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Post by Retrovision on Oct 1, 2006 23:06:53 GMT -8
Princess Victoria
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Post by Neil on Oct 12, 2007 15:01:44 GMT -8
I suspect this is the oldest postcard ever posted on this forum. The postmark on the other side is February 14, 1909. Courtesy of my brother in law, Rod Wiseman, retired lifelong mariner.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 12, 2007 17:51:10 GMT -8
Neil, thanks for the recent posts of the historical photographs.
I seem to recall you saying that you really like the Princess Victoria. Is she your all-time favourite ship?
I'm still reading throught R.Turner's "Pacific Princesses" book, so I don't know the full story on P-Victoria yet. Did she have some sort of mid-life renovation?
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 12, 2007 22:10:27 GMT -8
Neil, thanks for the recent posts of the historical photographs. I seem to recall you saying that you really like the Princess Victoria. Is she your all-time favourite ship? I'm still reading throught R.Turner's "Pacific Princesses" book, so I don't know the full story on P-Victoria yet. Did she have some sort of mid-life renovation? I know that she's my all-time favorite ship despite being born just under 3 decades after she sank, and I'm guessing that she is the same to many others too considering the unprecedented elegance, etc., that she offered in her time, let alone being the template of sorts for most Princesses that followed. On page 125 of Robert D. Turner's other and more recent famous CPR BCCSS book "Those Beautiful Coastal Liners" (2001, Sono Nis Press), which is more about the spectacular imagery in the photography of the fleet over the years, a great photograph in colour can be found of the Princess Victoria after her conversion to a car carrier. The caption reads: And, according to the definitive "The Pacific Princesses" on Page 234 in Apendix I - Ships of the Princess Fleet, it notes the following significant dates for the Princess Victoria... |
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Post by Neil on Oct 12, 2007 22:16:18 GMT -8
Mr Horn- I think the Princess Victoria was the Princess. Grand, classic lines that were somewhat diminished but not ruined by her rebuilding into a car ferry in the late '20s.
WCK- The photo of the outbound Prince George is interesting, as there are passengers on board, and I was wondering if the ship ever actually completed a revenue run for her new owners. I seem to recall news stories of her being forced back by engine problems on her very first run, but perhaps I'm mistaken.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 7, 2010 14:02:33 GMT -8
My photo of a photo of the Princess Victoria off of Whidbey Island. - this framed photo is hanging in the hallway of the Coupeville Inn.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 19, 2011 9:55:17 GMT -8
During my recent Victoria vacation, I visited Point Ellice House, a heritage house / museum from the late 1800s era. ....the stuff that you find hanging on the walls of these old buildings:  A closer-look reveals the Princess Victoria (on the left side) and another CP steamer  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 17, 2011 8:27:15 GMT -8
A new thread for a old ship.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 17, 2011 9:41:17 GMT -8
Photos from exhibit displays at Nanaimo Museum: ======== Newcastle Island vacation scene from 1930: - The Joan or Elizabeth, and the Victoria:  close-up of the Victoria:  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 17, 2011 9:42:26 GMT -8
Here is the Canadian Pacific memorabilia, inside and near the historic pavilion building on Newcastle Island. Photos: - The Princess Victoria and the Princess Elaine, in 1938.  - The Joan and the Victoria.   |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 17, 2011 9:44:02 GMT -8
From the Maritime Museum of BC |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 17, 2011 9:44:58 GMT -8
Here are my pictures from my August 25 2009 visit to the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, located in Victoria. Princess Victoria items:     |
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Post by mrdot on Nov 22, 2011 18:03:51 GMT -8
:)eg's vintage postcard of Princess Victoria off Helen point at the west entrence to Active Pass is a very clumsy dropin of the immage and todays electronic cut and paste is much more beleivable than this early clumsy effort! that being said, these posts are neat and thank-you to egfleet! :)mrdot.
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Post by FNS on Nov 22, 2011 18:15:26 GMT -8
During my recent Victoria vacation, I visited Point Ellice House, a heritage house / museum from the late 1800s era. A closer-look reveals the Princess Victoria (on the left side) and another CP steamer  The other ship astern of the PRINCESS VICTORIA was the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, an easy ship for me to identify.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 22, 2011 18:55:56 GMT -8
The other ship astern of the PRINCESS VICTORIA was the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, an easy ship for me to identify. Thanks FNS, you're awesomely reliable. - It was really neat to see this framed photo in that heritage house during our tour of it. |
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Post by FNS on Dec 4, 2011 23:11:26 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Dec 10, 2011 13:09:40 GMT -8
Another rare photo...this one, happily, has a date: July 7th, 1919. Someone has added under that "Frank McBride's handwriting."  I don't know what boat that is, but it sure doesn't look like the Princess Victoria... |
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Post by Mike on Dec 10, 2011 13:36:38 GMT -8
Another rare photo...this one, happily, has a date: July 7th, 1919. Someone has added under that "Frank McBride's handwriting." I don't know what boat that is, but it sure doesn't look like the Princess Victoria... After consulting The Pacific Princesses, I think it is actually the first Princess Patricia. |
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Post by EGfleet on Dec 10, 2011 14:29:38 GMT -8
I don't know what boat that is, but it sure doesn't look like the Princess Victoria... After consulting The Pacific Princesses, I think it is actually the first Princess Patricia. I do believe you're right. Whoever Mr. McBride was, he mis-ID'ed his own photo. It's actually much cooler that it is the first Patricia. |
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Post by mrdot on Dec 10, 2011 16:06:14 GMT -8
:)this is the first Princess Patrica! quite correct it's not Victoria. :)mrdot.
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 11, 2011 20:43:06 GMT -8
The Princess Victoria - 1904  This was used several years ago as a 'Forum Flagship', back when this forum was known as the 'Ferries of BC Discussion Forum'. This photo is from the Notman Archives at the McCord Museum, Montreal. The photographer was William McFarlane Notman, the son of William Notman. For more on the Notman's, Google your way to the Notman Archives at the McCord Museum. I would also recommend a rather large coffee table book from Canada's 1967 Centennial year, entitled Portrait of a Period: A Collection of Notman Photographs 1856 - 1915. That book is worth its weight in gold. www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/imagedownload.php?accessNumber=VIEW-3645&Lang=1&imageID=161411&format=large |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 20, 2011 13:14:08 GMT -8
3 post cards of the CP Princess Victoria (and 3 more to come, later) Valentine & Sons postcard. No photographer mentioned  The back-side refers to the Union Steamship "Venture", I believe, but I can't make much sense of the message.  ----------------------- Smudged photograph. Nothing on the back of it  -------------------------- Very nice photo on this postcard - no details shown on the back regarding the postcard company or photographer  And a close-up crop of the people on-board  |
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Post by Neil on Dec 20, 2011 14:41:57 GMT -8
Postcard note, from above, "Dear Willie/ Does this look better to you than the Venture/ How would you like to cross the sound in her, eh/ Aunt May" (I spend a lot of time peering at old parish records and 19th century census entries).
I love that night shot of the 'Victoria: makes her look like such a grand liner. Very nice artwork.
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Post by Variable Pitch on Dec 20, 2011 21:31:36 GMT -8
A few views of the "Vic" I have once had over the years.. A real photo postcard..  A postcard circa 1907, postmarked Seattle..  A reproduction photo in the First Narrows..  One more to scan and post.. |
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Post by Variable Pitch on Dec 21, 2011 11:30:17 GMT -8
Two more of the Victoria, one Gowen, Sutton RPPC, the other a "Private" postcard by W.G. MacFarlane, Toronto and postmarked 1907..   |
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