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The Seattle-Victoria route was operated for two years before it was sold to its competitor Lake Union Air in 1988. Kenmore Air also added two Turbine Beavers (a Beaver manufactured with a PT-6 Engine, 60 of which were made by de Havilland) in the late 1980s and purchased its main competitor Lake Union Air in 1992. With this purchase, Kenmore ...
Harbour Air Seaplanes is a scheduled floatplane service, tour and charter airline based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The predominantly seaplane airline specializes in routes between Vancouver , Nanaimo , Victoria , Sechelt , Comox , Whistler and the Gulf Islands , primarily with de Havilland Canada floatplanes.
Kenmore Air Harbor [2] (IATA: KEH, FAA LID: S60) is a public-use seaplane base at the northern end of Lake Washington and 1 nmi (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of the central business district of Kenmore, Washington, U.S. [1] [2] It primarily serves western Washington and parts of southwestern British Columbia.
It has one 5,000-by-500-foot (1,520 by 150 m) seaplane landing area designated runway 16/34, which runs from Gas Works Park to the north to Lake Union Park in the south. [1] [2] A different seaplane base on the same lake, Seattle Seaplanes SPB (FAA LID: 0W0), is assigned runway 18/36 that instead goes diagonally through the lake. [3]
Victoria Inner Harbour Airport or Victoria Harbour Water Airport (IATA: YWH, ICAO: CYWH) is located in Victoria Harbour, adjacent to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Transport Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome (TC LID: CAP5) is a seaplane base located 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) north northwest of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, adjacent to Victoria International Airport. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
It acquired the shares and assets of Wilderness Seaplanes on April 1, 1998. A new airline division, Wilderness Seaplanes, which started service on May 5, 2016, was established to take over the Pacific Coastal Airlines Seaplane Division and is based at Port Hardy and Bella Bella .
The Victoria Yacht Club was founded on 8 June 1892 by a group of 46 yachtsmen and is the oldest sailing association in Western Canada. [16] In 1911 King George V recognized the club's success and granted permission to add a "Royal" prefix to the club's name thereby allowing for the change to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. [16]