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MV Nimpkish
MV ''Nimpkish'' is an formerly owned by BC Ferries. It is long, holds 12 vehicles and 95 passengers, and its maximum speed is . ''Nimpkish'' entered service with the Ministry of Transportation's Salt Water division in 1973, and was built in Vancouver to serve the inter-island routes. The vessel was transferred to BC Ferries in 1985. It formerly did runs on the Discovery Coast Connector service, a summer-only route linking Port Hardy, Bella Bella, Shearwater, Klemtu, Ocean Falls and Bella Coola. Passenger amenities on-board are sparse, with only seating and a washroom available. It was Auctioned by BC ferries in 2019 and bought by Mike Buttle Services. It currently runs by the name the "Mid Coaster" and has joined Mike's other former BC ferry "The Buttle Shuttle" (formerly the mill bay ferry) as part of his fleet. The Buttle shuttle was converted to working ship caple of beach landing heavy equipment equipment and outfitted with a heavy crane for dock maintenance and ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park
Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada on Vancouver Island. The park is 3,949 ha. in area and was established on 1995. It is 32 km south of Port McNeill and on the southwest side of Nimpkish Lake. Primary access is by boat launch, though radio-controlled logging roads lead to the edge of the park. Western Forest Products in Woss, British Columbia should be contacted for road advisories. The park is in the traditional territory of the Namgis First Nation. The M/V ''Nimpkish'' in the BC Ferries fleet is named after the lake. See also * Lower Nimpkish Provincial Park * Nimpkish River The Nimpkish River is a river in northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is the longest river on the Island, rising on the west slope of Mount Alston, flowing northwest into Nimpkish Lake and then north into the Broughton Strai ... References Provincial parks of British Columbia Northern Vancouver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klemtu
Klemtu is an unincorporated community on Swindle Island in the coastal fjords of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Kitasoo Indian Reserve No. 1. Klemtu is the home of the Kitasoo tribe of Tsimshians, originally from Kitasu Bay, and the Xai'xais of Kynoch Inlet, extends eastward from Queen Charlotte Sound, approximately at . It is adjacent to the Fiordland Conservancy. These two tribes live together as, and are jointly governed by, the Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nation. Traditional languages spoken at Klemtu are the southern dialect of the Tsimshian language, called Southern Tsimshian, and Xaixais, a dialect of the Heiltsuk language. In religious affiliation, the community is dominated by the United Church of Canada. The government of the Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nation is a member government of the Oweekeno-Kitasoo-Nuxalk Tribal Council. The population of Klemtu in 1983 was 269. the population of Klemtu was 505. Name origin An alternate older name for Klemtu is Kitasoo. it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-class Ferries
N class or Class N may refer to: * N-class destroyer, a class of British Royal Navy ships * NZR N class, a class of steam locomotives used by the New Zealand Railways Department and the Wellington and Manawatu Railway * SECR N class, a type of steam locomotive designed in 1914 for use on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) * V/Line N class, a class of diesel locomotives built in Somerton, Victoria * Westrail N class, a class of Australian diesel locomotives * Sydney N-Class Tram, a type of streetcar * United States N-class submarine, a class of US Navy submarines * N-class blimp, a class of US Navy blimps * N-class ferry, a class of Canadian ferries * Victorian Railways N class steam locomotive See also * N (other) N is the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. N or n may also refer to: Mathematics * \mathbb, the set of natural numbers * N, the field norm * N for ''nullae'', a rare Roman numeral for zero * n, the size of a statistical sample Sci . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Northern Sea Wolf
The MV ''Northern Sea Wolf'' is a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry operated by BC Ferries in British Columbia, Canada. Her normal sailing schedule is five days a week during the peak summer season on the Inside Passage route connecting Bella Coola, British Columbia, Bella Coola and Port Hardy. The route normally takes about ten hours to complete. Her schedule calls for one trip per day during daylight hours to maximize passenger enjoyment of the scenery. Lack of sufficient crew accommodation limits voyage to 12 hours per day precluding travel for indigenous tourism to the outer coast towns without a multiple days or week visit. Uniquely for a BC Ferries vessel, the ''Northern Sea Wolf'' does not have doors on both ends, requiring vehicles to either turn around after boarding or reverse down the loading ramp. Description and construction The ship was the vision of the leader of Agios Andreas shipping company Captain Michalis Boutsis and his partners. She was designed by the naval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
