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Post by WettCoast on Feb 21, 2017 19:34:59 GMT -8
Its time again to play Name that Boat, the WCFF's ever popular guessing game .... This is another photo taken by mrdot . The approximate date is indicated on the picture. Your job is to name the boat, the entity that operated this boat, & the location of the photo. Bonus points if you can tell me the phase of the moon on the day that this photo was taken. Coming along side by mrdot., on Flickr
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Post by Neil on Feb 21, 2017 20:49:39 GMT -8
Isn't that the Princess of Vancouver coming into her CP berth with Stanley Park in the background?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2017 22:55:08 GMT -8
Princess of Vancouver, operated by CP Steamships arriving at pier A3 Vancouver with a full moon.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 22, 2017 17:51:01 GMT -8
Yes, you both have this one pegged. I thought that the semi 'rural' look of the scene would make it difficult. Also, I have not seen many head-on shots of the PoV. I never realized that there was a Canadian Pacific 'shield' atop the bow as you can see in this photo ...
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Post by westernflyer on Feb 22, 2017 18:12:54 GMT -8
Yes, you both have this one pegged. I thought that the semi 'rural' look of the scene would make it difficult. Also, I have not seen many head-on shots of the PoV. I never realized that there was a Canadian Pacific 'shield' atop the bow as you can see in this photo ...
Perhaps I was distracted by the neat little visor/deflector on the bow just above, but I had not noticed the 'shield' either... By 1978 it was gone, as evidenced by another wonderful mrdot photo found on this forum.
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Feb 22, 2017 18:31:44 GMT -8
Its time again to play Name that Boat, the WCFF's ever popular guessing game .... This is another photo taken by mrdot . The approximate date is indicated on the picture. Your job is to name the boat, the entity that operated this boat, & the location of the photo. Bonus points if you can tell me the phase of the moon on the day that this photo was taken. Coming along side by mrdot., on FlickrAs I already happen to know about the moon phases, it appears to be a Waxing Gibbous, at around 95% full.
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Post by ragingpotatoyt on Aug 28, 2017 9:05:22 GMT -8
I suspect that all of you are wrong. It is without doubt the 8th sister, i.e. the Queen of Richmond, out on see trials in preparation for its annual run at the beginning of next month. And that lads & lasses is my definitive position on this! Do u not realize that the Richmond doesn't exist it was a made up ship that everyone thought existed
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 28, 2017 9:35:08 GMT -8
I suspect that all of you are wrong. It is without doubt the 8th sister, i.e. the Queen of Richmond, out on see trials in preparation for its annual run at the beginning of next month. And that lads & lasses is my definitive position on this! Do u not realize that the Richmond doesn't exist it was a made up ship that everyone thought existed First off, please use fully spelled words ("you" not "u") and use puctuation, such as commas and the helpful question mark. This isn't a text-message chat. We pride ourselves on a quality approach to things here. It makes things much easier to read, and looks a lot better. -------- Now, to the Queen of Richmond: Here's a post made in early 2007 by the member. I think that he properly understands the satirical myth of the Queen of Richmond. That ship is in all likelihood not the Queen of Victoria. It is, almost certainly the fabled 8th sister that was to have been named the Queen of Richmond. It never entered service as it was used instead as the Bennett family yacht. This is my 2-cents worth on this subject.
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Post by ragingpotatoyt on Aug 28, 2017 9:43:59 GMT -8
Do u not realize that the Richmond doesn't exist it was a made up ship that everyone thought existed First off, please use fully spelled words ("you" not "u") and use puctuation, such as commas and the helpful question mark. This isn't a text-message chat. We pride ourselves on a quality approach to things here. It makes things much easier to read, and looks a lot better. -------- Now, to the Queen of Richmond: Here's a post made in early 2007 by the member. I think that he properly understands the satirical myth of the Queen of Richmond. That ship is in all likelihood not the Queen of Victoria. It is, almost certainly the fabled 8th sister that was to have been named the Queen of Richmond. It never entered service as it was used instead as the Bennett family yacht. This is my 2-cents worth on this subject. Ok I will keep that in mind in future posts
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 31, 2017 19:32:46 GMT -8
I suspect that all of you are wrong. It is without doubt the 8th sister, i.e. the Queen of Richmond, out on see trials in preparation for its annual run at the beginning of next month. And that lads & lasses is my definitive position on this! Do u not realize that the Richmond doesn't exist it was a made up ship that everyone thought existed Funny what goes around ... I believe that I was the guy who introduced the fabled 8th sister to this forum, quite a few years ago. Jim, aka Wett Coast, Jasper
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 22, 2019 15:25:53 GMT -8
I need your help with a discussion going on on the Facebook page "Old Victoria, BC". They, with my participation, are trying to identify a ship in a photo taken (according to the original poster) from Qualicum (Vancouver Island) in 1977. There is one guy who is certain the vessel is the Chinook (Sechelt Queen) but I am equally certain that it is not. The problem is that I am stumped as to what it actually is, and I am pretty sure it is not one of the ferries/steamships that were once part of our west coast fleets in Canadian or US waters. Perhaps it was a pocket cruise ship ... Perhaps EGfleet might be able to make a positive identification. The picture is pretty fuzzy ...
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Post by Starsteward on Mar 22, 2019 15:46:46 GMT -8
I need your help with a discussion going on on the Facebook page "Old Victoria, BC". They, with my participation, are trying to identify a ship in a photo taken (according to the original poster) from Qualicum (Vancouver Island) in 1977. There is one guy who is certain the vessel is the Chinook (Sechelt Queen) but I am equally certain that it is not. The problem is that I am stumped as to what it actually is, and I am pretty sure it is not one of the ferries/steamships that were once part of our west coast fleets in Canadian or US waters. Perhaps it was a pocket cruise ship ... Perhaps EGfleet might be able to make a positive identification. The picture is pretty fuzzy ... The ship in the picture is definitely Not the Sechelt Queen. Even if the bow was cut off, this vessel is far too long and the funnel is all wrong. I'm with you Jim that this was one of the early forerunner pocket cruise ships that were sailing the summer waters of the BC Coast.
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Post by FNS on Mar 22, 2019 16:26:27 GMT -8
I need your help with a discussion going on on the Facebook page "Old Victoria, BC". They, with my participation, are trying to identify a ship in a photo taken (according to the original poster) from Qualicum (Vancouver Island) in 1977. There is one guy who is certain the vessel is the Chinook (Sechelt Queen) but I am equally certain that it is not. The problem is that I am stumped as to what it actually is, and I am pretty sure it is not one of the ferries/steamships that were once part of our west coast fleets in Canadian or US waters. Perhaps it was a pocket cruise ship ... Perhaps EGfleet might be able to make a positive identification. The picture is pretty fuzzy ... Might be Sitmar Cruises' FAIRWIND or FAIRSEA.
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Post by Neil on Mar 22, 2019 22:08:33 GMT -8
I need your help with a discussion going on on the Facebook page "Old Victoria, BC". They, with my participation, are trying to identify a ship in a photo taken (according to the original poster) from Qualicum (Vancouver Island) in 1977. There is one guy who is certain the vessel is the Chinook (Sechelt Queen) but I am equally certain that it is not. The problem is that I am stumped as to what it actually is, and I am pretty sure it is not one of the ferries/steamships that were once part of our west coast fleets in Canadian or US waters. Perhaps it was a pocket cruise ship ... Perhaps EGfleet might be able to make a positive identification. The picture is pretty fuzzy ... I think 'FNS' might be right with his suggestion of Fairwind or Fairsea. I don't see anything in the historical shots available to discount that. Sechelt Queen was a bizarre guess, particularly if the shot was actually taken from Qualicum. She never had her original bow once she entered BC service, but even aside from that, the shape is all wrong.
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 23, 2019 8:28:15 GMT -8
I think 'FNS' might be right with his suggestion of Fairwind or Fairsea. I don't see anything in the historical shots available to discount that. Sechelt Queen was a bizarre guess, particularly if the shot was actually taken from Qualicum. She never had her original bow once she entered BC service, but even aside from that, the shape is all wrong. Yes, I agree. I believe that FNS has got this right. There is still one thing though. One would not normally expect to see a cruise ship heading to/from Alaska this close in to Qualicum. Perhaps this was one of those mini Vancouver Island cruises that we sometimes see even today.
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Post by Neil on Jan 5, 2021 18:01:17 GMT -8
An easy one for some of our older members. Where am I, and what vessel am I on?
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 5, 2021 18:14:48 GMT -8
An easy one for some of our older members. Where am I, and what vessel am I on? Is that North Island Princess with Queen of Sidney out in the distance? And I would say you were somewhere between Powell River and Texada Island.
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Post by Shane on Jan 5, 2021 18:24:15 GMT -8
Easy! It's the NIP en route to Powell River with the Queen of Sidney in the background. I'm assuming the mid 90's. Having grown up on Texada and in Powell River this was a familiar sight for me.
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 5, 2021 21:54:25 GMT -8
I'm with the others except that I am placing the date earlier as 1986 give or take a bit. That looks like an '86' on the Sidney's funnel. We all know (right?) that for about a two year period the Expo 86 logo replaced the dogwood on BCF funnels ...
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Post by Neil on Jan 5, 2021 22:36:20 GMT -8
I'm with the others except that I am placing the date earlier as 1986 give or take a bit. That looks like an '86' on the Sidney's funnel. We all know (right?) that for about a two year period the Expo 86 logo replaced the dogwood on BCF funnels ... I'm trying to identify which daughter I'm with, there ( they were 6 1/2 years apart), and I'm thinking it was my youngest, which might make this about 1997. Even if it was my eldest, it would have been maybe 1990. I think both the ' Sidney and ' Tsawwassen served on that route... would the Expo logo still be on the funnel in 1990?
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 6, 2021 8:20:26 GMT -8
The Expo logo was on the funnels in 1985-6 so it just might be that I am mistaken when I say that it ‘looks’ like an Expo 86 logo. I know that the Sidney was on that run for a number of years with its sister doing occasional relief duty. But which vessel was there at the time of Expo 86? Was it the P of Vancouver?
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Post by Neil on Jan 6, 2021 18:37:04 GMT -8
The Expo logo was on the funnels in 1985-6 so it just might be that I am mistaken when I say that it ‘looks’ like an Expo 86 logo. I know that the Sidney was on that run for a number of years with its sister doing occasional relief duty. But which vessel was there at the time of Expo 86? Was it the P of Vancouver? Looking at my schedules as well as a Vancouver Province article on ship deployment, Queen of Tsawwassen was on route five Expo summer, along with Queen of the Islands. Queen of Sidney had apparently been in layup, but was placed in 'active reserve' for the summer, so yes, that must mean the Princess of Vancouver was the Comox based vessel.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2021 19:04:57 GMT -8
I am agree with the Sidney or Tsawassen in the background however the boat in question Is definitely the NIP due to the fact that the raised bow is definitely noticeable along with the side under height vehicle lane
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 9, 2021 12:49:43 GMT -8
Okay, no mystery ship in this one, just a mystery BC ferry terminal. Name the highway, route & terminal for this one with a divided highway at its approach ...
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Post by Kahloke on Feb 9, 2021 13:06:27 GMT -8
Okay, no mystery ship in this one, just a mystery BC ferry terminal. Name the highway, route & terminal for this one with a divided highway at its approach ...
BC Highway 23, Shelter Bay-Galena Bay crossing, Shelter Bay terminal
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