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www.bcferries.com. British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., operating as BC Ferries (BCF), is a former provincial Crown corporation, now operating as an independently managed, publicly owned Canadian company. BC Ferries provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services for coastal and island communities in the Canadian province of British ...
SS Princess Marguerite. The first Maggie was constructed at Clydebank near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1924 for the CPR's British Columbia Coast Service. She was a class of vessel the CPR called "miniature luxury liners." On 25 March 1925, Princess Marguerite departed Scotland on her maiden voyage to Victoria, British Columbia, and for the next 16 ...
List of BC Ferries ships. BC Ferries has the largest fleet of vehicle ferry vessels in the world. There are at least 45 vessels, ranging from small passenger-only water taxis, up to the 358-car Spirit-class ferries. All of the vessels in use by BC Ferries are roll-on/roll-off car ferries. Most of the major vessels are based on similar designs ...
Swartz Bay is a 22.7 ha (56.1-acre) [2] ferry terminal and a major transportation facility at Swartz Bay in North Saanich, British Columbia. It is located 32 km (20 mi) north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. The terminal is part of the BC Ferries system, as well as part of Highway 17.
Capacity. Passengers: 1,332. Vehicles: 270 cars. The MV Queen of New Westminster is a Canadian roll-on, roll-off passenger ferry operated by BC Ferries. [2] In 1964, the vessel was built as one of seven Victoria class ferries. Like her sister ships, she was lengthened in 1973 at Burrard Dry Dock.
The MV Coho is a passenger and vehicle ferry owned and operated by Black Ball Line. [2] Black Ball's only ferry, Coho carries passengers and cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailers, bicycles, etc. between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Port Angeles, Washington, United States. Coho makes between two and four round trips from Port ...
The V-class ferries, also known as the Victoria class, originally included seven ferries operated by BC Ferries built between 1962 and 1965. The V class were a continuation of the previous Sidney -class design with some cosmetic changes and different engines. These vessels were the backbone of service on the Tsawwassen – Swartz Bay route ...
On March 23, 2021, BC Ferries announced that the name for the fourth Salish-class vessel would be Salish Heron. [15] Salish Heron, started its journey to British Columbia on December 22, 2021 from Gdansk, Poland bound for Victoria. The journey also included a stopover in Manzanillo in Mexico. The ship finally arrived in Victoria on March 3 ...