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Westview is a ferry terminal in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Malaspina Strait, part of the Strait of Georgia, on the northern Sunshine Coast and provides connections to Texada Island and Vancouver Island. The ferry port is connected to Highway 101 via a short access road.
Tsawwassen was built by Burrard Dry Dock in Vancouver with the yard number 309 and was laid down on May 9, 1959. [1] [3] The ferry was launched on November 28, 1959 and completed in May 1960. [3] Both ships began service on June 15, 1960 servicing two terminals linking Victoria and Vancouver. [7]
Powell River has two ferry terminals, both of which belong to BC Ferries. The Westview Ferry Terminal is located near the city's downtown and provides service to Comox and Vancouver Island on board the Salish Eagle, and to Texada Island on the Island Discovery.
MV Malaspina Sky is an Intermediate-class ferry in the BC Ferries fleet built in 2008.. Originally named Island Sky, the ship has operated on the Earl's Cove–Saltery Bay route since its first day of service for BC Ferries on February 19, 2009.
Little River Ferry Terminal. Little River is a community in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Its namesake, Little River, is a short stream of the same name which enters Little River Bay. The community lies to the east of the river's confluence with the bay.
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 .
MV Nimpkish is an N-class ferry formerly owned by BC Ferries. It is 33.93 metres (111.3 ft) long, holds 12 vehicles and 95 passengers, and its maximum speed is 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph). [ 1 ] Nimpkish entered service with the Ministry of Transportation's Salt Water division in 1973, and was built in Vancouver to serve the inter-island routes.
The Earls Cove Ferry Terminal is a BC Ferries terminal with two berths that links Highway 101 across Jervis Inlet to Saltery Bay. Known as the Sechelt – Powell River (Earls Cove–Saltery Bay) ferry, it is about 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km) long and serviced by the MV Malaspina Sky. [1]