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Tsawwassen is a ferry terminal and a major transportation facility in Delta, British Columbia, part of the BC Ferries system and Highway 17. Positioned less than 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the 49th parallel along the Canada–United States border , [ 2 ] it is located at the southwestern end of a 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) causeway that juts out into ...
On April 27, 2019, Spirit of British Columbia was damaged while docking at Tsawwassen ferry terminal during heavy winds. On April 2, 2021, Spirit of British Columbia was forced to turn around and return to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal in the middle of a sailing to Tsawwassen , after a man caused a disturbance while refusing to wear a mask ...
The ferry terminal is located at Duke Point in Nanaimo and is the only major terminal in the BC Ferries system without a public transit connection. [ 2 ] The terminal was built in 1997 for $42 million (equivalent to $67.88 million in 2022) to divert commercial vehicle traffic away from BC Ferries' other main Nanaimo terminal in the heart of the ...
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Queen of Alberni was built by Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1976. She joined two other C-class ferries built in that year, Queen of Coquitlam and Queen of Cowichan. Two additional C-class ferries, Queen of Surrey and Queen of Oak Bay, were built in 1981. [2] The Queen of Alberni arriving at Swartz Bay in 1980
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 .
The three ferries (Coastal Renaissance, Coastal Inspiration, and Coastal Celebration) were ordered by BC Ferries to replace the aging V-class ferries. They operate on two of the busiest routes connecting the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island—Tsawwassen↔Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen↔Duke Point. In the past, they have also served the Horseshoe ...
Spirit of British Columbia is an S-class ferry that measures 167.5 m (549 ft 6 in) long overall and 156.0 m (511 ft 10 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 32.9 m (107 ft 11 in). The vessel has a 18,747 gross tonnage (GT), 2,925 tons deadweight (DWT) and a displacement of 11,642 tonnes (11,458 long tons; 12,833 short tons).