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Post by WettCoast on Feb 3, 2012 20:41:22 GMT -8
Queen of Prince Rupert in fresh Expo 86 paint at Deas. Photo taken by my grandfather. Do you have a date for this excellent photo (or at least an approximate date)? I am wondering if the livery change happened over the winter of 1984-85, or in the following refit season. Perhaps it took all of both refit seasons - 1984-86. With snow in the foreground we can assume this was a winter photo, but which winter?
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Post by mrdot on Feb 3, 2012 21:39:49 GMT -8
:)my assumption is the winter 85 leading into expo year of l986, and it was not long therafter that Charles and lady Diana came for the opening cerimonies! :)mrdot.
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Post by Dane on Feb 3, 2012 22:04:08 GMT -8
Slightly off-topic but the first of the livery changes was summer '84 I believe (press release is June 1984). That would have been a result, then, of refit season '83/'84... although it would have happened starting in 1984 only, presumably.
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Post by princessofvanfan on Feb 3, 2012 22:04:11 GMT -8
I'll never forget my second trip on the QPR - late December, 1979. I was ten years old, and MAN was it rough going through the Hecate Strait ; I was completely terrified! We were heading south to spend Christmas with my Grandparents in Nanaimo, then afterwards moving back to Kelowna. I remember waves crashing over the bow and splashing against the forward lounge windows, seasick people everywhere (including myself), and Rasputin by Bony M playing in the bar / disco on the starboard side of the forward lounge.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 3, 2012 22:37:12 GMT -8
I'll never forget my second trip on the QPR - late December, 1979. I was ten years old, and MAN was it rough going through the Hecate Strait. The QPR service to the Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlottes) did not start until the fall of 1980. So it is unlikely that you were in Hecate Strait in 1979. You may have been in Queen Charlotte Sound perhaps? You were on an Inside Passage trip, I gather. QPR @ Prince Rupert Terminal - viewed from Alaska ferry - 2 August 1985 JST photo © by Wett Coast, on Flickr[/size] The livery change on the QPR must have happened well before this photo was taken in August of 1985. She had picked up a fair bit of rust staining since her previous paint job. My guess would be early winter 1984-85, based on what Dane has written above.
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Post by Mike on Feb 3, 2012 23:25:12 GMT -8
Do you have a date for this excellent photo (or at least an approximate date)? I am wondering if the livery change happened over the winter of 1984-85, or in the following refit season. Perhaps it took all of both refit seasons - 1984-86. With snow in the foreground we can assume this was a winter photo, but which winter? Unfortunately, there was no date on the back of the photo, so your guess is as good as mine.
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Post by Starsteward on Feb 4, 2012 3:46:11 GMT -8
If my crumbling memory serves correct, methinks the Winter refit of 1984 was the dawning of the Age of Expo '86 colours. Now, in retrospect, am I correct in thinking that Expo '86 was the first time the government of the day used the ferries as advertising platforms for upcoming events? ( The hideous colour scheme for tje Princess of Victoria, notwithstanding
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Post by lmtengs on Feb 4, 2012 7:41:39 GMT -8
If my crumbling memory serves correct, methinks the Winter refit of 1984 was the dawning of the Age of Expo '86 colours. Now, in retrospect, am I correct in thinking that Expo '86 was the first time the government of the day used the ferries as advertising platforms for upcoming events? ( The hideous colour scheme for tje Princess of Victoria, notwithstanding It would be the second time: Flashback to 1971... I have displayed the following photo previously on this here forum. In fact, it can be found on page 1 of this thread. The main purpose in redisplaying it now is to introduce the second photo, the one of BC's parliament buildings from 1971. 1971 was the centennial of BC becoming a province within the federation then called the Dominion of Canada. The garish red graphic painted on the sides of BC Ferries in 1971 combines the years 1871-1971 with the '3-C' (C-C-C) graphic symbolizing the 'Centennial of Confederation with Canada'. Click on the second photo to go to a higher res photo that shows in better detail what this symbol actually looked like. Top photo is from the DOT collection; the photographer for the second photo was the late Dr. Max Edwards of Victoria. Both photos are hosted on the Wett Coast Flickr Photo Site.
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Post by mrdot on Feb 4, 2012 12:07:54 GMT -8
:)the old shot of the Tsawwassen in the old centennial logo is quite a flashback, and didn,t she look good back then except for that dreadful logo, as for the expo 86 logo, yes it was established quite early, and it might have been as far back as winter 84/85! :)mrdot.
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Post by Starsteward on Feb 4, 2012 14:44:26 GMT -8
:oI knew there was a reason '1971' had mercifully escaped my memory! When I scrolled up on the picture of the Queen of Tsawwassen, I thought I was looking at a more modern version of a Hong Kong ferry. Looks like sveral strands of red spaghetti tossed at the side of the ship and left hanging. ..Yikes. The Expo '86 logo and colours were a bit much, but a vast improvement on the Socred's 1971 offering.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 13, 2012 23:05:34 GMT -8
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Post by mrdot on Feb 15, 2012 10:03:26 GMT -8
:)Just think if ferries had built a suitable size replacement similar to this vessel, maybe northern folk could afford to come the coastal route, as opposed to overland! oh, and yes, maybe from a BC yard! mrdot.
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Post by Mike on Feb 16, 2012 15:07:22 GMT -8
Three photos of the Queen of Prince Rupert in pastel blue. Taken by my grandfather.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 16, 2012 15:33:45 GMT -8
Three photos of the Queen of Prince Rupert in pastel blue. Taken by my grandfather. Thanks for posting those. I appreciate any photos of the old Kelsey Bay terminal in action.
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Post by mrdot on Feb 16, 2012 16:19:41 GMT -8
:)very interesting Kelsey Bay memories, it would be interesting to know the dates in relation to my time up there which was short lived in 1966! I guess this was much later in time, but still very much of interest! :)mrdot.
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Post by Mirrlees on Feb 16, 2012 17:32:47 GMT -8
I would think these photos were taken in 1979. I was on her in the Spring of '79 and she didn't have the "Bella Bella door" installed at that time.
1979 was also the last year that she called into Kelsey Bay once the new Bear Cove terminal opened in Port Hardy. These may have been her last few visits to Kelsey Bay.
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Post by FNS on Feb 16, 2012 19:36:35 GMT -8
I would think these photos were taken in 1979. I was on her in the Spring of '79 and she didn't have the "Bella Bella door" installed at that time. 1979 was also the last year that she called into Kelsey Bay once the new Bear Cove terminal opened in Port Hardy. These may have been her last few visits to Kelsey Bay. ... And, then, she provided Seattle music with nice three-note chords from her whistles in 1980.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 16, 2012 20:50:44 GMT -8
I agree - the photos have to be from the late 1970's, just prior to the opening of the new terminal at Port Hardy in 1979. I have a photo of the QPR from January of 1978 and there was no BB door.
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Post by FNS on Feb 25, 2012 14:06:36 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Mar 31, 2012 3:55:34 GMT -8
a long way from getting Internet? it simply didn't exist as a concept back then at the local level. Probably did during the time of the Cold War in the Excited States with the military. The only thing close to it was teletypewriters and telex. You used a rotary dialler to call the number before you pressed a button that would run the tape. Heck even Lillooett was migrating from a four digit phone number to seven. (Back then you could not call a friend in Lillooet from Vancouver directly). The only TV channels we could get back then were 2 (CBC) 6 (CHEK), 8 (CHAN), and 12 (KVOS). Direct Distance Dialling (long distance calling from your own phone) was just sold to BCTEL customers, and many places still had exchange names back then (such as Hemlock, Mutual, Whitehall, Lakeview). Interstate 5 was not completely finished north of Everett to the border. Internet. Sheesh. Remember playin around with Mosaic back then. Wrote my first multiple page website in 1993. My first taste of computer use was in high school during the years of 1977-1980. We used punch cards to solve a problem in my math class. The Monkees did a "toy" episode in 1966. "Monkees vs. Machine". Daggart, played by Stan Freberg, insists that toys would be designed by computers. The Monkees had other ideas and Daggart left the company saying "Bah Humbug". www.tvrage.com/The_Monkees/episodes/197924Interesting days back then. Now, back to the future on our LP coverage.
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Post by FNS on Apr 7, 2012 9:41:34 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Apr 7, 2012 9:50:55 GMT -8
Mr. Goundar definitely seems to be treating both the old 'Rupert and his passengers well. I'm so elated to see her running so well past her useful time with BC Ferries.
Kudos to George and his crew for their handling of this recent birth. I wonder if the baby gets free passage on Goundar's ships?
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Post by Starsteward on Apr 7, 2012 10:39:57 GMT -8
Great to see that the 'Old Girl' continues to add "beyond the call" service to the good folks of Fiji and good on Mr. Goundar for responding to the needs of his paying customers. Stories like this one, told by many folks in a small geographic area will do nothing but build 'loyalty' to the Lomaiviti Princess service and new services created by Goundar Shipping as that company lookd to expand. Sweet to hear that the 'Old Girl' still has a great heart and the engine-muscle to get the job done
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