D'Elete BC in NJ
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Aug 13, 2008 6:32:11 GMT -8
Lytton reaction ferry, on Fraser River: This ferry's had an interesting history including a couple of times it has broken its cables and gone on a unscheduled excursion down the river towards Hells Gate. I believe one excusion wrecked the ferry while the other deposited it on China Bar just above Hells Gate.
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 5, 2010 19:40:41 GMT -8
According to DriveBC.ca, the Lytton ferry is closed for approximately one month, starting a few weeks ago on may 26th. It's getting some routine maintenance. drivebc.ca/details.jsp?eventId=-20963
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Post by Quatchi on Oct 31, 2010 23:01:08 GMT -8
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Post by plansea on Nov 14, 2010 23:40:10 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 13, 2011 21:20:19 GMT -8
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Post by Quatchi on Feb 13, 2011 22:36:36 GMT -8
Man i should really get of me arse and do some ferry drawings.
Cheers,
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 21, 2012 16:40:05 GMT -8
Lytton BC's reaction-ferry, on the Fraser River. - seen on July 8, 2012, when it was out-of-service (for a few weeks) because of high water levels on the river. The reason that high water impacts this ferry's operations: - the landing area is under water.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 14, 2013 7:05:47 GMT -8
A new thread for photos, information and discussion on the various ferries on the Fraser River.
- Big Bar reaction ferry
- Lytton reaction ferry
- Barnston Island tug/barge ferry
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 15, 2013 18:49:01 GMT -8
Lytton reaction ferry, on the Fraser River. - more photos and video of this ferry, to be posted in the weeks ahead.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 23, 2013 17:30:13 GMT -8
My video of the Lytton reaction ferry, on the Fraser River. - seen by me in the cool morning of what would be a very hot day in Lytton, BC - September 12, 2013. ------------- ...and the first of a few still photos which I will be posting: - I love these ferries where there is a high-up photo location nearby, which is also easily accessible. This is from the side of Hwy-12.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 2, 2013 20:54:30 GMT -8
A Youtube video that I found of someone crossing the Big Bar ferry.
- there is some scary-road driving footage (road is scary, not the driving) at the end of the video.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 15, 2013 20:27:04 GMT -8
Lytton ferry on the Fraser River. - seen by me in the morning on Sept.12, 2013. Views from up on Hwy-12: - This was one of my more successful pre-trip location ideas, on my interior rail & ferry trip. GoogleMaps street view is great for seeing sight lines at various roadside locations. ---------------- A photo of an earlier day. - the ferry workers have this photo in the wheelhouse. They were kind to show it to me.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 25, 2013 18:01:46 GMT -8
Some close-to-shore photos of the Lytton reaction ferry, on the Fraser River. - from the morning of September 12, 2013. Photos taken from a roadside spot on Hwy-12, high above the east bank of the river. Leaving west bank: Arriving east bank: --------------------- Heading empty back to west bank. - morning weekday traffic is directional, with traffic (including a few small school buses) leaving their village on the west bank to go to Lytton or places nearby on the east side. Morning commute for students who live on the west side.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 9, 2013 11:02:12 GMT -8
Some on-board and near shore photos of the Lytton reaction ferry, on the Fraser River. - morning of September 12, 2013. I'm on deck-1 of the vessel, which is both the main vehicle deck and the bridge deck Docking on the remote west-side of the river Looking towards the highway side of the river, with the morning sun just about to appear over the mountains. - the highway on the hillside is where I took some photos & video footage from (posted earlier in this thread) The view from the highway side of the river. - the cable in the foreground keeps the dock in place
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Post by Neil on Aug 13, 2016 19:36:38 GMT -8
Had a quick discussion with the deckhand on the Barnston ferry yesterday. All discussions on that crossing have to be quick, in the two minutes or so between leaving and docking. Hot day, 31 degrees, and the 'air conditioning' on board was a pump flooding the deck with river water, which she said took the edge off a bit. Apparently they can do in excess of a hundred crossings in a 9 1/2 hour shift, which means about every six minutes. Saw her have a contentious discussion with the driver of a tandem dump truck who was not overly happy to find he couldn't board; I'm not sure if it was a weight or length issue. A few days previous I watched another deckhand shepherd a driver onboard who was obviously flummoxed at having to back down the ramp. So, I guess there are the occasional hiccups to alter the routine of constant sailings. For an island with only about a hundred residents, that little ferry operation transports an awful lot of vehicles and people over the course of a day.
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Post by Neil on Nov 16, 2018 18:04:02 GMT -8
Okay, so these photos don't look like much, but I guess that's what a ferry wharf looks like after being abandoned for sixty years. I'm pretty sure this is the remains of the Ladner ferry dock. When in operation, it was much longer, and curved westward. There is still some asphalt remaining. I imagine most of the trestle was removed to aid access to the marina directly on the east side. The site is at the end of Ferry Road, logically enough. On the shore promenade between the marina and the new housing development, there are plaques commemorating some of the Ladner ferries. There's a mistake there, though. The Pender Queen is named as a 'Ladner-Steveston' ferry. The Richmond terminal was actually Woodward's Landing, and the Motor Princess, as she was known at the time, never served the crossing, but was on a route from Steveston to Sidney. Deas Island is in view, and I took a shot that showed the defunct wharf and the defunct Queen of Burnaby across the river, but the ' Burnaby was so small, I didn't think there was much point. DSCF3380 by neophytef9, on Flickr DSCF3377 by neophytef9, on Flickr
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Post by Mike on Apr 18, 2019 11:15:12 GMT -8
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Post by Mike on Aug 9, 2020 16:25:00 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 9, 2020 18:04:12 GMT -8
With the regular Barnston Island barge and tug out for maintenance, the replacement is the imaginatively named Barnston Island Replacement Barge pulled by Harken No. 8. This comes with a car capacity reduction to 3 AEQ, down from 6. August 9, 2020. I wonder if the BC Ferries marketing department was contracted to create that BIRB name.
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Post by Neil on Aug 9, 2020 20:08:31 GMT -8
With the regular Barnston Island barge and tug out for maintenance, the replacement is the imaginatively named Barnston Island Replacement Barge pulled by Harken No. 8. This comes with a car capacity reduction to 3 AEQ, down from 6. August 9, 2020. I wonder if the BC Ferries marketing department was contracted to create that BIRB name. Definitely comes from the "we just can't be bothered" school of vessel naming. Alongside the Digby Island Ferry.
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Post by The Black cat on Sept 11, 2023 14:38:42 GMT -8
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