Mill Bay
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Post by Mill Bay on Nov 12, 2008 16:43:35 GMT -8
The passenger ship in the picture with the Queen of the North at Ballantyne Pier is the Malibu Princess. She is a tourist ship, and does day cruises around the Vancouver Howe Sound area. She was the second half in a joint rail-cruise with the Royal Hudson. Ride the Royal Hudson to Squamish and then sail back on the Malibu Princess, or vice versa. She is privately owned. She probably wore those colours to "fit in" with Expo '86. The ship that provided the day cruise service in conjunction with the Royal Hudson was the Britannia, which is similar in appearance to the Malibu Princess, but not the ship in the picture. The Malibu Princess is operated by private interests that own the Malibu Lodge in Princess Louisa Inlet, providing transportation and freight services to the lodge, as well as private cruises. She was launched on Saturday March 26, 1966, 9 am, and, coincidentally, she was designed by your friend, and mine, Philip F. Sapaulding and Associates and built by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. Apparently, the design of the Malibu Princess is a shorter version of the MV Coho of the Black Ball Line, so she is distantly related to the Sidney and Tsawwassen..
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 6, 2010 12:11:54 GMT -8
On Saturday June 5th, I was up-close to 2 different passenger ferries in Nanaimo harbour. First, is the ferry to Newcastle Island. This is run by Victoria Harbour Ferries, in Nanaimo harbour. They also do Nanaimo harbour site-seeing tours. Besides pickle-boats, the have a 40-pax launch that they use for transporting large field-trip groups to/from Newcastle Island. Here's a pickle-boat, leaving Newcastle Island, heading for the Nanaimo landing (Nanaimo side landing is located near Swy-a-Lana lagoon). Here's the neat tokens that you get, for your return trip off of Newcastle. - I'm not sure how what the connection is with the kangaroo. ------------------ And here's the ferry to Protection Island, the "Protection Connection" service. - This is the Island Mist. You might better remember its hull as one of the lifeboats on the BC Ferry Queen of Surrey. - And here is the landing on Protection Island. Right at the floating Dinghy-Dock Pub.
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 6, 2010 17:44:21 GMT -8
Here's the neat tokens that you get, for your return trip off of Newcastle. - I'm not sure how what the connection is with the kangaroo. There's a Newcastle down in Aussieland, so maybe that's the connection There's also a Newcastle in Britain though... maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=Newcastle,+Australia&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Newcastle+New+South+Wales,+Australia&ll=-32.898038,151.854401&spn=0.649179,1.234589&t=h&z=10
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 20, 2010 20:32:14 GMT -8
From the last evening of Spring 2010, at Nanaimo waterfront: - Protection Island ferry (ex Queen of Surrey lifeboat) - Pickle boat returning from Newcastle Island (with a cabin-cruiser behind her, to give an idea of the small size of the pickle boat)
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 20, 2010 20:46:21 GMT -8
- Protection Island ferry (ex Queen of Surrey lifeboat) I may have already asked this question once, but which Queen of Surrey did this lifeboat come from? I think I remember hearing that it was the Queen of Surrey I, but it may have been the Queen of Surrey II....
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 20, 2010 21:00:08 GMT -8
I may have already asked this question once, but which Queen of Surrey did this lifeboat come from? I think I remember hearing that it was the Queen of Surrey I, but it may have been the Queen of Surrey II.... Here is a clue for you... One of the ferries named Surrey once had four life boats per side. Later, this was reduced to one boat per side, leaving six surplus boats. Now, go and look at historical photos of both ferries named Surrey and see if you can answer your own question...
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 20, 2010 22:29:42 GMT -8
Here is a clue for you... One of the ferries named Surrey once had four life boats per side. Later, this was reduced to one boat per side, leaving six surplus boats. Now, go and look at historical photos of both ferries named Surrey and see if you can answer your own question... Ooh, I love searching for things Must be the QoSurrey I then
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 6, 2010 16:54:15 GMT -8
A couple of pictures of the Protection Island ferry, shot on a cloudy Labour Day, as she returns to the Nanaimo boat-basin. ("Island Mist" is the Nanaimo translation for "Stena Danica". Let us know if you don't get the riddle, and we'd be happy to explain the connection)
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 18, 2010 8:29:23 GMT -8
On Sept 17th, I finally took the ferry to Protection Island. Of course, I took some photos. - The SOBC & SOVI have to do Active Pass, the Kitsap sails through Rich Passage, and the "Island Mist" must deal with the cozy-confines of the Nanaimo Port Authority's boat-basin. - The "Protection Connection" ferries dock in Nanaimo at the far end of the boat basin. The Protection ferries' berth is alongside a floating waiting room. - Nanaimo's Port Theatre (performing arts centre) is in the background. (ps: this boat basin is next-door to the old location of CP's BCCSS dock, which is now a condo complex). Do you like the colour-scheme of the box on monkey-island? --------- Inside the ferry: Bow end: Stern end: ----------- When you're on Protection Island, and you want to find the ferry dock, you follow this doctored sign: And here's the Protection Island ferry terminal. - the blue-building straight ahead is the Dinghy Dock Pub.
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Post by Neil on Sept 18, 2010 16:28:43 GMT -8
You've blazed yet another trail for the Forum, Mr Horn. I'm pretty sure you were the first to do any sort of in depth report on the Frances Barkley, and certainly on the Uchuck III (which was fascinating and much appreciated) and now you've explored Protection Island.
One more passenger boat we have yet to hear about is the one to Sidney Island. I've been meaning to beat you to the punch on Lasqueti, but you'll probably get there first as well...
Protection Island is, I believe, the second most populous island on the south coast that does not have car ferry service, after Lasqueti. It has about as many people as Kuper, and not a huge amount less than the year round population of Saturna or South Pender.
Did it feel rural, or more like a well treed suburb? The lack of cars must be nice.
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Post by Nick on Sept 18, 2010 17:19:16 GMT -8
I've done the Sidney Island ferry many, many times. I've got to say, compared to others around, it's rather pitiful. It's run by Alpine Transportation, who seem to view it as a nuisance at best. It is quite expensive compared to Newcastle and others, and not entirely reliable. I know that sometimes they will simply not do the last round trip of the day if they think there won't be anybody on it... my friend was left behind one day because she stayed overnight, and thus wasn't in their count for the day.
The boat itself is usually just an open pontoon boat with a 150 on the back. Sometimes Alpine brings their covered boats in, but I haven't seen that for a few years.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 18, 2010 17:24:58 GMT -8
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Post by Nick on Sept 18, 2010 18:02:59 GMT -8
That's not the boat I remember... I guess it's been a few years since I've been over there. The one I remember was a trimaran pontoon boat with a few bench seats.. probably sat about 16.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 18, 2010 18:48:49 GMT -8
Protection Island is, I believe, the second most populous island on the south coast that does not have car ferry service, after Lasqueti. It has about as many people as Kuper, and not a huge amount less than the year round population of Saturna or South Pender.
Did it feel rural, or more like a well treed suburb? The lack of cars must be nice. Thanks for the kind words. Here are some interior photos of Protection Island (the traditional pirate name for it is "Arrrrrrrrrrr Island") with some more comments. It was a well-treed suburb, with few cars. Protection Island is part of the City of Nanaimo. It was developed as a subdivision by Frank Ney (former mayor and guy who liked to wear a pirate-costume). Looking at the map, it looks high density. But most houses are small, and there's not much vehicle traffic. The map: Street names include: Pirate's Lane, Captain Kidd's Terrace, Treasure Trail, Captain Morgan's Boulevard, Cutlass Lookout, etc. For vehicle traffic, this picture of the parking-lot by the ferry should give you an idea: Some street scenes: There is a community garden: Nice park scene, near the ferry landing, with a view to the city. At the south end of the island is the eerily named "Gallows Point". - it has a light marker. The plume of smoke behind the light is from the Harmac pulp mill. - it was often the scene for the execution of HBC justice upon the natives, in the colonial 1850's era. ps: the ferry fare was $9 return. I think that residents get a discount by buying a book of tickets.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 18, 2010 19:34:49 GMT -8
So is Arrrrrr Island pretty much self-sufficient, or does it get plumbing, power from the island? Does it have it's own general store that stocks everything, or do residents have to take the lifeboat to Nanaimo?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 18, 2010 21:45:55 GMT -8
So is Arrrrrr Island pretty much self-sufficient, or does it get plumbing, power from the island? Does it have it's own general store that stocks everything, or do residents have to take the lifeboat to Nanaimo? - Protection Island is on Nanaimo's water & sewer system. - I don't think there's a store on the island. But right beside the ferry-dock in Nanaimo is Port Place Mall, which has a Thrifty Foods grocery store, London Drugs, liquor store, casino, etc.......everything they could want. Most residents take the pax-ferry for their shopping trips.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 9, 2010 16:29:50 GMT -8
The water-taxi Kinbasket Queen operates out of Snug Cove, Bowen Island. company website: www.cormorantwatertaxi.com/index.htm....it is funny to see a vessel that is named for a fake-lake in eastern BC now operating on the Pacific Ocean.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 9, 2010 22:23:40 GMT -8
....it is funny to see a vessel that is named for a fake-lake in eastern BC now operating on the Pacific Ocean. Mr, Horn, You are not precisely correct here. Kinbasket Lake pre-dates the construction of the Mica Dam in the 1970's. After the dam was complete, and the river valley upstream of it began to fill with water, the government decided to call the new lake McNaughton (being named after the famous Canadian WW II General Andy McNaughton. Many people in the East Kootenay felt that the new (as you call it fake) lake should have kept the name Kinbasket, which was the name of a largish wide spot on the Columbia prior to being drowned in the reservoir. There is more history here and here. PS: Perhaps that fake lake is helping to keep the lights on and the computer running in the Horn household?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 9, 2010 22:29:33 GMT -8
....it is funny to see a vessel that is named for a fake-lake in eastern BC now operating on the Pacific Ocean. Mr, Horn, You are not precisely correct here. Kinbasket Lake pre-dates the construction of the Mica Dam in the 1970's. After the dam was complete, and the river valley upstream of it began to fill with water, the government decided to call the new lake McNaughton (being named after the famous Canadian WW II General Andy McNaughton. Many people in the East Kootenay felt that the new (as you call it fake) lake should have kept the name Kinbasket, which was the name of a largish wide spot on the Columbia prior to being drowned in the reservoir. There is more history here and here. PS: Perhaps that fake lake is helping to keep the lights on and the computer running in the Horn household? Thanks for the correction and info. ...and thank-you to the rivers for the hydro power.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 10, 2010 21:44:31 GMT -8
Here's an ad for the Pitt River Water Taxi, posted at Grant Narrows Regional Park at the south end of Pitt Lake. Here's the water taxi's website: pittriverwatertaxi.com/The taxi-boat, Sterling I was nowhere in sight, and according to a little sign on the dock, it was 'out on a run'.
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Post by Neil on Nov 14, 2010 15:14:52 GMT -8
This is one of the water taxis that would take you to Savary Island from Lund. When I was there yesterday, the other boat left with six or eight people on board. And if you were transporting your car over, I guess this vessel serves as Savary's car ferry, although I imagine it serves other islands and locations on the mainland as well.
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Post by Fenklebaum on Feb 28, 2011 18:16:34 GMT -8
It seems as though the time was right, For me to post on this website, It's been quite a while, but I trust, No-one will sneeze if'fn I dust, off my old forum name of yore. Seeing this thread I thought I might, Post my photos and shed some light, On the F.C.F. (those robust, little blue tubs that never bust, and always get me back ashore). Fenk, rhymed The "Shelagh Mary", one of the four original Schock electric ferries. [/url] "Spirit of False Creek No. 4" passing "Spirit of Cy Balfry" off Stamp's Landing "Stanley 1" during her haulout last summer. "Spirit of Nora O'Grady" on the Maritime Museum run. "Spirit of False Creek" westbound leaving Yaletown. This was the prototype vessel for all the Jay Benford-designed "False Creek Ferries" currently used by False Creek Ferries, Victoria Harbour Ferry and Aquabus. "Spirit of False Creek No. 5", "Spirit of Nora O'Grady", "Spirit of Ned" and "Shelagh Mary"
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 23, 2011 20:22:11 GMT -8
A couple of shots from today of the Protection Island ferry. - this is the " Island Queen". The other one that I've photographed before is " Island Mist".
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Post by Ferryman on May 9, 2011 10:34:03 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 14, 2011 8:40:35 GMT -8
Info board for Sidney Island ferry.
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