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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 4, 2017 20:34:25 GMT -8
The Queen of Burnaby thread has now limped to the retired BC Ferries vessels section of our forum, to live there forevermore.
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Post by Dane on Jun 9, 2017 17:24:37 GMT -8
May have been the case when Neil got that photo of the 'Burnaby at Deas, but I note today her BC Ferries word marks and funnel slugs are painted over.
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Post by Mike on Jun 11, 2017 8:54:56 GMT -8
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Post by princessofvanfan on Jun 11, 2017 19:22:47 GMT -8
Powell River residents must be ecstatic about having these nice new ships servicing their area. They've had to put up with worn out old tubs for decades.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 11, 2017 19:32:13 GMT -8
Powell River residents must be ecstatic about having these nice new ships servicing their area. They've had to put up with worn out old tubs for decades. Some of the residents who frequent the Facebook groups will likely never be satisfied with anything provided by BC Ferries. |
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Post by Neil on Jun 11, 2017 22:28:38 GMT -8
Powell River residents must be ecstatic about having these nice new ships servicing their area. They've had to put up with worn out old tubs for decades. Some of the residents who frequent the Facebook groups will likely never be satisfied with anything provided by BC Ferries. I think that with all questions relating to governance and public services, there are people who complain about everything (the slope of a staircase on a ferry), and people who have legitimate complaints. BC Ferries issues are no different. When I think of how the province and ferries management has responded to valid issues around transportation for many years, I cut the complainers a lot of slack, even if in the interests of sanity some of the more reflexive griping on facebook and other forums has to be discounted. |
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Post by Curtis on Jun 16, 2017 9:35:21 GMT -8
A two tone whistle blast from the Queen of Burnaby!
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Post by hullnumbers on Jul 13, 2017 20:49:59 GMT -8
Question, when Queen of Burnaby did the Victoria - Seattle run, where was the terminal in Victoria? I found info that it was at Ogden Point but I do not know where at Ogden Point? There would be no way in the Inner Harbour. Same with the Queen of Prince Rupert when she did the run, theres no way that ferry could fit in the inner harbour. Does anyone know?
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Post by FNS on Jul 14, 2017 2:19:22 GMT -8
Question, when Queen of Burnaby did the Victoria - Seattle run, where was the terminal in Victoria? I found info that it was at Ogden Point but I do not know where at Ogden Point? There would be no way in the Inner Harbour. Same with the Queen of Prince Rupert when she did the run, theres no way that ferry could fit in the inner harbour. Does anyone know? The QUEEN OF BURNABY (in disguise by other names) used Ogden Point at the piers adjacent to the breakwater. There was a vehicle wing wall there. The QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT used the same inner harbour dock the PRINCESS MARGUERITE used. QPR was shorter than the MAGGIE and a barge was placed where her tongue laid (with her mouth wide open, of course). She did not carry cars as there were no side hatches on her main deck. Only bikes were carried as well as passengers in 1980. It was a bad year to travel by car to Victoria in 1980 from our state. No PRINCESS MARGUERITE. The Hood Canal Bridge was blown down. The TILLIKUM and KULSHAN tried to handle the lines of traffic on the Lofall run, a primary way to get to Port Angeles and the COHO. The old 75-car KLICKITAT was on the Sidney run for half of the summer until the then new ISSY was ready to begin service on the NVI runs (the ISSY sent the NISQUALLY from NVI to MUK, VASHON from MUK to the inter-island run, and the ES took over the SID run as the KLICKITAT and KALEETAN served the domestic express runs from ANA to the San Juans). On the brighter side, yours truly graduated from high school on June 10 of that year. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 14, 2017 9:08:22 GMT -8
Question, when Queen of Burnaby did the Victoria - Seattle run, where was the terminal in Victoria? I found info that it was at Ogden Point but I do not know where at Ogden Point? There would be no way in the Inner Harbour. Same with the Queen of Prince Rupert when she did the run, theres no way that ferry could fit in the inner harbour. Does anyone know? [aka QPR] in Victoria's Inner Harbour - summer 1980  [D.O. Thorne photo ©] by Jim Thorne, on Flickr |
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Post by princessofvanfan on Jul 14, 2017 10:12:57 GMT -8
Yep, that was an odd summer in the Inner Harbour.
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Post by hullnumbers on Jul 16, 2017 17:05:18 GMT -8
Question, when Queen of Burnaby did the Victoria - Seattle run, where was the terminal in Victoria? I found info that it was at Ogden Point but I do not know where at Ogden Point? There would be no way in the Inner Harbour. Same with the Queen of Prince Rupert when she did the run, theres no way that ferry could fit in the inner harbour. Does anyone know? The QUEEN OF BURNABY (in disguise by other names) used Ogden Point at the piers adjacent to the breakwater. There was a vehicle wing wall there. The QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT used the same inner harbour dock the PRINCESS MARGUERITE used. QPR was shorter than the MAGGIE and a barge was placed where her tongue laid (with her mouth wide open, of course). She did not carry cars as there were no side hatches on her main deck. Only bikes were carried as well as passengers in 1980. It was a bad year to travel by car to Victoria in 1980 from our state. No PRINCESS MARGUERITE. The Hood Canal Bridge was blown down. The TILLIKUM and KULSHAN tried to handle the lines of traffic on the Lofall run, a primary way to get to Port Angeles and the COHO. The old 75-car KLICKITAT was on the Sidney run for half of the summer until the then new ISSY was ready to begin service on the NVI runs (the ISSY sent the NISQUALLY from NVI to MUK, VASHON from MUK to the inter-island run, and the ES took over the SID run as the KLICKITAT and KALEETAN served the domestic express runs from ANA to the San Juans). On the brighter side, yours truly graduated from high school on June 10 of that year. That's impressive, shocking though the QPR only took bikes and passenger. What terminal in Seattle did the ferry use? |
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Post by FNS on Jul 16, 2017 21:14:22 GMT -8
The QUEEN OF BURNABY (in disguise by other names) used Ogden Point at the piers adjacent to the breakwater. There was a vehicle wing wall there. The QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT used the same inner harbour dock the PRINCESS MARGUERITE used. QPR was shorter than the MAGGIE and a barge was placed where her tongue laid (with her mouth wide open, of course). She did not carry cars as there were no side hatches on her main deck. Only bikes were carried as well as passengers in 1980. It was a bad year to travel by car to Victoria in 1980 from our state. No PRINCESS MARGUERITE. The Hood Canal Bridge was blown down. The TILLIKUM and KULSHAN tried to handle the lines of traffic on the Lofall run, a primary way to get to Port Angeles and the COHO. The old 75-car KLICKITAT was on the Sidney run for half of the summer until the then new ISSY was ready to begin service on the NVI runs (the ISSY sent the NISQUALLY from NVI to MUK, VASHON from MUK to the inter-island run, and the ES took over the SID run as the KLICKITAT and KALEETAN served the domestic express runs from ANA to the San Juans). On the brighter side, yours truly graduated from high school on June 10 of that year. That's impressive, shocking though the QPR only took bikes and passenger. What terminal in Seattle did the ferry use? The QPR used Pier 69 in Seattle, the same used by the PM since the late 1970s after moving from the Pier 64/65 complex (used by CPR for decades and then BCSS from 1975 for a few summers). Pier 69 had the same setup Victoria had that year. One advantage of using "69" was that you could turn the numbers together upside down and still get "69".  |
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Post by hullnumbers on Jul 17, 2017 19:37:27 GMT -8
That's impressive, shocking though the QPR only took bikes and passenger. What terminal in Seattle did the ferry use? The QPR used Pier 69 in Seattle, the same used by the PM since the late 1970s after moving from the Pier 64/65 complex (used by CPR for decades and then BCSS from 1975 for a few summers). Pier 69 had the same setup Victoria had that year. One advantage of using "69" was that you could turn the numbers together upside down and still get "69". Thanks, that's amazing. Seattle sure has changed with passenger service. It is really to bad vehicle service did not last long for the Burnaby, but passenger service survived thanks to Clipper Navigation. Funny that Clipper now has pier 69. (Ya that numbers funny ) Somewhat interesting how the pier 69 and clipper has some connection with the QPR and Queen of Burnaby. |
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Post by FNS on Jul 17, 2017 20:00:06 GMT -8
The QPR used Pier 69 in Seattle, the same used by the PM since the late 1970s after moving from the Pier 64/65 complex (used by CPR for decades and then BCSS from 1975 for a few summers). Pier 69 had the same setup Victoria had that year. One advantage of using "69" was that you could turn the numbers together upside down and still get "69". Thanks, that's amazing. Seattle sure has changed with passenger service. It is really to bad vehicle service did not last long for the Burnaby, but passenger service survived thanks to Clipper Navigation. Funny that Clipper now has pier 69. (Ya that numbers funny ) Somewhat interesting how the pier 69 and clipper has some connection with the QPR and Queen of Burnaby. Actually, the QUEEN OF BURNABY used Pier 48. There was a wingwall and loading ramp specially set up for her bow loading in Seattle. She unloaded through her stern at Ogden Point in Victoria. Passengers used the big terminal building and boarded her through her "Swartz Bay" gate. Arriving vehicles made a u-turn after getting off and drove the length of the pier's north side and entered a "hole" where they lined up inside for US Customs. I watched her activities a couple of times from the L C Smith Building. |
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Post by hullnumbers on Jul 17, 2017 21:14:30 GMT -8
Thanks, that's amazing. Seattle sure has changed with passenger service. It is really to bad vehicle service did not last long for the Burnaby, but passenger service survived thanks to Clipper Navigation. Funny that Clipper now has pier 69. (Ya that numbers funny ) Somewhat interesting how the pier 69 and clipper has some connection with the QPR and Queen of Burnaby. Actually, the QUEEN OF BURNABY used Pier 48. There was a wingwall and loading ramp specially set up for her bow loading in Seattle. She unloaded through her stern at Ogden Point in Victoria. Passengers used the big terminal building and boarded her through her "Swartz Bay" gate. Arriving vehicles made a u-turn after getting off and drove the length of the pier's north side and entered a "hole" where they lined up inside for US Customs. I watched her activities a couple of times from the L C Smith Building. I knew the Queen of Burnaby used pier 48 (Oops, I ment that pier 69 became clipper navigation in 1986. Six years after QPR used that same pier when they began. Clipper also handled the Queen of Burnaby at pier 48 when they took over so both piers have a connection to each other. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 25, 2017 16:28:55 GMT -8
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Post by Scott on Jul 31, 2017 21:24:26 GMT -8
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Post by Luke on Aug 18, 2017 22:53:36 GMT -8
Last April, I did a massive BCF trip, the main impetus of which was to ride the Queen of Burnaby. I was able to ride her twice on the trip, and was able to get a walkthrough.
For anyone who wants to re-live the experience of wandering around the venerable old queen, this is the video for you.
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Post by Starsteward on Sept 13, 2017 6:40:43 GMT -8
Viewing the departure of the 'Spirit of B.C.' from Deas/FMU yesterday, the vessel finder showed the 'SOBC' and the 'Nanny' but there didn't appear to be
any sign of the 'Burnaby'. Have they towed the old girl up the Fraser River and dumped her?
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Post by Neil on Sept 13, 2017 9:11:27 GMT -8
Viewing the departure of the 'Spirit of B.C.' from Deas/FMU yesterday, the vessel finder showed the 'SOBC' and the 'Nanny' but there didn't appear to be any sign of the 'Burnaby'. Have they towed the old girl up the Fraser River and dumped her? A photo on the nautical history site shows her still at Deas, and apparently being painted, which i thought was really interesting. |
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Post by chinook2 on Sept 18, 2017 19:51:38 GMT -8
When the 'Burnaby was operating as the Royal Victorian or the Maggie 3, she docked sternwards at Ogden point, using facilities installed for the BC Steamships' Vancouver Island Princess, and briefly used by the Crown Princess Victoria. The passenger facilities have been adapted to be the primary cruise ship terminall
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Post by Scott on Sept 23, 2017 19:35:23 GMT -8
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Post by princessofvanfan on Sept 24, 2017 20:21:49 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Dec 13, 2017 22:30:21 GMT -8
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