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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2009 19:40:14 GMT -8
I'm not sure 'd I'd have called the Quillayute "palatial" though.
Okay...here's why they considered it such... "...the Quillayute introduced into service this May 15th is the flagship. She is 160 feet long, has a capacity of 60 automobile and unusually elaborate passenger accommodations. These include modern rest rooms, commodious cabins, a restaurant seating 40 persons, and even a series of staterooms which are available to passengers desirous of resting. She is built of Douglas Fir cut by the McCormick Lumber Company from one of the finest stands on the Olympic Peninsula and milled at its Port Ludlow mill." I think I prefer the re-built Quillayute, as she appeared in BC waters. Nice, chunky lines, like a miniature version of much larger single enders. [/size] From Cadieux & Griffiths, Dogwood Fleet. That brochure seems a bit optimistic about the auto capacity. 60 cars on a 160' vessel? The Tachek is 168', and is good for only 30 cars, although I realize autos in the late 1920s were a fair bit smaller. The Kline & Bayless book reports that Quillayute was Washington made, including the engine, and right down to the nails and spikes. [/quote]
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 14, 2011 15:41:03 GMT -8
Blackball poster, from an exhibit at the Bowen Island museum
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 5, 2012 12:38:59 GMT -8
From a 2010 issue of the Powell River Peak newspaper, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the city's incorporation.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 3, 2012 19:34:26 GMT -8
A photo displayed in the Powell River Museum - I think this is during the early years of the Powell River Queen ferry
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 3, 2012 19:36:53 GMT -8
Photo displayed at the Powell River Museum Quillayute, arriving at Saltery Bay. - this might be from opening-day
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Post by paulvanb on Oct 3, 2012 20:47:23 GMT -8
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Post by Mike C on Oct 3, 2012 20:54:11 GMT -8
A photo displayed in the Powell River Museum - I think this is during the early years of the Powell River Queen ferry I suspect this is the humble beginnings of Malaspina Coach Lines. That is definitely the Quillayute. Easy distinction is the huge wheelhouse. Again, I only assume the origins of Malaspina Coach.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 3, 2012 20:59:46 GMT -8
Thanks for the vessel correction, Paul & Mike.
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Post by mrdot on Oct 3, 2012 21:38:21 GMT -8
:)yes, this pic. predates BCferries, and was during the Black Ball service years, before the wac Bennett takeover! mrdot.
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Post by Neil on Oct 3, 2012 22:32:05 GMT -8
Looks to be 1946, judging from the plates. The commerical"C" was issued towards the last 3/4 of the issuing year, which up until 1980 always ended on the last day of February.The small one below it is a Commerical Licence (equivalent to the Motor Carrier plates used now). This one looks to be 1946. The bus looks to be a 1946 ACF-Brill model IC-41. Plates were made at Oakalla Prison in Burnaby. Black Ball commenced operations in BC no earlier than 1951, when Peabody moved the remainder of his fleet, including Quillayute, to Canada.
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Post by Mill Bay on Oct 4, 2012 15:35:17 GMT -8
That is definitely the Quillayute. Easy distinction is the huge wheelhouse. Again, I only assume the origins of Malaspina Coach. Pender Queen also had much larger deck openings, which would be obvious in a cardeck photo. MALASPINA COACH LINES are still around. They don't have a history of the company on their website, but their description page features the Queen of Tsawwassen at Earl's Cove in Expo colours. www.malaspinacoach.com/about/about.htm
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 5, 2016 17:17:39 GMT -8
Also picked up this card of the Quillayute. Hand-tinted. Odd that they missed the red on the stack.
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Post by paulvanb on Feb 5, 2016 17:55:02 GMT -8
That is definitely the Quillayute. Easy distinction is the huge wheelhouse. Again, I only assume the origins of Malaspina Coach. Pender Queen also had much larger deck openings, which would be obvious in a cardeck photo. MALASPINA COACH LINES are still around. They don't have a history of the company on their website, but their description page features the Queen of Tsawwassen at Earl's Cove in Expo colours. www.malaspinacoach.com/about/about.htmMalaspina Coach lines ahs lots of pirated images for local ships past and present!
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Post by ratssquith on Jun 25, 2016 12:09:06 GMT -8
I found an old picture at a yard sale in Duncan, BC this morning, and thought some of you might like to have a look. It is the old MV Quillayute/Winslow renamed Samson IV. I don't know where the picture was taken, I read somewhere that the ship had been turned into a fishing camp, could anyone confirm this? and let me know where the picture was taken?
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Post by minstrel on Jun 25, 2016 19:23:02 GMT -8
Possibly Port Harvey off Johnstone Straits
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Post by Kahloke on Jun 25, 2016 19:51:28 GMT -8
I found an old picture at a yard sale in Duncan, BC this morning, and thought some of you might like to have a look. It is the old MV Quillayute/Winslow renamed Samson IV. I don't know where the picture was taken, I read somewhere that the ship had been turned into a fishing camp, could anyone confirm this? and let me know where the picture was taken? Great picture. FYI - I moved these posts into the existing Quillayute thread.
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Post by dave2 on Jan 9, 2017 1:03:27 GMT -8
, 1954
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Post by Mike C on Jan 9, 2017 12:55:51 GMT -8
Thanks for sharing this. I wasn't aware that Route 7 had originally started in Madeira Park, and that it had preceded the construction of the road to Earls Cove, but given the geographic constraints of the area, I suppose it only makes sense.
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Post by dave2 on Sept 7, 2023 8:58:12 GMT -8
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