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Post by nolonger on Mar 18, 2010 3:05:42 GMT -8
Not so much for all the business owners on Stewart Ave. This idea has been kicked around before tho. Economically it makes sense but they would have to finish the 2nd berth at Duke. Also wouldn't they then still have to use Dep. Bay in the summer due to the tremendous amount of traffic on weekends etc.
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Post by lmtengs on May 11, 2010 19:09:37 GMT -8
Which ferry dock would this be, and is it still operational? The blotch is what's left of a friend of mine, who's identity I removed for privacy. Attachments:
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on May 11, 2010 19:29:26 GMT -8
Which ferry dock would this be, and is it still operational? That is the dock at the Ocean Cement property located at Departure Bay. I am not sure if it is still operational. BC Ferries has used it in the past as a temporary dock for ships out of service, but it has been at least a decade since one was tied-up there... |
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Post by lmtengs on May 12, 2010 19:49:44 GMT -8
What would Ocean have used a ferry berth for?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 5, 2010 21:41:27 GMT -8
Some photos of Departure Bay terminal, taken from Newcastle Island.   |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 5, 2010 21:42:31 GMT -8
Which ferry dock would this be, and is it still operational? That is the dock at the Ocean Cement property located at Departure Bay. I am not sure if it is still operational. BC Ferries has used it in the past as a temporary dock for ships out of service, but it has been at least a decade since one was tied-up there... Here's a couple of photos of the Ocean Cement dock, taken from Newcastle Island: - photo taken June 5, 2010. - Ocean Cement dock is at far-left in photo.  Close-up of the structure.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 4, 2010 12:59:57 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 20, 2010 12:25:09 GMT -8
Here is a new thread for photos of Departure Bay terminal, and discussion related to those photos.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 20, 2010 13:45:50 GMT -8
And here's Departure Bay:  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 20, 2010 13:54:38 GMT -8
Departure Bay with Quinsam hanging out in Berth 1. . .  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 20, 2010 14:17:54 GMT -8
Departure Bay Terminal
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 2, 2010 11:07:58 GMT -8
Some more Departure Bay scenes, these from October 1, 2010: The east-side of the passenger building, in the morning light.  The departure lounge:  - and just outside the departure lounge  ----------------- The footie overhead-walkways: - the part closest to the departure building has lots of glass, similar to what you see at Duke Point.    ....but after the junction, both of the walkways to berth 2 & 3 are more old-school. Like a long Atco trailer in the air.   --------------------- The disembarking traffic on the Queen of Cowichan's upper vehicle-deck.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 27, 2010 15:48:54 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 20, 2010 20:26:51 GMT -8
Karl has given me permission to post some photos from his Facebook albums. - I've adjusted the contrast & colours a bit, and here are some of his photos relating to this thread: ------------------------------- Some nice overhead shots of Departure Bay terminal   Coastal Renaissance in berth-2   - at low tide. It shows why the berth-1 jetty needs to be such a long structure.   |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 19, 2011 19:51:55 GMT -8
Here's a photo of Departure Bay terminal that I took today from across the bay at the public beach area.  What I find interesting is the optical illusion that the double-decked berth that appears to the right of the C'Renaissance is actually to the left of her. Renny is in berth-1, which is the furthest right, but that juts out into the bay. There's no visible berth ramp from my vantage point (and the style of the ramp is that there's no overhead workings. The double-decked berth that appears to be on Renny's right is the middle Berth-2. ...and then you can see a dark-metal old-school ramp on the far-left of my photo. That's next door at Ocean Cement. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 23, 2011 17:55:36 GMT -8
Photo from Nanaimo museum: - Departure Bay terminal, in the early Black Ball days.  - the ship is the MV Chinook II. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 14, 2011 10:55:16 GMT -8
Photos of Departure Bay terminal, taken from a private boat in Newcastle Channel. - photos from May 7, 2011     --------------- And the next door neighbour. - the old berth at the cement company yard.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 9, 2011 7:09:31 GMT -8
Some pics from July 7th:  Leaning towards my more artistic side?  Taken through my car window. Is market sign new?  |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 17, 2011 15:07:30 GMT -8
Departure Bay Terminal with Coastal Renaissance arriving from Horseshoe Bay ~7:00 PM, 8 July 2011.  From the JST Flickr photo site © |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 19, 2011 18:52:56 GMT -8
Arrival view of Departure Bay, from the C'Renaissance.  We're headed into berth-2: - the berth 2 & 3 passenger walkways share a common trunk.  Coastal prop-wash.  The lot on a Saturday evening, August 13th.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 21, 2011 0:50:59 GMT -8
Here are some photos of the damage that the Queen of Coquitlam caused to Departure Bay the other day: According to a crew member, the dolphin was literally knocked right into the water. Here's the dolphin stand, minus the dolphin:   And here's our dolphin, laying out of commission along the berth 1 jetty.  Workers welding the dolphin stand.  We were wondering about this old wooden dolphin, and I've come to the conclusion that they'll be attaching this to the dolphin stand that the damaged dolphin is normally attached to. This is sort of a temporary fix. My reasonings are that the chains on the wooden dolphin look brand new, and one worker was welding a chain onto it, so they're obviously preparing it for something, and I think that something is to be a replacement. Where might they have taken the wooden dolphin from? Do they have a used-dolphin-storage-center somewhere? |
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Post by Alberni on Nov 24, 2011 14:50:47 GMT -8
I recall seeing some spares "piggy-backed" to the dolphins in Berth 1 a while back. I think they keep them over by the other side of the Departure and Arrivals building.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 23, 2011 20:24:32 GMT -8
Departure Bay at night, 12/20/2011  - Queen of Coquitlam is in berth-1. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 24, 2011 14:26:33 GMT -8
A trio of photos of Departure Bay terminal, seen from across the bay on Sugarloaf Mountain. - from 12/23/2011  - Notice the Quinsam in-berth at the Nanaimo harbour terminal.  - It appears that we can see the holding-compound traffic segregation for the 2 different routes.  |
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Dec 26, 2011 19:45:41 GMT -8
3 pics showing dual-destination signage in place at Departure Bay, the likes of which haven't been seen since the mid-90's:   Out of the 4 self-ticketing kiosks, 2 are for Horseshoe Bay and 2 are for Tsawwassen...each machine doesn't give you a choice of destination as they do at other multi-route terminals.  |
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