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The Port of Prince Rupert is a seaport managed by the Prince Rupert Port Authority that occupies 667,731 hectares (1,650,000 acres) of land and water along 20 kilometres (12 miles) of waterfront. The port is located in Prince Rupert Harbour in the North Coast Regional District of British Columbia .
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 of Prince Rupert [6] François Lake Ferry
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 19:44, 27 June 2013: 1,680 × 945 (513 KB): Compdude123 {{Information |Description=This view is from the wheelhouse of the BC Ferry Queen of Prince Rupert which, I assume, was waiting for the ''Wickersham'' to vacate the berth which at that time was shared by BC & Alaska ferries.
On August 18, 2006, BC Ferries commissioned [6] Flensburger to build a new vessel for its Inside Passage route, with the contract having many of the same types of terms as that for the Coastal-class vessels. The new northern service vessel, Northern Expedition, was delivered in March 2008, and entered service in May of the same year.
The keel of the vessel was laid on June 16, 2008 [3] and she was launched on September 25, 2008. [4] Sea trials took place in the Baltic Sea east from Danish island Bornholm between January 7–9, 2009. The vessel left Germany on January 30, 2009 bound for British Columbia via the Panama Canal. [5]
The vessel arrived at the Victoria shipyards on 18 December 2006, where she underwent an $18-million refit and interior upgrade that finished in March 2007. [9] Part of the refit was to retrofit the ferry's stern loading ramp to match the dockside facilities at BC Ferries terminals. [6] Northern Adventure docked at the Prince Rupert ferry terminal.
MV Nicola is an N-class ferry, owned, but not operated by BC Ferries.It is also known as Spirit of Lax Kw ' Alaams, a British Columbia First Nations name. [2] Spirit of Lax Kw ' Alaams currently runs between Prince Rupert and Port Simpson, (also known as Lax Kw'alaams) a British Columbia First Nations community on British Columbia's North Coast.
The ferry service started operations in 1962, and had a 3-day voyage between Whittier and Prince Rupert, usually operating once a week, year-round. The Aquatrain barge was built in 1982 by South Korea's Shin-A shipbuilding, and is 400 ft × 100 ft (122 m × 30 m).