BC Ferries
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 ...
operates three Intermediate-class
ferries
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water tax ...
:
MV ''Queen of Capilano'' (1991)
* 100 vehicles since Jan 2015 mid-life refit
* 462 passengers
* 96 metre length
* 2,500 gross tons
* 12.5 kts
* 7305 HP
* Route: Horseshoe Bay ↔ Bowen Island
MV ''Queen of Cumberland'' (1992)
* 112 vehicles
* 462 passengers
* 96 metre length
* 2,662 gross tons
* 12.5 kts
* 7305 HP
* Route: Swartz Bay ↔ Southern Gulf Islands
(2008)
* Was renamed from MV ''Island Sky'' on October 24, 2019
* 125 vehicles
* 450 passengers
* 102 metres length
* 3,397 gross tons
* 15.5 kts
* 7094 HP
* Route: Earl's Cove ↔ Saltery Bay
All three ferries were built at Vancouver Shipyards of the
Washington Marine Group
Seaspan ULC (formerly Seaspan Marine Corporation) provides marine-related services to the Pacific Northwest. Within the Group are three shipyards, an intermodal ferry and car float business, and also a tug and barge transportation company that ...
in
North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Queen of Capilano
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Ships built in British Columbia
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