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Route Name Route Details Vessel Name(s) Vessel Type(s) Vehicle Capacity Passenger Capacity Crossing Time Operated By Notes Reference(s) Adams Lake Cable Ferry: Crosses Adams Lake between Chase and Sorrento, off BC Highway 1. M.V. Adams Lake II: Cable: 10 48 5 minutes Waterbridge Ferries Incorporated [2] Arrow Park Cable Ferry
BC Ferries CEO David Hahn claimed that building the ferries in Germany would "save almost $80 million and could lead to lower fares." [4] On September 17, 2004, BC Ferries awarded [5] the vessel construction contract to Germany's Flensburger shipyard. The contract protected BC Ferries from any delays through a fixed price and fixed schedule ...
In 2019, BC started a $200 million program to acquire four hybrid/electric ferries (800 kWh each) to service three routes. [26] As for the remaining seven vessels within the 12-year capital plan, they will all be large ships, which will replace six aging ships and provide one additional vessel to support growth and improve resiliency.
S-class ferries (also known as the Spirit class or Super ferries) are roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferries operated by BC Ferries in British Columbia, Canada. They are the largest ferries in the BC Ferries fleet. The class comprises two ships, Spirit of British Columbia and Spirit of Vancouver Island, which were completed in 1993 and 1994 respectively.
The three ferries (Coastal Renaissance, Coastal Inspiration, and Coastal Celebration) were ordered by BC Ferries to replace the aging V-class ferries. They operate on two of the busiest routes connecting the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island—Tsawwassen↔Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen↔Duke Point. In the past, they have also served the Horseshoe ...
BC Ferries (British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.), the main operator of ferry services on the west coast of British Columbia, operates the following routes: Route 17 – Powell River (via Westview) to Comox (via Little River) [2] Route 18 – Powell River (via Westview) to Texada Island (via Blubber Bay) [3]
BC Ferries (British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.), the main provider of BC coastal ferry services, operates the following routes: Route 10 – Inside Passage: Port Hardy to Prince Rupert (summer stops at Bella Bella and Klemtu). [4]
A number of companies operated ferries on the lake from the 1890s. [4] When the Canadian Pacific Railway completed a rail link between Procter and Kootenay Landing in 1930, sternwheeler service on the southern arm of the lake ended. [5] In 1931, the BC government chartered the SS Nasookin for the Main Lake crossing between Fraser's Landing and ...