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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 17:08:15 GMT -8
Early transportation of the coast.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 17:36:17 GMT -8
Gladys Campbell collection. At Fulford. Len Crawford collection. Motor Princess prior to rebuilding.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 19:25:28 GMT -8
I think this is the first photo I've ever seen the Motor Princess in this configuration with her original name. Circa 1956. I believe it is a Betz photograph.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 19:27:04 GMT -8
Wett Coast: I wanted to post this now, because it ties-into the previous post: Here is one of the Motor Princess c1962. By this time she was part of the BC Ferry fleet and was sporting the Dogwood Fleet colours, but had yet to be renamed Pender Queen.This is a BC Govt. Dept of Travel Industry photo and is from my brother David's collection. It shows (as does the EGF post above) the side gates just ahead of the superstructure that were once used for loading at certain Gulf Island ports such as Saturna Island. The vessel that replaced the PQ on the outer Gulf Island route had to be fitted with gates in more or less the same place. That vessel is still with us - the Mayne Queen - although the side gates are long gone.
In the latter part of the 1960's my brother worked as a casual for BCF's out of Swartz Bay. He did a few turns on the PQ and he recalls that the wheelhouse was quite something. It had a enormous wheel connected mechanically by chains to the steering gear. I gather that it looked a bit like a stern wheeler wheelhouse...
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Post by EGfleet on Apr 12, 2010 13:03:21 GMT -8
Several boats are in this clip, including the Mayne Queen and a stretched V Class (I think it is a V class anyway) but the real gem is the Pender Queen. I'll be posting more of the clips as I get them done, including the Kalakala, Chippewa and the Chinook.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 2, 2010 9:53:28 GMT -8
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Post by mrdot on Oct 2, 2010 11:27:32 GMT -8
mr.F. horn, thanks for posting all those neat pics. from saltspring, and particularly the combo shot of Pender etc, brings back some old memories of my days out of Swartz bay, and one day when I attended the innaugural of the Q. of Oak Bay, which was out of Swartz bay, and I did a sketch of the new ship for the cerimony, I think my brother Wettcoast has copies, of this and the pics. I shot when she was in berth 1. she then went over to route 2, for her regular service. as for the princess ships, the one of P. Adelade is particular interest, as is the original Patricia, one of the original queens of Nanaimo. mrdot.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 2, 2010 11:48:33 GMT -8
mr.F. horn, thanks for posting all those neat pics. from saltspring, and particularly the combo shot of Pender etc, brings back some old memories of my days out of Swartz bay, David: - the combo-picture at Fulford shows the Queen of the Islands in the main berth. But the Pender Queen has cars on it. Does this mean that there were 2 functional berths at Fulford Harbour, at some point in the past? ps: Do you have an idea of whether the ship in the foreground is the Salt Spring Queen or the Vesuvius Queen?
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Post by mrdot on Oct 2, 2010 12:38:07 GMT -8
the Fulford shot shews the Salt Spring Q. which was the regular fulford boat at that time and the Pender Q. was the relief boat, and the Q. of Islands, was also relief at that time. I did one relief trip on the old Pender Q, and was very intimidated by her very large steamboat style wheel! mrdot.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 3, 2010 21:22:02 GMT -8
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Post by mrdot on Dec 7, 2010 16:43:24 GMT -8
:)another old timer which I did one shift on when she relieved for Mayne Queen in the late 60's, what a lovely wood car deck she had, and that scarey chain drive steamboat wheel! mrdot.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 1, 2011 7:37:41 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 10, 2011 20:27:39 GMT -8
Pender Queen photos seen in a display at Mouat's mall in Ganges. All in Ganges harbour - here you can see the ramp part of the wharf.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 19, 2011 19:24:16 GMT -8
Postcard of CP's Motor Princess - no name shown for the postcard company nor for the photographer.
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Post by Neil on Jan 28, 2012 10:37:23 GMT -8
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Post by mrdot on Jan 28, 2012 11:07:11 GMT -8
:)I vividly remember the day while working the spare board out of Swartz Bay, and was relief seaman on Mayne Queen, that was gone for refit, and our subsitute was Pender Queen, and this delitefully different wooden cardeck! The most unusual thing was the giant old steamboat size wheel! quite a time warp, now a thud back to present reality and our coastal ferry act, and today's clawback! mrdot.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 28, 2012 11:18:48 GMT -8
Neil: Thanks for keeping, scanning and posting that Dolphin article.
I enjoyed reading it.
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Post by mrdot on Jan 28, 2012 11:20:04 GMT -8
:)a little bit more on this subject, after reviewing this old dolphin article, my mate that day was Hugh Halket and I think I gave him one of my drawings of the Pender Queen. he was our mate on many relief assignments. :)mrdot.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 23:27:54 GMT -8
Regarding the debate in the Motor Princess thread as to whether the photo taken from the wheelhouse deck of the bow docking at either Sidney or Steveston, I am almost certain it is Sidney. The dock, then, was at the foot of Second Street (the pilings remained well into the early 60s) and the suggestion that it couldn't be because of the Malahat and other mountains not being visible is easy to explain. The photo is looking directly north, and the Malahat would be out of the frame to the left, not to mention that the camera used would not be capable, probably, of high definition. The most important clue is the church in the left part of the photo (steeple visible). That church still stands at the corner of Third Street and Oakville, somewhat modernised but still structurally indentical.
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 16, 2012 10:52:58 GMT -8
Alright: one more historical photo scan from me. This one is credited as being the provincial archives, but I couldn't find it in a search of the archives website catalogue. Anyway, the version that I found in an old book was nice and big. So, here we have the Motor Princess, docked and loading cars at Tsawwassen of all places. Now this is, of course, not the Tsawwassen terminal out on the end of a causeway that we know today. Back then, the ferry docked right at the beach, near the town of Steveston. (I dunno if i've ever typed the word Tsawwassen so many times before. At least when I'm typing, no one can complain about how I'm pronouncing the word. That last post appears to be with reference to this image. I think Mr. Greg Simpson might be right. This is a Google street view of that same spot today: goo.gl/maps/DggpIf you look at the coastline on the actual satellite picture at the bottom of second street, it matches up with the direction that the coastline follows in the old picture. Also, I believe the Steveston terminal would have been along the Fraser River in Steveston, but the beach in the photo is clearly an ocean beach, not a beach like one would see along the Fraser in the Steveston area.
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Post by hullnumbers on Jun 19, 2012 15:45:32 GMT -8
Alright: one more historical photo scan from me. This one is credited as being the provincial archives, but I couldn't find it in a search of the archives website catalogue. Anyway, the version that I found in an old book was nice and big. So, here we have the Motor Princess, docked and loading cars at Tsawwassen of all places. Now this is, of course, not the Tsawwassen terminal out on the end of a causeway that we know today. Back then, the ferry docked right at the beach, near the town of Steveston. (I dunno if i've ever typed the word Tsawwassen so many times before. At least when I'm typing, no one can complain about how I'm pronouncing the word. That last post appears to be with reference to this image. I think Mr. Greg Simpson might be right. This is a Google street view of that same spot today: goo.gl/maps/DggpIf you look at the coastline on the actual satellite picture at the bottom of second street, it matches up with the direction that the coastline follows in the old picture. Also, I believe the Steveston terminal would have been along the Fraser River in Steveston, but the beach in the photo is clearly an ocean beach, not a beach like one would see along the Fraser in the Steveston area. I'm 100 percent sure that its Sidney, BC. The beach is at an angle so that proves its not steveston. I been looking into this but Sidney did have a ferry dock facing south connected to second Street. This dock was built in 1922 to start the Sidney to Anacortes route. In 1923 CP placed the Motor Princess on the Bellingham route. But this dock was later destroyed by a big storm in 1929. CP moved the the Princess to Beacon Avenue. In the same year CP changed their route Sidney to Steveston. So this pic has no connection to Steveston, but Sidney. The Church in the back ground would be the St Andrews Anglican Church which was built in 1910. If any of you guys visit Sidney check out the museum and Archives. They have some facts and photo's you can find on shipping.
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Post by Variable Pitch on Mar 6, 2013 16:14:17 GMT -8
A photo postcard I found of the Motor Princess (aka Pender Queen), when she was still with Gulf Islands Ferry Co., sometime between 1956-1961 and is shown here departing Ganges. There is no pastel blue and the funnel is the old G.I.F.C. color scheme. Thought you would like it for your database before I part with it...
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Oct 27, 2013 13:03:07 GMT -8
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Post by Curtis on Oct 27, 2013 13:17:44 GMT -8
An interesting photo uploaded to Flickr a couple days ago... www.flickr.com/photos/49469560@N07/10487033023/To me, it looks like the photo was taken on Route 7 en route to Saltery Bay, and judging by the deck, it was taken earlier than June 1978. Vessel is likely the Quillayute, hence why I've posted it here. The Quillayute was long gone by 1978. She was Retired in 63. More likely the wooden car deck we see here is the Pender Queen.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Oct 27, 2013 13:35:05 GMT -8
The Quillayute was long gone by 1978. She was Retired in 63. More likely the wooden car deck we see here is the Pender Queen. Thanks, Curtis. I was thinking that the picture may have been taken earlier than what's mentioned, but it's true that the Pender Queen was still around in '78. Interesting, as I never knew the Pender Queen made her way up to Jervis Inlet from her usual stomping grounds in the SGI...
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