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British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., operating as BC Ferries (BCF), is a former provincial Crown corporation, now operating as an independently managed, publicly owned Canadian company. BC Ferries provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services for coastal and island communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Pender Island can be accessed by regular ferry service provided by BC Ferries from Swartz Bay (near Victoria), Tsawwassen (near Vancouver), and other southern Gulf Islands, which dock in Otter Bay. There are also scheduled seaplane and water taxi services.
On November 7, 2019, Salish Raven suffered a malfunction in one of its propellers at roughly 9:30 am after leaving Pender Island. A tugboat arrived to aid the ferry and all its passengers were disembarked by 1:30 pm. The vessel resumed sailing later that day. [19]
The Kingston-Edmonds ferry will remain its current alternative schedule, with one-boat service for the popular route. Vessels depart roughly every 90 minutes through the day on the holiday and Friday.
MV Pender Queen: None: 1923 (1956) 1961-1980: 40: 250: Acquired in Gulf Island Ferry Company purchase, formerly named Motor Princess. Sunk and scrapped in 2003 [15] MV Princess of Vancouver: Princess class: 1955: 1985-1987: 150: 984: Formerly part of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways' saltwater ferry fleet and the Canadian Pacific ...
Big Bar Reaction Ferry: Crosses the Fraser River northwest of Clinton. Vessel Unknown Reaction: 2 12 10 minutes Interior Roads: Replaced by an aerial passenger tramway during icy or low water conditions. [5] Digby Island Ferry: Crosses Prince Rupert Harbour between Fairview and Digby. M.V. Digby Island Ferry: Conventional 12 156 20 minutes City ...
MV Quinitsa is an automobile ferry operated by BC Ferries.It was built in 1977 by Vancouver Shipyards in Vancouver, British Columbia.The ferry was originally part of the Ministry of Transportation and Highways' (MoT) saltwater ferry fleet until 1985, when the MoT's saltwater ferries—including Quinitsa—were transferred to BC Ferries.
Buckingham Landing, the previous Daufuskie Island ferry embarkation point on the mainland, was illegally locked and chained last month for 24 hours by a private boat service, according to Nichols. ...