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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 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).
Central America: El Salvador, Sonsonate ... Port of Prince Rupert: North America: Canada, ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Vessel Name Launch Date Maiden Voyage Notes Current Status 1973 Carrier Princess Seaspan uses the same name after 1998. Still in service for Seaspan. 1974 Princess Superior Originally named the Incan Superior when built. Renamed Princess Superior in 1993 for Coastal Marine Operations, Seaspan uses the same name after 1998. Still in service for ...
She began her operational career on June 10, 1963, when she embarked 154 passengers and 45 cars at Prince Rupert. [18] The initial public response to Matanuska was positive. During her first month of commercial operation, from June 15 to July 15, she carried 6,496 passengers and 1,302 vehicles.
Built in 1910, the much larger SS Prince George and SS Prince Rupert, both 3,380-ton, 18-knot vessels, could carry 1,500 passengers with staterooms for 220. The ships operated a weekly service from Seattle to Victoria, Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Anyox. [41] The vision was for coastal shipping to mature into a trans-Pacific line. [42]
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 ...