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Post by Curtis on Jan 12, 2008 10:50:45 GMT -8
Very Nice, The First One of the Oak Bay is one I've seen before. Didn't Chris have that as his avatar pic at one point?
As for the pic of the Bowen...She's most likely unfinished in paint. It's Either that or She's in a Partial Ministry of Highways Paint Job. If not it's her warped out lost sister the Galiano Queen. According to legend she was half a Ministry of Highways vessel and half a BC Ferry Vessel.
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Post by Mill Bay on Jan 12, 2008 11:22:09 GMT -8
Very Nice, The First One of the Oak Bay is one I've seen before. Didn't Chris have that as his avatar pic at one point? As for the pic of the Bowen...She's most likely unfinished in paint. It's Either that or She's in a Partial Ministry of Highways Paint Job. If not it's her warped out lost sister the Galiano Queen. According to legend she was half a Ministry of Highways vessel and half a BC Ferry Vessel. Gack! Ack!  Oh good grief. Not another long-lost legendary vessel. You wouldn't by chance be into science fiction and parallel universes would you? If there is one, I hope that the old Langdale Queen, Suzy-Q, Pender Queen, Queen of Sidney and all the unstretched, unlifted V-Class are still sailing in it so that I can disappear there someday and take endless ferry trips. |
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Post by Scott on Jan 12, 2008 12:16:56 GMT -8
Yeah, good call on the tree. I feel dumb now;)
As for the Queen of Oak Bay pic, it was probably on my geocities website for a while.
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Post by Nickfro on Jan 12, 2008 21:29:18 GMT -8
Staying in Horseshoe Bay, here's a photo of a pre-stretched (I'm pretty sure) Bowen Queen. Don't know who took this photo or when it was taken. That's in Horseshoe Bay alright. . .can be confirmed when you compare it to the Q of Cow or Coq from 2 photos above that as you look at the rocks, minus a lot of trees (and some additional blasting). Doesn't it look like the car deck stis higher up from the water than it presently is, or is it me? |
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Post by DENelson83 on Jan 31, 2008 21:04:40 GMT -8
Nice Picture! Its odd that the 2 ships are passing Green to Green instead of Red to Red.  Lemme guess, that's the SOVI on the left and the SOBC on the right. |
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Post by Retrovision on Mar 17, 2008 22:28:19 GMT -8
First volley of a bunch of old books I've picked up recently at used bookstores The Haunted Bookshop and Beacon Books in Sidney... Found Here: www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/c1247705_469.html
Including, among 13 pics for now...From " The Colour of British Columbia" Photographs and text by Bill Brooks - Copyright © 1980 by Bill Brooks  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070081.html"The Seabus takes another load of commuters across Vancouver's Burrard Inlet" Shown in original high-visibility orange paint before 1980 and before the now landmark Canada Place in downtown Vancouver was built; note the CPR cruise ship Princess Patritia moored at what was then Pier B-C at left.  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070076.htmlQueen of Tsawwassen departing the original single ramped Village Bay, Mayne Island, terminal in the Southern Gulf Islands before the terminal was upgraded with another berth that could be eventually double-ramped. From " Victoria and Vancouver Island - A pictorial tour of beautiful Vancouver Island and Victoria, Capital City of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Text by Anne Broadfoot [Photo credits are not given]" © Published by Spectrum Enterprizes Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. © Published 1967; Reprinted 1969; Revised and Reprinted 1970.  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070083.htmlI didn't realize until now that people requiring an elevator back then were referred to as " invalids"  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070080.htmlCan anyone name this ferry? Location is not given and I can't remember which of the sisters Nimpkish/Nicola/A.J. Savoie was at, I'd guess, Gabriola and when.  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070084.htmlAn unstretched and unlifted BC Ferry Queen of Nanaimo in Howe Sound near Horseshoe Bay.  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070088.htmlUnlifted (original format) now 'V' Class vessels pass at Active Pass near Sturdies Bay, Galiano Island.  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070077.htmlUnstretched and unlifted now 'V' Class vessels pass at Active Pass near Village Bay, Mayne Island.  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070079.htmlSwartz Bay Terminal and 'Sidney' Class vessel moored stern-to.  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070087.htmlKelsey Bay with Queen of Prince Rupert and original Island Princess (now North Island Princess) in the distance at left. Note what looks like a BC Ferries parade float on the road in the foreground at left. (One pic from " From Frontier to Freeway" Queen's Printer for British Columbia © Victoria, 1986 [No author or photographer noted]  www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070082.htmlQueen of Prince Rupert at Bear Cove, Port Hardy. ) www.ferrypicsbygraham.fotopic.net/p49070078.htmlVictoria's Inner Harbour: CPR terminal with original paint scheme Princess ships docked in foreground where the, in the background, Black Ball ferry Coho now docks. Follow the links and then click the pics for the largest versions uploaded |
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Post by Retrovision on Mar 19, 2008 9:53:56 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 12, 2011 11:57:18 GMT -8
This thread is no longer in use. I'll move any relevant items to ship-specific threads, soon. ....but most of the stuff is expired broken photo-links....  |
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Oh good grief. Not another long-lost legendary vessel.
