coast Steamship vessel together? That would be a big treasure piece showing predecessor to successor. If there is one can you share it?
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Post by coastal memories on Apr 22, 2019 12:42:18 GMT -8
I been re-looking at the Departure Bay Terminal history and the ferries that docked there. On the Geocities BC Ferries and Westcoastferries Terminal page it said it began 1951, but there is info of the Kahloke renamed Langdale Queen and put in service in 1953. Did the Kahloke start the Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay route in 1951 or 1953? From what I have read, the Departure/Horseshoe route was started in 1953. (1951 was when the Horseshoe/Gibsons route was started with Quillayute) Fun Fact: Langdale Queen was originally going to be "Gibsons Queen" but Premier WAC Bennett did not want to hear jokes about his Liberal rival, Gordon Gibson. |
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dave2
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Post by dave2 on Apr 22, 2019 22:21:01 GMT -8
From what I have read, the Departure/Horseshoe route was started in 1953. (1951 was when the Horseshoe/Gibsons route was started with Quillayute) Fun Fact: Langdale Queen was originally going to be "Gibsons Queen" but Premier WAC Bennett did not want to hear jokes about his Liberal rival, Gordon Gibson. I've heard the story, but it was a different Gordon Gibson, a Social Credit MLA who won a byelection in Delta in 1957. In 1960 he ran as an Independent and lost. Apparently there was some sort of accusation of... well, who knows for sure? |
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