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Post by Ferryman on Jun 13, 2008 22:55:14 GMT -8
Another photo of the Alberni, again from my brother's camera. This is from Expo year and was taken along the lower Fraser River with the Alex Fraser Bridge in the background.  DOT photo ©Wow! Neat photo. Was she undergoing a refit of some sort at the time? I noticed there is some sort of small shipyard at that exact location. The Queen of the Islands was actually sitting in that almost exact spot, just only a few meters upstream from there a few weeks ago. www.pbase.com/ferryman/mv_queen_of_the_islandsBoth of tonights postings of scans were neat to see though. I didn't realize that a couple of ferries, has ventured upstream from Deas. I had just assumed that only the Klitsa and Kahloke were the only ones, to fill in on the Albion route. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 14, 2008 6:56:26 GMT -8
I believe that the location of the Alberni in the above photo is the same place that the Queens of Lego were put together about six years later. I am not sure why the Alberni was there - refit or something else? I will ask my brother. I am sure he will know.
As for BCF vessels up the river - There is the Sidney, of course. The only one to ever have made regular sailings - the Q of Richmond, perhaps, between her namesake city and upstream locations on special moonlight sailings at the winter solstice.
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Post by hergfest on Jun 14, 2008 19:35:42 GMT -8
I see some scaffolding on the main car deck, and there is some plywood over one of her forward windows.
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Post by Scott on Jun 14, 2008 21:14:42 GMT -8
I believe that the location of the Alberni in the above photo is the same place that the Queens of Lego were put together about six years later. I am not sure why the Alberni was there - refit or something else? I will ask my brother. I am sure he will know. Yes, I remember driving over the Alex Fraser Bridge every Saturday to visit my grandmother in White Rock and seeing the Spirit's being put together at that location. |
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Post by Variable Pitch on Jun 14, 2008 21:26:44 GMT -8
I too remember back in the summer/fall of '92, while commuting to and from Vancouver to Victoria, driving along River Rd. and seeing the progress of the S of BC. It was quite interesting. I remember the main passenger deck being assembled on the dockside, raised on stilts. Same goes for the funnel. Back then, I didn't have a clue what it was going to look like, but I wish I had a camera with me....
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Post by Alberni on Jun 16, 2008 17:44:44 GMT -8
Maybe they did the expansion of the passenger deck there. I can't remember which year they did it though.
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 17, 2008 21:42:51 GMT -8
Regarding this photo... My brother informs me that Vito's shipyard got the contract for the second rebuild of the Alberni 'in the 90's', he says. In this photo the Expo logo is still on the funnel so I believe the date to be about 1987. I assume these logos were removed not long after Expo year. By second rebuild I assume that means reconfiguration of the passenger space. The first rebuild was completed in 1984 and when finished she remained dressed beautifully in pastel blue.  Q of Alberni just off of Tsawwassen during trials following lifting - 18 June 1984 - photo by INFocus (J Barber) DOT Collection BTW, this location, or close to it was where the open house was held in 1974 for the then new to the fleet Queen of Surrey (aka the North). |
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Post by Mike C on Jun 18, 2008 9:36:57 GMT -8
Just an unrelated question here Jim, that photo looks great...
Is that the Alex Fraser Bridge under construction in the background?
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Post by Alberni on Jun 18, 2008 10:49:28 GMT -8
The AF bridge was opened in 1986 so that shot was probably taken after the summer season ended. You'll notice metal triangles on top of the tower for cable placement and also the trees in the background are changing colour. Here's a gallery of the bridge under contruction: www.geocities.com/big_bridges1/fraser.html |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Jun 18, 2008 11:00:08 GMT -8
Thanks to Dane and his BC Ferries Timeline, it appears this was taken at Vito Steel Boat and Barge Construction LTD during her passenger deck expansion which began in May 1986. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 18, 2008 22:05:38 GMT -8
Here is a close up of the photo above...  The bridge does appear to be under construction. Also the deciduous trees in the distance appear to be without leaves. The time of the year likely late winter or early spring. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2008 5:02:09 GMT -8
Thats cool because I used to live down the streetish from the alex fraser bridge.
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Post by Canucks on Jun 30, 2008 9:58:24 GMT -8
I wouldn't want to be on the "manly ferry" after my Sunshine breakfast!  Here is a video showing the evacuation chutes on the Alberni being deployed. ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb1ml7gr2H8 |
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jun 30, 2008 10:11:19 GMT -8
That is either the Coquitlam or Cowichan.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jun 30, 2008 10:24:04 GMT -8
I like the seagull cheering at the end for a job well done.
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Post by DENelson83 on Jun 30, 2008 10:30:36 GMT -8
That is either the Coquitlam or Cowichan. No, it's definitely the Alberni. Neither the Coquitlam nor the Cowichan have marine evacuation slides. |
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Post by Canucks on Jun 30, 2008 10:51:56 GMT -8
Also, if you look on the left hand side you can see the hoist used to lower the rescue boat below the outside decks. Only the Alberni has this.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jun 30, 2008 11:39:08 GMT -8
Ack, should've known!
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Post by Variable Pitch on Jun 30, 2008 21:35:58 GMT -8
Look at the sun deck. The distance between wheelhouses and funnel CLEARLY show beyond any doubt that it is the Alberni. NO question. Coquitlam, Cowichan and Oak Bay have a greater distance from wheelhouse to funnel and the angle does not "skew" it enough to make it anything but the Alberni. Besides, even at that angle, the solariums would be visible, there are none here.
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Post by Kam on Jul 1, 2008 1:47:30 GMT -8
Yup, no doubt about it, thats the Alberni.
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Post by Dane on Nov 18, 2008 1:59:47 GMT -8
Very specific question - where was the Queen of Alberni running between '85 and '91?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 18, 2008 6:56:01 GMT -8
Very specific question - where was the Queen of Alberni running between '85 and '91? For May 1985, I know she was on the Route-2. I took her on a band trip during that month. (but that's just the front end of your time range........) |
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Post by physicist on Nov 18, 2008 8:56:23 GMT -8
From the best of my recollection, she was running Route 2, with the occasional foray on to Route 3.
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Post by Mike C on Nov 18, 2008 13:05:21 GMT -8
And she should have stayed on Route 3! They deserve to put up with the crap we've dealt with on Route 30 all these many years... 2 hours on her is much, much more painful then 40 minutes...
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 18, 2008 21:26:25 GMT -8
During the summer of 1990 the Alberni was doing route 30, Departure Bay to Tsawwassen. I have a few photos of her taken from Newcastle Island in August, 1990 while she was doing that route.  Route 30, originally dubbed the 'Mid Island Express', was served by one ship only for the first few years of its existence, and that ship was the Alberni. Route 30 became a two ship route after the QoNWM was lifted & re powered in 1991, I think? |
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