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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 30, 2011 12:48:45 GMT -8
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Post by Ferryman on Nov 21, 2011 14:38:23 GMT -8
A Queen of Tsawwassen photo plaque showed up on a bulkhead of the Queen of Nanaimo today. It's located in the former Snack Bar lounge, on the port side, and close to the Aft Staircase. Some nice aerials.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 19, 2011 19:10:39 GMT -8
Stan V. Wright postcard of the Tsawwassen. - photographer is Roy Strable  |
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Post by lmtengs on Feb 17, 2012 20:08:46 GMT -8
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Post by mrdot on Feb 17, 2012 22:42:00 GMT -8
:)having just passed flag day, feb.15th, note the lovely old red ensign proudly flying on the jackstaff of the lovely misnamed bainbridge! hardy har har! ::)mrdot.
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 18, 2012 13:41:47 GMT -8
I'm probably wrong on this, but I was always under the impression that the Tsawwassen never had the teak handrails, but only the Sidney did. Or did the Tsawwassen just lose hers earlier in life?
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Post by Mirrlees on Feb 18, 2012 14:59:37 GMT -8
I was zooming some of Wet Coast's photos of her and she did have the teak rails. Up until a refit in October 1971 that photo shows them missing.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 19, 2012 17:08:21 GMT -8
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Post by chinook2 on Feb 25, 2012 11:37:04 GMT -8
I'm probably wrong on this, but I was always under the impression that the Tsawwassen never had the teak handrails, but only the Sidney did. Or did the Tsawwassen just lose hers earlier in life? They both had the wood rails. Tsawwassen was redone c.1979-80. |
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 1, 2012 7:06:41 GMT -8
Queen of Tsawwassen near Sturdies Bay, Galiano Island - ~April 2002. I expect that she was filling in for the Nanaimo during a refit...  photo © DOT by Wett Coast, on Flickr[/size] The date & location that I have given are my personal 'guesstimates'. Corrections are welcome.
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Post by Nick on Apr 1, 2012 7:30:21 GMT -8
I would concur with your location assessment, WCK. I believe that photo would have been taken from Georgina Pt. while she was waiting for another vessel to clear Sturdies Bay.
When did the TSA stop being the full-time winter route 9 boat?
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Post by mrdot on Apr 1, 2012 8:49:29 GMT -8
:)we were on our way back to tsawwassen on one of the spirts, and I shot the said ferry going into sturdies bay as we were just exiting the pass! I think she was a regular on the route at this time. mrdot.
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Sept 10, 2012 9:34:24 GMT -8
When were the platform decks 'cropped' on the Tsawwassen? What was the reason for doing this?
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Post by Cat320DL on Sept 21, 2012 17:04:15 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 21, 2012 17:07:37 GMT -8
Yes, 100% absolutely the ex Tsawwassen. - now Inlet Explorer floating camp. |
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Post by Cat320DL on Sept 21, 2012 17:34:17 GMT -8
Ok thx I was thinking it was. But did not know for sure.
Plus I was thinking some may want to see the add too.
Kyle
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Post by translinkfan on Mar 11, 2013 19:12:45 GMT -8
Hello, New member here and first post into an old thread. (been lurking basically almost the whole ex BCF threads reading up on all these old vessels, every single page read! quite fascinating) Just curious, where is this vessel located now? and from reading the previous thread it is now a camp? What type and purpose? is it still able to move under its own power? Would be happy to know more about one of the few remaining V's around. (if i got that right)  |
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Post by SolDuc on Mar 11, 2013 19:25:13 GMT -8
Hello, New member here and first post into an old thread. (been lurking basically almost the whole ex BCF threads reading up on all these old vessels, every single page read! quite fascinating) Just curious, where is this vessel located now? and from reading the previous thread it is now a camp? What type and purpose? is it still able to move under its own power? Would be happy to know more about one of the few remaining V's around. (if i got that right) I don't know about the Tsawassen but here is a list of the Vs/Bs and where they are: 'Victoria: Scrapped, Alang, India (2006) 'Vancouver: Scrapped, Ensenada, MX (2012) 'Saanich: Scrapped, MX (2012) 'Esquimalt: Scrapped, Ensenada, MX (2012) 'Nanaimo, 'Burnaby and 'New Westminster: In service |
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Post by dofd on Mar 11, 2013 22:56:44 GMT -8
Well if anyone knows, it will be the fans on this site.
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Post by Mike C on Mar 11, 2013 23:01:02 GMT -8
Hello, New member here and first post into an old thread. (been lurking basically almost the whole ex BCF threads reading up on all these old vessels, every single page read! quite fascinating) Just curious, where is this vessel located now? and from reading the previous thread it is now a camp? What type and purpose? is it still able to move under its own power? Would be happy to know more about one of the few remaining V's around. (if i got that right) Hi, Translinkfan! The Queen of Tsawwassen is a camp somewhere on northern Vancouver Island. A few members and I attempted to locate it the old fashioned way about a year ago, but with no avail. The last we heard, she was a temporary camp facility for a mill in Port Alice that was undergoing work. When we drove to Port Alice and on to the mill property, she was nowhere in sight. The Queen of New Westminster is the only ferry in operation with a V-class configuration. All original V-class (Victoria, Vancouver, Saanich, and Esquimalt) have been scrapped. Hope this helps! |
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Post by SolDuc on Mar 11, 2013 23:13:28 GMT -8
A few members and I attempted to locate it the old fashioned way about a year ago, but with no avail. Which is? Rent a boat and go look for her? |
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Post by Mike C on Mar 11, 2013 23:19:07 GMT -8
A few members and I attempted to locate it the old fashioned way about a year ago, but with no avail. Which is? Rent a boat and go look for her? Cruise around the North Island in a VW Passat looking for a giant white boat. That being said, this was literally an hour after we had spent four days on the NorAd, so we were all pretty delusional and hard of hearing. |
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Post by SolDuc on Mar 11, 2013 23:29:27 GMT -8
Which is? Rent a boat and go look for her? Cruise around the North Island in a VW Passat looking for a giant white boat. That being said, this was literally an hour after we had spent four days on the NorAd, so we were all pretty delusional and hard of hearing. Lol! Renting a high speed boat (with on-board accommodation) for a few days would be my choice. Time it with a Columbia/Kennicott and it makes it even more awesome. |
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Post by priver on Mar 12, 2013 5:44:53 GMT -8
The Tsawwassen is as of last week at the top of Toba Inlet housing a work crew building road for run of the river hydro projects
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Post by Mayne on Mar 22, 2013 17:11:42 GMT -8
Something that I have been pondering for the last little bit and after a conversation with a family friend the other night I pose a question to the group.
With the huge demand for capacity demands in the 70s they stretched the 7 sisters and bought a used ferry (Queen of Surrey the first) why would they not stretch the twins? (TWS and SID)
My few ideas where that the ships car deck being just a little narrower and harder to load then the Vic class was a consideration or are the two classes that far apart in design that it just was not doable.
Thoughts?
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