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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 13, 2014 23:13:04 GMT -8
A lot of what I've been moving has been related to old schedules and vessel-assignments to routes.
- these can now be found in the dedicated "old schedules" thread, on this same section of the forum. It's a great place for lots of old information.
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Post by dave2 on Jan 14, 2014 21:39:39 GMT -8
I was scrolling through google's newspaper archives of July 1962 Vancouver Suns this past weekend.. when this headline jumped out at me. (As usual, the 5 star street sale Final headline jumps out even more)... Read the Vancouver Sun July 17 1962 hereAs far as I can tell, there's only one brief mention of this on the board. Search for posts containing 'bomb' and 'Chinook'New MembersI just Re-reviewed "The Rules". Don't post to an old thread isn't there, though IIRC it's frowned upon... I don't post a lot ( 48 posts in 23 months-11 months w/o a post); apologies for the above rather pointless remark (as co-admin of "You Know You're From Duncan When", I can appreciate the magnitude of keeping things organized) New Members -- I never noticed that thread before. My 50th post will be found in there.
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Post by compdude787 on Jan 15, 2014 15:25:30 GMT -8
I just Re-reviewed "The Rules". Don't post to an old thread isn't there, though IIRC it's frowned upon... I don't think it's really frowned up on this forum to post on an old thread.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 15, 2014 15:35:51 GMT -8
I just Re-reviewed "The Rules". Don't post to an old thread isn't there, though IIRC it's frowned upon... I don't think it's really frowned up on this forum to post on an old thread. Posting of relevant things to old threads is fine. A good continuation of a topic that was temporarily dormant.
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Post by hullnumbers on Apr 9, 2018 20:48:33 GMT -8
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Post by dave2 on Jan 19, 2019 21:16:05 GMT -8
Hmm, July 1959 might have been a tad optimistic.
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Post by Neil on Jan 19, 2019 21:49:44 GMT -8
Hmm, July 1959 might have been a tad optimistic. Thanks for that most interesting news tidbit from the day. The site they eventually chose wasn't among the three mentioned in the article. I suspect the long causeway off Tsawwassen was perhaps not the easiest to imagine when the concept for BC Ferries was first proposed. CP had indeed operated from Steveston, to Sidney, in the late 1920s. I don't know how they would have come up with Boundary Bay. Perhaps a causeway out from the sandflats was the idea there, as well. Or maybe the term Boundary Bay actually included the eventual site.
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 20, 2019 10:37:51 GMT -8
Hmm, July 1959 might have been a tad optimistic. While July 1959 was indeed overly optimistic, the fact that the system was up & running in less than two years was nothing short of amazing. Projects today, be they ferries or otherwise, seem to take far more time to be accomplished.
As most will know the final choice of Tsawwassen Beach for the mainland terminal was very controversial at the time. In-the-know maritime types were appalled at the idea of a ferry terminal being located in such an exposed location. So the terminal was built there, and has been in operation now for almost sixty years and for a day or two each year those old in-the-know maritime types have been proven right.
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Post by dave2 on Jun 12, 2019 22:19:52 GMT -8
This was posted on Facebook a couple of days ago. June 1960
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 13, 2019 9:30:07 GMT -8
This was posted on Facebook a couple of days ago. June 1960 Generating several comments (on the FB site) about how much more affordable ferry fares were 'back then'. But in reality, considering the inflation since that time, fares today are in my mind about equally affordable.
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Post by dave2 on Jul 20, 2020 13:30:43 GMT -8
August 3 1978. The Queen of Alberni will be out of service this coming weekend. But fear not, there are still 20 departures daily, plus the "midnight ship" from Tsawwassen.
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Post by dave2 on Nov 30, 2021 11:15:49 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 30, 2021 12:00:19 GMT -8
Thank you for this post. The Blackball takeover, 60 years ago, was a major piece of Premier WAC Bennett's building of BC Ferries.
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Post by dave2 on Jan 29, 2023 11:10:35 GMT -8
Stumbled across this news article from the October 23 1975 Province today.
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 30, 2023 7:48:50 GMT -8
Stumbled across this news article from the October 23 1975 Province today. View AttachmentVery interesting article explaining, among other things, how the Queen of Alberni started her life on Route 1. It also provides info on the proposed short cut route from Iona Island to Gabriola.
Its also interesting that that 'priority' to get Nanaimo ferries out of Horseshoe Bay still has not happened almost 50 years later.
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Post by princessofvanfan on Jan 31, 2023 11:36:31 GMT -8
Stumbled across this news article from the October 23 1975 Province today. View AttachmentVery interesting article explaining, among other things, how the Queen of Alberni started her life on Route 1. It also provides info on the proposed short cut route from Iona Island to Gabriola.
Its also interesting that that 'priority' to get Nanaimo ferries out of Horseshoe Bay still has not happened almost 50 years later.
We were landowners on Mudge Island at the time and weren't too keen on the new thruway which was being built between Dodd and False Narrows for the bridges to link Gabriola to Vancouver Island. Thankfully the new terminal was shelved.
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Post by hullnumbers on Mar 13, 2023 20:52:09 GMT -8
Does anyone here have a poster of Queen of the North with the caption 'THE JOURNEY IS THE DISTINATION' around 2000 to 2003?
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