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Post by WettCoast on Dec 30, 2012 9:53:07 GMT -8
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Post by princessofvanfan on Dec 30, 2012 22:44:46 GMT -8
I remember sailing on her on route 2. Rushed into service, the forward lounge still had a hardwood dance floor and other similar accoutrements from its former use as a disco.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 9, 2013 22:35:46 GMT -8
I have been spending a fair bit of time digging through boxes of old slides (i.e. 'transparencies', a type of photo from the time when pictures were chemical rather than digital...) I found two boxes containing photos taken at the Queen of the North's 'Open Ship' held in Prince Rupert on 31 May 1980. The occasion was the beginning of this vessel's service on the Inside Passage route. Just a scant few weeks earlier this boat was still called the Queen of Surrey. Here are a series of photos from that event. These are all fresh scans, though a few of these have been presented here before.  'Welcome Aboard' - Queen of the North @ Prince Rupert - 31 May 1980 [photo © WCK-JST] by Wett Coast, on Flickr
 Wheelhouse - 'Queen of the North' - on the occasion of her 'open ship' for her new role as the 'Queen of the Inside Passage' - 31 May 1980 [photo © WCK-JST - Kitschrome 80-03-08] by Wett Coast, on Flickr
 Car deck - 'Queen of the North' - on the occasion of her 'open ship' for her new role as the 'Queen of the Inside Passage' - 31 May 1980 [photo © WCK-JST - Kitschrome 80-03-12] by Wett Coast, on Flickr 'Queen of the North' @ Prince Rupert (Fairview) berth on the occasion of her 'open ship' as the new 'Northern Ship' - 31 May 1980 [photo © WCK-JST - Kitschrome 80-03-14] by Wett Coast, on Flickr
 Queen of the North @ Prince Rupert on the occasion of her 'open ship' as the new 'Northern Ship' - 31 May 1980 [photo © WCK-JST - Kitschrome 80-04-03] by Wett Coast, on Flickr
 'Queen of the North' south bound out of Prince Rupert Harbour on first ever in-service Inside Passage cruise to Port Hardy - 31 May 1980 [photo © WCK-JST - Kitschrome 80-04-07] by Wett Coast, on Flickr
I must have taken about 30 photos at that event, a rather extravagant number in the days of film. Too bad I chose cheap 'Kits Chrome' film and not a better type with a higher film speed such as Kodak Ektachrome 200. I would have no doubt been happier with the results. The photos above were all really 'grainy'; I have spent a lot of time cleaning each one of them up. Unfortunately that leads to some loss of sharpness. Too bad I never took any more photos in the ship's interior.
JST PS: I have cropped a couple of these to a 60 x 17 aspect ratio, e.g. the preferred header format. Should there be a wish to use such at the anniversary of the ' North's sinking in March just ask. |
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Post by Neil on Feb 9, 2013 22:55:01 GMT -8
Those profile shots of her are spectacular... we'll never see a vessel like that in service on the west coast again. Thanks for these.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 28, 2013 17:02:47 GMT -8
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Post by mrdot on Feb 28, 2013 18:04:38 GMT -8
after this photoshoot at the Stanley Park lookout, my family and I boarded the Q. of the N. and joined Captn. J. Butterfield for a short re-positioning cruise back to Tsawwassen! mrdot. |
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Post by princessofvanfan on Feb 28, 2013 22:12:28 GMT -8
Beautiful pix. I remember when she started her northern service - I spent August of 1980 and '81 in Rupert with my Mom and brother, over on Digby Island, watching the North depart every other day from across the harbour.
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 28, 2013 22:43:18 GMT -8
This is a beautiful photo. I've seen a similar photo of this scene before. This was quite a moment for BC Ferries having Prince Charles and Princess Diana on board for Expo. Also having the party on the Monkey Island is quite interesting as well. Though I question how close they were to the Radars. The North (and other Northern Vessels for that matter), all have S and X Band radars. S Band being the bigger radar for further range. |
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Post by jacko on Mar 10, 2013 16:44:59 GMT -8
I am the builder of this lifeboat conversion. I haven't seen her in several years. The hull originally hung aboard the BC Ferries ship "Tenaka" and came from a sell-off of surplus lifeboats at the Deas island dock in 1996. The conversion took about 2 years to complete.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 10, 2013 17:45:36 GMT -8
I am the builder of this lifeboat conversion. I haven't seen her in several years. The hull originally hung aboard the BC Ferries ship "Tenaka" and came from a sell-off of surplus lifeboats at the Deas island dock in 1996. The conversion took about 2 years to complete. I'm pretty sure that this is what Jacko is referring to: 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 If this is what you're referring to, then thanks Jacko for telling us about it. Cheers! |
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Post by Low Light Mike on May 5, 2013 17:35:23 GMT -8
Queen of the North Photo is from a 1980s era coffee-table book “Vancouver & British Columbia” which appears to be a gift-book aimed at tourists to Vancouver and BC. Not much is noted in the book regarding publisher info. “Coombie Books” from 1987, with illustrations & text by “Colour Library Books Ltd.” No photo credits mentioned. I purchased this book for $2 at our local Rotary club sale, for the very purpose of posting these type of photos here, to show a bit from that era. - photo caption says "the majestic Queen of the North leaving Vancouver". (well, the same books includes a phrase that says "Petersberg, one of the largest settlements along the coast north of Vancouver")  |
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Post by Ferryman on Sept 19, 2013 19:38:49 GMT -8
Looks like Kevin Stapleton has uploaded a bunch of photos of the Queen of the North while she was in refit just over two years before she went down. Kind of neat to look back and see what this ship looked like inside and out. www.pbase.com/kstapleton/q_of_north |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2013 12:08:59 GMT -8
The first of a few videos of Queen of the North from the early 1990s era.
- these are from "home videos" from my friend Ray, who worked on both the QPR and QoTN as an electrical engineer officer.
He sent me these video files a few years ago, and I did share them with a few forum members at that time, but now I've finally got the idea of putting them on YouTube (with Ray's permission, of course).
This first video includes:
- departure from Port Hardy, showing the bow visor being lowered
- some of the battery bank room (you know, because that's Ray's kingdom)
- Passing the Columbia at Bella Bella, and hearing a horn salute
- Boat Bluff with long horn blast
- An old cruise ship passing
- Passing by Dryad Point lighthouse, where a large Coast Guard helicopter is parked.
- Docking at Bella Bella "downtown dock" with the passenger gangway being lowered.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 11, 2013 20:24:39 GMT -8
Video #2 in my series of 3 home-videos of Queen of the North.
- this one shot my my friend Ray, in likely the early 1990s.
The highlights:
- Outside footage of the ship, on a trip across Hecate Strait
- Ray's sense of humour
- A quick look inside the bridge
- Emergency generator room
- Battery room
- Ray's cabin
- QotN at Skidegate
- Inside tour of passenger areas (of the areas as they were before the 2001 refurbishment)
- The video ends with some footage of Kwuna.
From the sounds of it, the entire group of officers had UK accents.
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Part 3 (currently uploading to YouTube as a 12-hour upload - will be posted on Tuesday sometime) shows her 2001 major refit
- Drydock footage of her in the blocks
- Interior tour of the refurbished areas
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Post by Koastal Karl on Nov 11, 2013 21:51:13 GMT -8
I must say after seeing these videos I liked the Queen of North's interior before she was upgraded. Too bad I never got on her during the dogwood days!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 12, 2013 8:02:43 GMT -8
My final upload of my friend Ray's home-videos of the Queen of the North.
This one is of the Spring 2001 major refit:
- footage from the floating drydock at Vancouver Dry Dock (including a quick glimpse of the ex Queen of Victoria)
- on board tour of the new areas
My first time onboard this ship as "Queen of the North" was 2004; so after this upgrade.
- I don't remember much from my "Queen of Surrey" on board experience...
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Post by EGfleet on Dec 21, 2013 13:00:08 GMT -8
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Post by princessofvanfan on Dec 21, 2013 22:03:46 GMT -8
Interesting.
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Post by mrdot on Jan 9, 2014 12:00:11 GMT -8
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Post by amain on Feb 16, 2014 19:57:40 GMT -8
Hi There! I bought this painting a few years ago at an estate auction in the Lower Mainland and haven't been able to figure out who the artist is. It is an original watercolour,quite large too. Some people have thought it may be a painting of the Queen of the North. Any info someone might have would be great,thanks! Alana    |
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Post by Kahloke on Feb 16, 2014 20:14:40 GMT -8
Hi There! I bought this painting a few years ago at an estate auction in the Lower Mainland and haven't been able to figure out who the artist is. It is an original watercolour,quite large too. Some people have thought it may be a painting of the Queen of the North. Any info someone might have would be great,thanks! Alana It's definitely the Queen of the North. FYI - I moved Amain's post into the Queen of the North thread because it's the most appropriate location for it. |
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Feb 16, 2014 21:35:53 GMT -8
Hi There! I bought this painting a few years ago at an estate auction in the Lower Mainland and haven't been able to figure out who the artist is. It is an original watercolour,quite large too. Some people have thought it may be a painting of the Queen of the North. Any info someone might have would be great,thanks! Alana Welcome to the forum, Alana.
As Brandon mentioned, that is the Queen of the North.
A print of that used to hang at Departure Bay, but after her demise on March 22, 2006, it was removed. Seeing that print again now has a certain eeriness to it, almost like the fishing boats are coming to the aid of the 'North.
I'll see if I can find out who that artist is...
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 16, 2014 22:14:26 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Sept 15, 2014 11:40:59 GMT -8
This was a lucky find--Queen of the North and the Princess Marguerite. The slide is dated "4/85" with a notation of "Vic" which I think must mean Victoria. 
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Post by mrdot on Sept 15, 2014 12:20:31 GMT -8
:)the slide that evergreen ft. has just posted shows the Q of the North just prior to her pre-seasion show&tell display for the upcoming inside passage season, the year before expo, a promotional event at Victoria's outer wharf, before going over to Vancouver for this same purpose.  mrdot. |
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