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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 .
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.
The State of Alaska determined a new vessel was necessary, and the new vessel should be designed from the beginning to be able to take on a command and control role in the case of another disaster. [6] Funded in part by settlement money from Exxon [citation needed], the MV Kennicott joined the system in 1998.
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).
Prince Rupert has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb, Trewartha Dolk) and is also located in a temperate rainforest. Prince Rupert is known as "The City of Rainbows", [24] as it is Canada's wettest city, with 2,620 mm (103 in) of annual precipitation on average, of which 2,530 mm (100 in) is rain. In addition, 240 days per year receive at least ...
The MV Wickersham was a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway. Wickersham was the second vessel, after the MV Chilkat, in the Alaska Marine Highway fleet to not have been constructed specifically for AMHS, but was rather acquired for from the Stena Line, where it was known as the Stena Britannica and served the Kiel, Germany–Gothenburg, Sweden route.
Set up in 1960 to provide a similar service to that provided by the Black Ball Line and the Canadian Pacific Railway, which were affected by job action at the time, BC Ferries has become the largest passenger ferry line in North America, [2] operating a fleet of 41 vessels with a total passenger and crew capacity of over 27,000, serving 47 ...
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.