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Post by Dane on Jun 24, 2007 22:24:20 GMT -8
Tremendous photo.... I have photos of almost this same scene from when I was 6 days old, my first ferry trip! Should I happen to remember I'll scan and post them in August. |
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Post by Fenklebaum on Jun 25, 2007 20:08:49 GMT -8
Biff, quit masquerading as me.
Fenk, annoyed
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Post by Fenklebaum on Jun 25, 2007 20:12:50 GMT -8
Oh by the way: Those are some jive photos you have there, Jim. Thanks!
Fenk, appreciative
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Post by Mike C on Jun 26, 2007 21:23:40 GMT -8
Another spectacular photo Jim Thanks for sharing  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 26, 2007 21:30:33 GMT -8
Maybe it's just me, but the un-lifted V's & the B's seem to look "longer" than the lifted-V's and the NewWest.
Does that happen to anyone else?
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Jun 26, 2007 21:37:43 GMT -8
Yup, I completely agree with you Fluge. It can be quite...tantalizing...!
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Post by Neil on Jun 26, 2007 22:08:26 GMT -8
Maybe it's just me, but the un-lifted V's & the B's seem to look "longer" than the lifted-V's and the NewWest. Does that happen to anyone else? Yes, it does. I used to look longer before my superstructure was enlarged, as well. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 26, 2007 22:20:13 GMT -8
I'll send you a bill for my counselling costs, Neil !
;D
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jun 26, 2007 22:39:32 GMT -8
That is a spectacular pic Jim, thanks again  |
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Post by Curtis on Jun 27, 2007 0:21:33 GMT -8
Once again more excellent images, Jim. The amout of photo's in you and your brother's collections look to be endless.
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Post by Barnacle on Jun 27, 2007 8:50:10 GMT -8
Neil, thank you for that--I've just learned how painful it is to blow coffee out my nose. Yes, the stretched V/B do look longer than the stretch and jacked V/B... it's a proportion thing. Might I also say that they are the most aesthetically pleasing of the lot, the unjacked boats. |
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Post by BIFF on Jun 28, 2007 12:50:02 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 4, 2007 22:03:31 GMT -8
I have scanned another couple of old B&W pictures from the DOT collection. Both of these originate from the BC Dept of Travel Industry, circa 1962, shortly after the Gulf Islands ferry company became part of BC Ferries. The Motor Princess had not yet been renamed Pender Queen. Larger versions can be seen in the retired ferries collection in my photobucket account (address below).  MV Motor Princess - Gulf Islands MV Cy Peck - Howe Sound ?? |
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Post by Curtis on Jul 4, 2007 22:08:24 GMT -8
Now there's some true classics, Jim. Keep them coming!
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Post by Neil on Jul 4, 2007 22:40:06 GMT -8
A while back I was wondering about the ferry service that preceded the Pattullo Bridge; apparently, this is how you would have crossed the Fraser in 1884- as the picture says, the first steam ferry across the river. Betcha Flensburger couldn't build us one of these.  |
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 17, 2007 18:59:39 GMT -8
Princesses Elizabeth & Joan were sisters, the night boats... ...Was travel more civilized in those days?My parents took the midnight boat to Vancouver on their wedding night - New Year's Eve 1943-44. ;D |
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Post by Retrovision on Jul 17, 2007 19:28:36 GMT -8
Thank you, Jim; it was a significant revalation to me just now to learn the relative size of the Langdale Queen ex- Asbury Park, etc., to others of the fleet of the time that we also no longer have. I've actually just confirmed this in conversation with my folks. it turns out that the Langdale Queen was considered a 'tiny' vessel comparatively ever-since her arrival in B.C. water so many years ago, according to my folks from a conversation the other night. |
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Post by Barnacle on Jul 18, 2007 9:41:55 GMT -8
I don't know if travel was more 'civilized' in those days as the whole world simply didn't turn at the frantic pace that it does today. Now we are made to feel guilty if we spend some time doing nothing, which is really a drag. I think I'll go weed the garden now, since it's been raining and the dirt might actually let go of some of the weeds.  |
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Post by EGfleet on Jul 19, 2007 9:57:17 GMT -8
Here's the latest addition to the collection...
[ftp]http://evergreenfleet.com/BCFerriesWebboard/tsawwassen_resize.jpg[/ftp]
(Moderator edit to change to link. ....something about the pic being 1,000 pixels wide. "Just a bit outside".)
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Post by hergfest on Jul 19, 2007 11:21:07 GMT -8
Looks like she is going into Horseshoe Bay? And it was before she was renamed Queen of Tsawwassen.
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Post by Curtis on Jul 19, 2007 12:43:47 GMT -8
Excellent Photo. A True Original. But if it is Horseshoe Bay...Do I smell Possible Editing...?
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 19, 2007 18:49:46 GMT -8
The Tsawwassen and Sidney served for only about 2 years on Route 1. When the City of Vancouver & C of Victoria entered service in 1962 the originals were sent north to Route 2 (ie. summer 1962). It would not have been renamed to Queen of Tsw until 1963, when the Queen name theme was introduced with the then new Q of Esquimalt & Q of Saanich.
So this picture is real and probably taken in 1962 or 63. The Q of Tsw. remained a regular on route 2 until the arrival of the Stena Danica in 1974.
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Post by Barnacle on Jul 19, 2007 18:54:45 GMT -8
Moreover, while EvergreenFleet might change a vessel's livery in a black and white picture, I've never seen him actually relocate a ship. ;D
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 22, 2007 20:36:46 GMT -8
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Post by Curtis on Jul 22, 2007 21:38:20 GMT -8
Inaugural Day for the Corporation. Which of us wouldn't love to be a passenger on the first sailings?
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