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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 28, 2014 16:37:41 GMT -8
If no vessel fits, then what is the whole point?! Same reason as to why the Kwi-di Tabil ferries have a bicycle-mezzanine deck and ramps. - a bad design decision that turned out to be useless. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 16:53:13 GMT -8
If no vessel fits, then what is the whole point?! Same reason as to why the Kwi-di Tabil ferries have a bicycle-mezzanine deck and ramps. - a bad design decision that turned out to be useless. The Kwa-Di-Tabil ferries bicycle mezzanine is helpful for when the ferries operate on crowded routes as a spare vessel, as more passenger space |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 28, 2014 20:08:13 GMT -8
Same reason as to why the Kwi-di Tabil ferries have a bicycle-mezzanine deck and ramps. - a bad design decision that turned out to be useless. The Kwa-Di-Tabil ferries bicycle mezzanine is helpful for when the ferries operate on crowded routes as a spare vessel, as more passenger space Just so you know, I'm not wasting my time answering any more of your posts. Your silly "Queen of Chilliwack service notice" fictional post is my reason to say "enough." There's a right way to do parody, and a wrong way. Wasting a bunch of forum members' time following-up a bogus service-notice thread is the wrong way. Come on back, in a few years... |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Oct 28, 2014 21:40:50 GMT -8
They never load route 1 ships from berth 3 and if they do they use the car deck! I don't know what the point of that walkway is for!
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Post by hullnumbers on Jan 26, 2015 13:45:18 GMT -8
Question, does anyone know when the parking, passenger departure/arrival area was completed? I know it was built in the 90's but I do not know the year.
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 26, 2015 13:56:38 GMT -8
Question, does anyone know when the parking, passenger departure/arrival area was completed? I know it was built in the 90's but I do not know the year. 1960. Or did you mean the layout as it currently exists? |
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Post by hullnumbers on Jan 26, 2015 14:03:24 GMT -8
Question, does anyone know when the parking, passenger departure/arrival area was completed? I know it was built in the 90's but I do not know the year. 1960. Or did you mean the layout as it currently exists? I mean the current layout. |
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Post by hullnumbers on Jan 26, 2015 14:52:00 GMT -8
Oh, and when was the current employee parking area built? Forgot about this second question. I suspect 2007 when the terminals booths moved south.
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Post by Nick on Jan 26, 2015 15:31:28 GMT -8
It was an ongoing project in various states of completion from about 2006 to around 2009. I'm pretty sure it was in its current configuration by the summer of 2009.
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Post by hullnumbers on Jan 27, 2015 19:34:26 GMT -8
Oh, I see. Do you know what improvements were done and when they were completed?
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Post by geewhiz01 on Jul 6, 2015 14:22:36 GMT -8
This is an aerial photograph of Swartz Bay taken in 1961. It, and the others following, are from the provincial government by way of the University of Victoria library.  |
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Post by geewhiz01 on Jul 6, 2015 14:31:01 GMT -8
This photo is from 1968.  |
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Post by geewhiz01 on Jul 6, 2015 14:34:02 GMT -8
This photo is from 1986.  |
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Post by geewhiz01 on Jul 6, 2015 14:40:06 GMT -8
And finally, this one is from the mid-90s, with one of the spirits at berth 1.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 6, 2015 15:17:11 GMT -8
This photo is from 1986. What ferry is in berth-4 ? 1986 is too early for Skeena Queen. |
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Post by geewhiz01 on Jul 6, 2015 15:24:28 GMT -8
What ferry is in berth-4 ? 1986 is too early for Skeena Queen. Most likely one of the vessels brought in when the Dept. of Highways saltwater fleet was absorbed--possibly Quinitsa or Quinsam. I vaguely recall seeing a picture of one at Swartz Bay still painted in black-yellow livery, but can't remember where I found it. |
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Post by Chris City on Jul 10, 2015 21:33:31 GMT -8
What ferry is in berth-4 ? 1986 is too early for Skeena Queen. Most likely one of the vessels brought in when the Dept. of Highways saltwater fleet was absorbed--possibly Quinitsa or Quinsam. I vaguely recall seeing a picture of one at Swartz Bay still painted in black-yellow livery, but can't remember where I found it. superseded Bowen Queen as the regular ferry on route 4 until Skeena Queen took over. Quinitsa still wore the Dept. of Highways livery for awhile, I took quite a few trips when she wore those colours. |
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Post by northwesterner on Jul 11, 2015 9:34:45 GMT -8
Most likely one of the vessels brought in when the Dept. of Highways saltwater fleet was absorbed--possibly Quinitsa or Quinsam. I vaguely recall seeing a picture of one at Swartz Bay still painted in black-yellow livery, but can't remember where I found it. superseded Bowen Queen as the regular ferry on route 4 until Skeena Queen took over. Quinitsa still wore the Dept. of Highways livery for awhile, I took quite a few trips when she wore those colours. Quinitsa may have been used there for a period, but Bowen Queen definitely held down the fort until the Skeena Queen took over. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 14, 2015 10:54:24 GMT -8
The approach to the small-ship side of Swartz Bay, with Carrier Princess and Skeena Queen arriving just before us. I'm on Queen of Cumberland, and this is evening of July 8, 2015  DSC09565 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr |
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Post by hullnumbers on Aug 10, 2015 14:30:26 GMT -8
Curious Question, was it 2010 that Berths four and three were rebuilt and in 2012 that berth two and one were rebuilt in 2012?
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Post by hullnumbers on Aug 11, 2015 12:41:02 GMT -8
Curious Question, was it 2010 that Berths four and three were rebuilt and in 2012 that berth two and one were rebuilt in 2012? Never mind I found the answer. And mistakenly said the wrong dates and berth numbers out of order. Oops. It was 2006 that Berth two was upgraded (for both spirit and coastal usage) and 2012 that berths five and four were done. Looking through historic imagery on Google Earth I found that berth three was unchanged but both the Coastal and Spirit were seen docked in that berth in a few images. |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Oct 15, 2015 20:11:19 GMT -8
I find it really hard to belive that the parking at Swartz Bay is empty right now. The current conditions say the lot is 0% full. I take it this would be a mistake?? It has shown this all week. No other terminal shows 0% for parking. I find it odd.
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Post by Kahloke on Oct 26, 2015 18:29:21 GMT -8
It's been several years since I have been through Swartz Bay. It seems anytime I have taken a BC Ferry in the last few years, it's been on other routes, so it was kind of nice for me to get back to Swartz Bay and see what's changed there. I like the new passenger waiting areas for Berths 4 and 5 - well, new to me. Like I said, it's been awhile since I have been through here. So, here are some photos from Sunday, Oct 25, 2015: In line at Swartz Bay. We arrived at 10:10 to catch the 11:00 CCel sailing, and had no problem getting on. They did fill the boat and it looked like they left a bunch of cars, but not to worry - SOVI was sailing at Noon.  SOVI in Berth 3  Skeena Queen arriving at Berth 4  the passenger shelter at Berth 4 is a nice addition  departing Swartz Bay's Berth 2 on CCel  Bye, Bye SOVI - looks like they were getting her ready to move over to Berth 1 for the Noon sailing  We were even treated to a rainbow - seen from Deck 7 on CCel  |
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Post by Dane on Nov 29, 2015 18:04:12 GMT -8
Half of the foot passenger payment terminals have been changed to tap-to-pay for credit cards. Obviously this could speed up the payment process, but, the computer terminals they have put in them are painfully slow. Today I walked past all of them and touched the screen to wake them up, then went to an old terminal and paid by swipe. As my ticket was ejected from the terminal I paid at, the first tap-to-pay had just woken up.
A first world problem to be sure, but unfortunate to see an advancement being held down my something rather trivial.
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Post by bigcountry on Sept 11, 2016 12:20:43 GMT -8
anyone know the docking arrangements last night after the Coastal Celebration was tied up for the afternoon Coastal Rennaisance came in for her evening sailings at 5 and 9?
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