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SS. Princess Marguerite. Princess Marguerite, Princess Marguerite II, and Princess Marguerite III was a series of Canadian coastal passenger vessels that operated along the west coast of British Columbia and into Puget Sound in Washington state almost continuously from 1925 to 1999. Known locally as "the Maggie ", [1] they saw the longest ...
Due to Washington's geography which features large, deep bodies of water with many peninsulas and islands, ferries are a convenient means of connecting communities in the region. Most were operated by private companies until later acquisitions by governments, beginning with the state's takeover of the Keller Ferry on the Columbia River in 1930. [2]
18,661,400 (2023) [2] Website. wsdot.wa.gov /travel /washington-state-ferries. Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a government agency that operates automobile and passenger ferry service in the U.S. state of Washington as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation. It runs ten routes serving 20 terminals located around Puget Sound ...
MV Coho in Victoria Harbour, British Columbia, Canada. The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. [1] Today the company operates an international passenger and vehicle ferry service between Port Angeles, Washington, United States and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on the MV Coho, [2] through its operating company, Black Ball Ferry Line.
The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) [2] is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long [3] that is the Salish Sea 's main outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the centre of the Strait. It was named in 1787 by the maritime fur ...
Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. Steamboats at Colman Dock, Seattle, circa 1912: Indianapolis is the large steamer on the right. The Puget Sound mosquito fleet was a multitude of private transportation companies running smaller passenger and freight boats on Puget Sound and nearby waterways and rivers. This large group of steamers and sternwheelers ...
The MV Chelan is an Issaquah-class ferry operated by Washington State Ferries, completed and in service in 1981.In 2004, the vessel was refit with a second vehicle deck, and in 2005 was refit with safety equipment to meet the requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), allowing the Chelan to make international trips on the Anacortes–San Juan Islands ...
The MV Coho is a passenger and vehicle ferry owned and operated by Black Ball Line. [2] Black Ball's only ferry, Coho carries passengers and cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailers, bicycles, etc. between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Port Angeles, Washington, United States. Coho makes between two and four round trips from Port ...