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Post by Nickfro on Feb 19, 2008 15:19:07 GMT -8
Anybody know where the QPR is currently situated? It's not appearing on Siitech at Deas anymore, and I haven't been out that way to take a look. The last time I went past there was exactly 2 weeks ago and she was still there. Being not familiar with the northern terminals, I don't even know if there is an extra berth for a 2nd ship while the in-service vessel is in port at that same location. There must be at Port Hardy, considering the NorAd and Chilli both use it in the summer period. . .surely there's a time overlap where they're both at Port Hardy. Please help wrap my mind around this one. Thanks!
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 19, 2008 19:43:34 GMT -8
The QPR has been gone from Deas since at least Saturday evening when I was checking around on Siltech to see what was where. I searched the various south coast terminals to find her whereabouts and turned up empty-handed. In the past they have sometimes stored her at Departure Bay's berth 1, but we all know that that is already occupied.
As for the North Coast, I don't know. BCF's has one berth only at each port. As stated by Mr. F-H there is a spot at Bear Cove (Port Hardy) where ships may be tied up overnight. Rupert has the adjoining Alaska dock but that is not an option for BCF's. So, where is she. Has she gone to one of the ship yards or dry docks for work?
Perhaps she is up the river at Silverdale keeping the QoS company, or out on a cruise with the QoRichmond.
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Post by Mirrlees on Feb 19, 2008 23:56:11 GMT -8
It could be that her GPS transmitter has been shut off; so, she might still be at Deas we just can't see her on Siitech.
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Post by Retrovision on Feb 20, 2008 6:06:21 GMT -8
As my current signature can confirm, she is still at Deas for the season; I'm guessing that she for some reason had her transmitter switched off recently.
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Post by blackshadow on Feb 20, 2008 7:35:17 GMT -8
It has been switched off while they install VDR (black box).
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Post by Retrovision on Feb 22, 2008 0:53:16 GMT -8
It has been switched off while they install VDR (black box). Just has to be TC mandated considering how soon she'll be retired.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 11, 2006 23:40:12 GMT -8
Magazine print of QPR @ Kelsey Bay - late 1960's DOT collection
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 12, 2006 0:15:43 GMT -8
More historical photos of the Queen of Prince Rupert in Rupert Harbour in August 1975. In the lower photo the ship is berthed at the terminal used by AMHS. BCF shared this slip with Alaska ferries until they built their own slip a few years later. JST slide collectionJST slide collection
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 13, 2007 22:18:41 GMT -8
Tonight's photo comes from my brother David's collection. This is a photo of a brand new Queen of Prince Rupert on display in Victoria's inner harbour in the spring of 1966. On the back of the photo it says "Please credit Government of British columbia - Department of Travel Industry" Too bad the original is monochrome... DOT CollectionCheck out the signs in the background for BCF advertising c1966.
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Post by Retrovision on Mar 14, 2007 0:51:48 GMT -8
Great find from your brother's collection, JST.
That sternwheeler, decorative or not, in the foreground caught my eye immediately, though. One of my fondest memories from my family's boating days, from when I was just a baby strapped to the cockpit (aboard a C&C Landfall 38' sailboat) until I was about 10 cruising the Gulf and San Juan Islands, is of the occasional trip to Newcastle Island, opposite Nanaimo. The first ferries that I rode, because of having the boat, were ridden like the Gulf Islanders themselves would, from the islands to Vancouver Island and return, instead of the other way around. Probably the most frequent ferry taken over that decade or so was the Newcastle to Nanaimo ferry, which at the time utilized that very same boat, or a twin sister vessel; the look of that boat isn't one that a kid with a love for the water and everything on it can easily forget, and I have distinct images in my memory especially of the superstructure, decorative features and hull of that vessel.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 14, 2007 16:37:58 GMT -8
Including this profile of accommodations available aboard the Queen of Prince Rupert at the time This brochure of the QPR shows just how much passenger accommodation it once had. Slowly, but surely, most of it has disappeared. First there was 1980 when the Victoria Princess conversion led to half of the prom deck cabins being removed. Then in the 1990's the lower 'Tween' deck staterooms were closed to passengers because of safety concerns. They did, however, continue to be used by the crew. Then, last year, following the sinking of the QotN, most of the remaining cabins were taken over by crew. They were (quite understandably) no longer going to be accommodated below the water line. The result - at one time the QPR provided sleeping accommodation for ~150 people; today less than 30.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 26, 2007 22:07:30 GMT -8
QPR Paint job, 1987... These photos were taken a few days apart during the spring of 1987, I think. In the first it is obvious that the Rupert has been doing some hard time in Hecate Strait. In the second photo the work is in progress. The rust is gone but there is still much to do. Both photos by DOTBoth photos were taken at berth 5 Tsawwassen. Is it common for refit work to be done at a terminal rather than Deas or one of the ship yards?
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Post by hergfest on Oct 26, 2007 23:32:16 GMT -8
You would think there would be environmental issues doing paintwork there.
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Post by Nick on Oct 26, 2007 23:36:57 GMT -8
You would think there would be environmental issues doing paintwork there. These days there would be, which is probably why it is not done there anymore. I think that people and governments were a lot more lenient on that kind of thing 20 someodd years ago.
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 27, 2007 0:38:04 GMT -8
You would think there would be environmental issues doing paintwork there. I think that brings up the question, would you rather this outfall in the middle of the Strait of Georgia or would you rather it go on the Fraser River at Deas?
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Post by Curtis on Oct 27, 2007 9:46:08 GMT -8
Great Photo of the QPR being painted. It almost looks like where the white paint is over the stripes that they just threw some type of white powder over it.
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Post by Barnacle on Mar 31, 2008 13:45:14 GMT -8
Acquired in a batch of slides off eBay--Queen of Prince Rupert, with a process date of 1974. Any guesses where this might be?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 31, 2008 19:11:18 GMT -8
re the QPR ebay pic:
I think this is Prince Rupert (south of town), with the end of the ferry landing on the left-edge of the photo.
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 31, 2008 20:38:17 GMT -8
I am virtually certain that the QPR photo is taken in Prince Rupert harbour as noted by Fluge. The low land in the background is Digby Island where Rupert's airport is located. The old Alaska ferry berth is just visible on the left of this photo. It is the berth that has just been taken out of service to have major work done on it.
With regard to EGF's photo above, circumstance suggests to me that this is the Delta Princess rather than the Lloyd Jones. I say that because the photo is taken at Swartz Bay. The ship in the background looks to be one of the originals (either the Sidney or its twin). The time very likely from before the Gulf Islands Ferry Company was absorbed into BCF. At that time the Lloyd Jones was still being operated on Okanagan Lake. Furthermore, when first brought to the coast the LJ was renamed Bowen Queen, and operated to Bowen Island from Horseshoe Bay. After that it moved south to the Crofton - Vesuvius run and was renamed again. My source for the above is the Bannerman book. It is known to not be entirely accurate.
Another clue - this vessel is not in BCF's colours. The LJ would likely have been in BCF colours from the day it began service on the coast in 1963. I am assuming such as she was cut into pieces for the overland journey and had to be put back together once at the coast. It seems probable that she would have received BCF colours at that time.
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Post by Retrovision on Dec 5, 2007 3:01:05 GMT -8
Jumping to the end of the mass building program that started our fleet out running, the same 1967-published book notes this on Page 53 about the then pride of the fleet, the Queen of Prince Rupert...(The launch date should be noted by us September babies, Ernie and myself in particular born on the 26th and 25th of the month respectively 17 years later.) Here's a profile of those accommodations and their location aboard the then new Queen of Prince Rupert taken from a travel agents' booklet published in the late 1960s...
www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p47066327.html
From a 1970s schedule (Courtesy of Neil)
www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p42274474.html(As always, click the pic for the full size version on my fotopic sites)
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 11, 2008 19:42:00 GMT -8
It has been some time since I last added something 'historical' to this thread. So, just fresh from my Nikon Coolscan V, I give you a view of the QPR. This is from a Kodachrome slide taken by my father 32 years ago. Prince Rupert Harbour with fishing boats and the Queen of Prince Rupert in the distance, 13 Oct 1976. photo by FVT
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 27, 2008 22:37:50 GMT -8
This blast from the past is in honour of those who are about to head off on a 'northern adventure' aboard the QPR. Escape to the North - BC Ferries promotional poster c1970 DOT collection
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2008 7:06:17 GMT -8
That was definetly before the QOTN era.
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Post by cutepr on Nov 2, 2008 0:15:11 GMT -8
Cooooooooooool...
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Post by Ferryman on Nov 2, 2008 1:32:08 GMT -8
Welcome aboard, Cute PR. That's a very stunning photo from onboard the QPR. Are you a BCF worker from up North who works aboard the Northern Vessels? Feel free to introduce yourself in the New Members thread. Cheers.
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