Neil
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Post by Neil on Jun 11, 2019 10:21:23 GMT -8
I thought this information from Sunday's Times Colonist was important enough that it deserves its own thread, even though there's not likely to be much discussion... just wanted people to be able to find it. BritishColonist.ca is now online. All editions of the Colonist newspaper from 1858 through 1980, free and fully searchable. Typing in Princess Victoria pulled up hundreds of entries; I looked at one page which noted a particularly fast crossing from Vancouver to Victoria, and on that page there were also stories on the Prince George and Prince Rupert.This new site is a bonanza for shipping history buffs. britishcolonist.ca/advancedSearch.php
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Post by Starsteward on Jun 12, 2019 11:55:07 GMT -8
I thought this information from Sunday's Times Colonist was important enough that it deserves its own thread, even though there's not likely to be much discussion... just wanted people to be able to find it. BritishColonist.ca is now online. All editions of the Colonist newspaper from 1858 through 1980, free and fully searchable. Typing in Princess Victoria pulled up hundreds of entries; I looked at one page which noted a particularly fast crossing from Vancouver to Victoria, and on that page there were also stories on the Prince George and Prince Rupert.This new site is a bonanza for shipping history buffs. britishcolonist.ca/advancedSearch.php Bless your heart 'Neil' for providing a cold rainy, wintery day yet to come this year of providing somewhere to go to spend countless hours scrawling through the annals of the 'british colonist' I went into the site yesterday and managed to lose an hour before I knew it, so fellow members be warned! Great historical reading, just make sure you haven't got something cooking on the stove.
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Post by paulvanb on Jun 12, 2019 15:49:35 GMT -8
Just went into this and did a search under "ferry." Found all kinds of items including one from October 7, 1959. Page 28 talks about the new Quadra Island ferry. Thanks, Neil!
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 12, 2019 21:41:59 GMT -8
I typed in "Queen of Alberni" and cam up with oodles of stuff including this little piece from 30 June 1976 ... Attachments:
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