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Post by Quinsam on May 13, 2005 17:58:01 GMT -8
What route is that?  |
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Post by Quinsam on May 14, 2005 20:37:16 GMT -8
Tsawwassen Terminal, that pic you said you took from exactly that angle, I was on the SOBC and the pic was taken by my Dad just before I went up to the bridge. I suppose it regularly goes through there, but that is the first time I ever saw it, and I have been through active pass at least 4 times before. We saw some of it's cargo with Zellers and the Bay written on the truck trailers.
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Post by Balfour on May 14, 2005 22:33:08 GMT -8
<--HUH? You just said the same thing twice. What's up with that?
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Post by NMcKay on May 15, 2005 4:39:50 GMT -8
he probably hit the post reply button twice and didn't notice. it happens from time to time when your computer has a brain fart.
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Post by Quinsam on May 15, 2005 12:07:03 GMT -8
Oops, maybe I did!
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Post by cascade on May 16, 2005 4:43:41 GMT -8
Any more news from our BCTV guess ? on why he is interested in the Accident.
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Post by Retrovision on May 17, 2005 16:06:43 GMT -8
Thanx for the info, Harry. It's a great pic of the Doris.  ---------------------------------------- Does anyone here know the history of the Seaspan Doris? The only thing close that I could find was reference to the Doris York(something)(I don't have the book here) in the book "Princess Story" by Norman Hacking and W. Kaye Lamb. (Sorry for being off topic) |
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Post by cascade on May 24, 2005 12:18:32 GMT -8
What month was the accident - as it is 35 years - are BCTV planning any type of program on it - and if so why?
Was it March or September 1970 ?
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Post by cascade on May 24, 2005 12:25:28 GMT -8
I believe the month was August 1970 - also found this too.... interesting:
MR. WALLACE: A supplementary question, Mr. Speaker. With the reduction of crews on the B.C. ferries to the minimum allowed on the Canada Shipping Act, has there been any concern expressed, either by crew members or management, over the capacity of the crew to deal with emergency situations such as occurred in a collision with a Russian freighter in August, 1970, and the fire on the Queen of Victoria in November, 1972?
HON. MR. DAVIS: Mr. Speaker, I believe there has been some concern expressed. However, I will have to take the question as notice.
MR. WALLACE: A final supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Since the crews were reduced in number, have the regular fire and emergency drill procedures been rehearsed, and have the results of these emergency drill procedures been satisfactory with the reduction number of crew?
The government of the day - don't you just love them....always looking out for the poor worker...
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Post by BCTV on May 24, 2005 21:56:16 GMT -8
Nothing regarding a report on the accident's 35th is in the works, I myself was just curious to find out more on the accident...I don't work in the newsroom, I work in the robotic camera dept.
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Post by cascade on May 25, 2005 8:59:57 GMT -8
BCTV -
I would be very interested to see - if you can get into the Film library - see if you can find any pictures of the American Navy around the Queen of Victoria.
This whole thing was blacked out. Cold War and stuff.
We had a family friend who went out in his boat and took a few pictures.The America Navy then chased after him. I remember the RCMP then talking to his parents - all very strange stuff. I was in Grade 5 at school then - and it was real cool having the police come to the school and talking to us about the Queen and that the families of the people that died - would not want pictures been taken - so if anyone had any - could they turn them over ect....
Police state - springs to mind. A couple of years later - when Greenpeace was formed - I was there marching....
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Post by Ferryman on May 30, 2005 16:06:50 GMT -8
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Post by Balfour on May 30, 2005 16:13:20 GMT -8
May be it is, but it could be another V class considering it was taken during the Winter, and other V class ships could ha.ve been in for refit
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Post by Curtis on May 30, 2005 16:34:02 GMT -8
Maybe
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Post by Ferryman on May 30, 2005 17:40:30 GMT -8
I was looking at the lower car deck, and it has the windows along there that only the Queen of Vancouver and Victoria have, so it has to be one of those two.
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Post by Koastal Karl on May 30, 2005 22:13:20 GMT -8
Yeah it could be. I could always tell the Queen of Victoria by her lighter paint. Her paint seemed to be not as dark and was a bit faded, so that is how I usually could tell it was her. He funnel too was lighter blue than the Queen of Vancouver. I would assume because she just hadent been repainted alot!
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Post by Koastal Karl on May 30, 2005 22:27:08 GMT -8
Anyone else miss seeing the old colors on the ferries??? I guess I am not used to seeing them anymore now. Although the Quinsam still has them.
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Post by cascade on May 31, 2005 10:29:50 GMT -8
What year was the Queen of Victoria sold ? I also believe that they lay-ed her up for awhile before her sale - like a 24 months or so.
Maybe then - she is in or not the picture?
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Post by Ferryman on May 31, 2005 14:47:40 GMT -8
She was sold in December in the year 2000 and then left BC waters registered under Panama and the Queen of Ocoa on January 23 2001 I think.
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 7, 2005 21:42:17 GMT -8
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 7, 2005 21:45:29 GMT -8
..just copy and paste that link.... I guess....
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Post by Curtis on Jun 8, 2005 7:43:44 GMT -8
Now that almost looks like...
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