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Post by WettCoast on Jul 7, 2009 21:42:20 GMT -8
That photo was taken about 400 metres north of the BCFS Rupert (Fairview) terminal. You can get there by following the CN tracks toward 'down town'. Be aware that trains do use that stretch of track and watch and listen very carefully when on CN property. In other words leave your Ipod behind!
Also, this vessel is doing regular service from Rupert to a small First Nations village to the north called Port Simpson. So it is often out & about and you might not see it. My photo shows it at the place they tie it up over night. It actually uses a docking facility just south of the BCFS terminal. It may be the same one used by the Rupert air port ferry.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Aug 16, 2009 22:29:42 GMT -8
Anyone know the schedule for this summer??? Does she run on Mondays?
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Aug 19, 2009 15:07:52 GMT -8
The Nicola's schedule is Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Sailing times are on their website. Just look up Lax Kwalaams (Spelling?) native band, and the schedule is on their homepage. And you do not have to reserve if you're not taking a vehicle. Just show up 20 minutes early for the sailing.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 3, 2009 10:55:54 GMT -8
i created an article on the Nikki on Wikipedia last night.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 29, 2009 14:19:37 GMT -8
A long-delayed posting of 'Nicola' pics: From Prince Rupert: (dates on photos)
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 29, 2009 14:22:09 GMT -8
Nicola, Nimpkish, and Albert J. Savoie all have the same hull and superstructure. The Savoie is named for the Hornby Island family who ran the ferry service prior to Highways taking it over. I thought the Savoie has more interior space than the other two, since Rainy Bay logging uses it as sleeping quarters
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 3, 2009 14:30:22 GMT -8
And as a "postscript", here's a photo of her at the Nanaimo Shipyard today:
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 3, 2009 14:35:02 GMT -8
Nicola - 5 April 2007 - Prince Rupert waterfrontJST photo ©
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Post by Ferryman on Dec 18, 2009 19:18:34 GMT -8
Sounds like the Nicola gets a fancy new dock in Prince Rupert as well. Good to hear about upgrades such as this one up there. www.cftktv.com/news/565/1040172
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 18, 2009 20:36:55 GMT -8
Here are a couple of photos of the Nicola taken this past May 9th in Prince Rupert Harbour... Later that same day, posing with the new girl... both photos by JST ©
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Dec 18, 2009 21:05:00 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Dec 19, 2009 9:57:04 GMT -8
Sounds like the Nicola gets a fancy new dock in Prince Rupert as well. Good to hear about upgrades such as this one up there. www.cftktv.com/news/565/1040172So this means no more seeing the Nicola docked up in Rupert. Poo.
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Post by DENelson83 on Dec 19, 2009 10:27:25 GMT -8
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Post by Mill Bay on Dec 19, 2009 15:25:33 GMT -8
The new 'float' for the Nicola is actually not in Prince Rupert harbor at all. It's at the opposite end of Prince Rupert, to the north, in a place called Aero Point Cove. So, that does mean, no more seeing the Nicola floating past the the BCFerries berth. 'Unofficial tender documentation' has been posted to the Ministry of Transport's website, although the ferry dock is technically being built for the Ministry of Forests as well as the ferry, because the ministry of forests will also use the float as a marine base: www.th.gov.bc.ca/BCHighways/contracts/Reference_Material_Tenders/04306-0001/aeropointcove.htmlI say 'float' because, from what I understand, the ferry dock will be something similar to this, with a floating steel barge connected by a ramp to the shore, with the ferry using its own ramps for loading and unloading onto the float. (See photos above). INFORMATION BULLETIN2009TRAN0032-000782 December 17, 2009 Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure WORK ON LAX KW’ALAAMS FERRY DOCK UNDERWAY PRINCE RUPERT – Construction of the new Lax Kw’alaams ferry dock, near Prince Rupert, is underway. This project will provide a permanent home for the Spirit of Lax Kw’Alaams ferry. This new location will reduce the travel time for service between Prince Rupert and Tuck Inlet by about an hour, and will reduce the ferry’s overall operating time by about an hour and a half. The Lax Kw’alaams Band operates the 15-vehicle ferry, providing passenger and small commercial vehicles transport between the north end of Tuck Inlet and the airport ferry dock in Prince Rupert, adjacent to the BC Ferry Terminal. Final completion for this $3.2-million dock project is scheduled for June 2010. The contract for the Lax Kw’alaams ferry facility was awarded to Broadwater Industries of Prince Rupert. The new facility is being constructed at the Ministry of Forests and Range’s (Forests) marine base in Aero Point Cove. The Ministry of Forests and Range will share the new facility with the ferry, and will continue to operate its marine base at this location. Construction of this new dock represents the final phase of the overall Tuck Inlet Road Project, which involves the upgrading of the road serving the Lax Kw’alaams village of Port Simpson. Project funding was provided by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the Lax Kw’Alaams Indian Band and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada in the following proportions: · Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure: 50 per cent. · Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: 33 per cent. · Lax Kw’Alaams Indian Band: 17 per cent. Completion for this $3.2-million dock project is scheduled for June 2010. Media Contact: Jeff Knight Manager, Public Affairs Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure For more information on government services or to subscribe to the Province’s news feeds using RSS, visit the Province’s website at www.gov.bc.ca.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 22, 2010 10:02:59 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 27, 2010 14:18:43 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 5, 2010 18:35:16 GMT -8
I'm guessing that these haven't been posted previously, but even if so they seem worth posting here as I've yet to see them in a long while... From the Fisherman Publishing Society collection found through UBC here: angel.library.ubc.ca/cdm4/index_fisherman.php?CISOROOT=/fisherman
Quadra Queen after launching at Campbell River in 1960
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 7, 2011 15:09:42 GMT -8
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Post by fargowolf on Jan 8, 2011 8:41:27 GMT -8
Beat me to it Ferryman. From CFTK Terrace: Lax kw'alaams ferry will go on strike 5 crew members determined to increase their wages Sahar Nassimdoost 1/7/2011 Lax Kwalaams ferry crew will stage a strike in a few hours. Crew members of the Lax Kwalaams ferry will go on strike at three-thirty this afternoon. The decision to strike came after the employee's CMAW (Construction, Maintenance & Allied Workers Bargaining Council of British Columbia) Union was unable to come to an agreement with the Lax Kwalaams ferry Corporation to increase wages. Ken Lipett is the representative of the local union and says he's disappointed with what he calls an insulting offer from the Lax Kwalaams Band council. "The offer was 1% in each of three years of each three year agreement and it just wasn't making it." Says Lipett. "These people are substantially underpaid." He adds. The union has been discussing a wage increase since last spring. Lipett says while the standard pay of deck hands is $29.00, The crew of the Lax Kwalaams ferry make only $20 an hour.
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Post by fargowolf on Jan 8, 2011 8:47:23 GMT -8
roflmao!!
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 8, 2011 11:40:06 GMT -8
The union has been discussing a wage increase since last spring. Lipett says while the standard pay of deck hands is $29.00, The crew of the Lax Kwalaams ferry make only $20 an hour. This is false. Perhaps that's what they earn on the Major/Northern routes, but not on the Intermediate/Minor routes. How can you expect to make the same wages as a Deckhand of the Spirit of the BC when you work on the tiny little 16 car Nicola.
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Post by Nick on Jan 8, 2011 13:45:59 GMT -8
The union has been discussing a wage increase since last spring. Lipett says while the standard pay of deck hands is $29.00, The crew of the Lax Kwalaams ferry make only $20 an hour. This is false. Perhaps that's what they earn on the Major/Northern routes, but not on the Intermediate/Minor routes. How can you expect to make the same wages as a Deckhand of the Spirit of the BC when you work on the tiny little 16 car Nicola. I'm pretty sure 29.00 is high even for the major routes. I think the only BCF routes that would come close to that are the northern runs, and that is hardly a valid comparison. Granted though, 20.00/hr is somewhat low for a deckhand, but not by the amount they are squawking about.
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Post by fargowolf on Jan 8, 2011 15:01:25 GMT -8
Hell, I'd be happy to make 20 an hour, rather than the 11 an hour I get now. I made 18.50 an hour as the defacto Captain of the Shaftesbury Ferry in Northern Alberta.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 26, 2011 18:24:25 GMT -8
Here are 2 photos that I saw at the Cortes Island museum during a visit in July 2011. The photo captions for both say this is from 1974, from Bill Emery's collection. And both photo captions mention that this is at Whaletown and that there is an assisting tug. So, which ferry is this? - According to John's westcoastferries.ca site, the Nimpkish was still on the northern Vancouver Island route in 1974. So this ferry in the photo just might be the sister, as "Cortes Queen", who would later be the Nicola. - does the 1974 timing make sense for this to be Cortes Queen / Nicola ? ===========
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Post by Neil on Aug 26, 2011 21:55:43 GMT -8
Here are 2 photos that I saw at the Cortes Island museum during a visit in July 2011. The photo captions for both say this is from 1974, from Bill Emery's collection. And both photo captions mention that this is at Whaletown and that there is an assisting tug. So, which ferry is this? - According to John's westcoastferries.ca site, the Nimpkish was still on the northern Vancouver Island route in 1974. So this ferry in the photo just might be the sister, as "Cortes Queen", who would later be the Nicola. - does the 1974 timing make sense for this to be Cortes Queen / Nicola ? =========== I'm pretty sure that would still have been the Cortes Queen. That route started somewhere around '68-'70, and I believe in '74 the Comox Queen was still on the Little River - Comox route, maybe joined by Queen of The Islands.I don't know how the population of Cortes has changed in 41 years, but in that time their ferry schedule hasn't increased, and the size of the vessel on the route has only gone from 16 to 22-24 cars.
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