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Post by EGfleet on Mar 24, 2011 7:56:24 GMT -8
Always liked this photo of the Q of the N on those still, glass-like waters.  This seems to have been the only news story marking the somber anniversary... 5 Years After Queen of the North Sinking, Hartley Bay Residents Still Feel Effects By 250 News Wednesday, March 23, 2011 03:57 AM
Hartley Bay, B.C. – It’s been five years since the ferry Queen of the North sank south of Prince Rupert. Two lives were lost and the rest of the 99 passengers and crew ended up in lifeboats to be rescued and taken in by the residents of Hartley Bay. While the members of the tiny First Nations community were hailed as heroes, the village government says the toxic legacy of the sunken ship affects its residents to this day. Cam Hill, Village Councillor-Elect and lifelong resident of Hartley Bay says BC Ferries initially pledged to elders and youth that the corporation would not stop until the ferry was either raised or the contaminants were off of the sunken vessel, but he says that still hasn’t happened. Hill says a community member is monitoring the fuel and other contaminants being released in conjunction with the village council and BC Ferries, but he says the village is not happy. “We’ve also been doing monitoring of our shellfish in and around the areas...but there are still people in this community that will not harvest from the immediate area that the ferry is sitting in. I don’t think BC Ferries fully understands just how bad of a situation this is. When you’ve got people who’ve lived here all their lives and don’t know any other way of food gathering within our territory and to have a chunk of that taken away is a blow to them.” He says if the same catastrophe happened anywhere near Vancouver or another large population, it wouldn’t take five years to get the situation figured out. Hall says he can’t comment on the legal action launched by the Gitga’at Nation in 2009 against BC Ferries over concerns about contaminants and fuel from the Queen of the North but he says he remains hopeful that Hartley Bay’s needs are going to be met. |
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 14, 2011 20:32:19 GMT -8
Queen of the North at the 'Alaska' berth*, Fairview Terminal, Prince Rupert, BC - 31 May 1980. This view is from along CN tracks north of the terminal. I was in Prince Rupert to attend the 'open ship' for the newly minted QotN held just pror to her inagural Inside Passage voyage.  photo © JST - Kitschrome - 80-3-16 - VueScan - hosted on my Flickr site[/size][/color] *BC Ferries opened their own berth in Rupert late in 1980.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 15, 2011 6:33:11 GMT -8
Queen of the North at the 'Alaska' berth*, Fairview Terminal, Prince Rupert, BC - 31 May 1980. This view is from along CN tracks north of the terminal. I was in Prince Rupert to attend the 'open ship' for the newly minted QotN held just pror to her inagural Inside Passage voyage.  photo © JST - Kitschrome - 80-3-16 - VueScan - hosted on my Flickr site [/size][/color] *BC Ferries opened their own berth in Rupert late in 1980.[/quote] Seeing as there are no jetty pilings (or any other BCF jetty evidence) in the above end-of-May photo, BCF must have worked pretty quick in the summer & autumn to get their long-jettied berth opened by late 1980. |
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 16, 2011 9:50:47 GMT -8
Seeing as there are no jetty pilings (or any other BCF jetty evidence) in the above end-of-May photo, BCF must have worked pretty quick in the summer & autumn to get their long-jettied berth opened by late 1980. I wondered about this myself, and I did not go to check records to confirm that the new berth did open late in 1980. Perhaps Dane has this in his timeline. At any rate, in the late fall of 1980 the Victoria Princess returned north and went back to her old name. She returned to inaugurate service to Haida Gwaii, while the Queen of the North continued to provide Inside Passage service. In short BC Ferries was running a two boat service out of Prince Rupert and sharing just the one berth with AMHS. BCF decided that having their own berth was a necessity. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 18, 2011 22:52:48 GMT -8
The Campbell River waterfront has a display of images of typical marine traffic.  Included is the Queen of the North. - the photo caption says the photo is from 2006, but this can't be. That's because the only time that she sailed past Campbell River during 2006 was in early March when she was freshly painted for the upcoming summer season. This here photo shows lots of post-season rust. - this photo could be her final southbound positioning-trip in October 2005. If so, then I'm on the ship.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 27, 2011 23:29:02 GMT -8
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Post by Scott on Jul 29, 2011 23:06:27 GMT -8
Wow, that is a nice painting, I agree. Maybe the best one of her I've seen. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble navigating that website to find out any more information about the artist or where copies can be found. |
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 4, 2011 18:02:22 GMT -8
As I now know about - and hadn't when I uploaded this - the TC Vessel Registration Query System online, I was able to do some sleuthing to help nail down the origin of this Protection Island Connection look-alike. Seeing as she's listed as being built in 1969 - though strangely with a local yacht company listed as the builder of what obvious wasn't constructed originally as a pleasure craft - now in addition to the obvious similar visual characteristics that could always be seen, if I were a betting man I would put a great deal of dollars on this being yet another of our Queen of the North's former Stena Danica lifeboats from when she was the first Queen of Surrey. (See: wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/d.aspx?shipid=331180&lang=e )  Castaway @ Snug Cove, Bowen Island by indyinsane, on Flickr |
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Post by Ferryman on Oct 12, 2011 13:56:02 GMT -8
A very in depth video of a trip aboard the Queen of the North in 1996. The Ferry footage starts at 2:30
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 3, 2011 22:52:22 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Dec 3, 2011 23:07:20 GMT -8
This angle of her isn't seen as often! Thanks for that.  EDIT: Wow, compare that classic Stena Line beauty to the beasts they sail today! Marine design sure has changed in the 42 years since the Stena Danica was built, and not necessarily for the better.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 20, 2011 12:09:04 GMT -8
Queen of the North in her dogwood years: Queen of the North and QPR in the early 1980's.  Similar photo on the cover of a local Vancouver Island book:  - photo is "off Port Hardy" and is courtesy of BCFC. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 20, 2011 12:24:45 GMT -8
2 postcards of QotN, that are likely in other people's collections too. - Collector series, published by "Natural Colour Productions" of Richmond. - no photographer is named  - Travel-Time postcard by "Natural Colour Productions" of Richmond - photographer is Eero Sorila  |
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Post by hullnumbers on Mar 21, 2012 20:32:17 GMT -8
Well, Its been six years now. I feel it is time to share my work in Honour to the best Northern ferry.  A NOTE This originally was supposed to have been one year of sinking then 5 years, but I never got to scanning it. So in the end I have now decided to reveal my work. This is now in Honour of the Queen. |
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Post by Dane on Mar 21, 2012 22:23:14 GMT -8
A six-year anniversary "toast" to those who perished in the tragic sinking of the Queen of the North, Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette.
And to again give tribute to the ship's company, Gitga'at community at Hartley Bay, the Canadian Coast Guard, Air Force and indeed many private individuals who ensured the safety of all other passengers and crew.
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Post by Neil on Mar 21, 2012 22:55:02 GMT -8
A six-year anniversary "toast" to those who perished in the tragic sinking of the Queen of the North, Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette. And to again give tribute to the ship's company, Gitga'at community at Hartley Bay, the Canadian Coast Guard, Air Force and indeed many private individuals who ensured the safety of all other passengers and crew. May it never happen again. Can someone refresh my memory as to whether trials are still pending for Karen Bricker and at least one other ' North officer? I don't recall hearing of a resolution of those actions. If they are still ahead, it's another example of the ridiculously glacial pace of Canadian 'justice'. Or maybe I just forgot. |
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Post by lmtengs on Mar 21, 2012 23:14:47 GMT -8
And a somber day marks the 6th anniversary of what was hopefully the last such tragedy in BC Ferries' continuing history. Rest in Peace to the Foisys and Rosettes, and regards to all of those who aided in the rescues of the other passengers and crew aboard the Queen of the North that night. If it weren't for some of the first responders from the surrounding region, the turnout could have been much more dire. A salute goes out to the crew of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and to my grandfather who was aboard the CG ship during the rescue. I feel for all those affected by the Queen of the North sinking, and wish them well.
To remember the Queen of the North, I will be blacking out my signature picture every March 22nd in respect for the day's events. I encourage others to take part and make it a forum-wide movement.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Mar 21, 2012 23:19:16 GMT -8
On this sombre sixth anniversary of this tragic incident, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette, the crew of B watch, the first responders, and to everyone who had the privilege to work or sail upon our flagship, the Queen of the North.
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 29, 2012 19:25:06 GMT -8
This photo has been seen here before, in fact it is on page 1 of this thread. My skill & experience with scanning have improved, and I have much better software, as well. I am still not really happy with the colour balance, however.  Queen of Surrey (the North) in Georgia Strait - 30 June 1975 [photo © JST - Kodachrome 75-05-07 - Nikon-VueScan] by Wett Coast, on Flickr[/size] The original Queen of Surrey, seen here heading for Nanaimo during her second summer operating on BC Ferries' 'route 2'. She was laid up a little more than a year later when the first C-class vessels came into service. She looked very good back then... |
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Post by mrdot on Apr 29, 2012 20:31:31 GMT -8
:)yes, indeed she looked her best in this original arrangement except perhaps the bow and stern docking appendages. too bad she went into a period of storage, with gov't change, until she was assigned to a much more suitable route, when political differences were eliminated, and common sence prevailed. :)mrdot.
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Post by Mike on Apr 29, 2012 20:32:47 GMT -8
She was laid up a little more than a year later when the first C-class vessels came into service. Here she is at Deas along with the Queen of Alberni in her original configuration, and the Suzie-Q.  |
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Post by Neil on Apr 29, 2012 20:38:54 GMT -8
I can't help comparing this lovely mini ocean liner to our most recently arrived hulking Coastal leviathans, and marvelling that such a graceful vessel ever sailed for BC Ferries on one of our main cross-strait routes.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 11:46:32 GMT -8
Found this neat little video of the Queen of The North's Ex Stena Danica Christening.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2012 17:21:32 GMT -8
She sure was a nice vessle to ride on. I have sailed onboard the Queen of the North several times.
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Post by dave2 on May 18, 2012 23:15:03 GMT -8
Not the best photo (slide to print to jpeg). Photo taken by a friends late father. I recall a trip from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo in 74 or 75 ... What the hell? This isn't the usual Burnaby Class I've known since.. forever. Dad said it was a Swedish ferry that "Barrett" had bought. I didn't like it at the time, and only was on board three more times (an "open house" (Ballantyne Pier "Port Day 1988", thank you Google) a repositioning trip from Port Hardy to Tsawwassen in 199?", and Port Hardy to Prince Rupert on a glorious day in 2000. Attachments:
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