BC Ferries route 23 Campbell River - Quadra Island: Difference between revisions

Car service to the Island started in 1960 with [[Ministry of Transportation Salt Water Ferries]] [[BC Ferries N-Class|Quadra Queen]] which handle 16 vehicles and 133 passengers per sailing she proved to small for route after nine years of operations. In 1969 the [[Ministry of Transportation Salt Water Ferries]] built the [[BC Ferries T-Class|Quadra Queen II]] which could handle 30 vehicles and 150 passengers per sailing which lasted until 1988. Starting in 1979 in order to keep up with summer months demand of route [[Ministry of Transportation Salt Water Ferries]] placed the [[BC Ferries T-Class|Tachek]] on route along with her sister ship the [[BC Ferries T-Class|Quadra Queen II]]. In 1985 this route was taken over by [[BC Ferries]] along with [[Ministry of Transportation Salt Water Ferries]] vessels.  In 1988 [[BC Ferries]] put [[BC Ferries North Island Princess|North Island Princess]] in winter the months and summer months the vessel was [[BC Ferries Powell River Class|Mayne Queen]]. [[BC Ferries]] knew they need bigger vessel on the route but the vessel needed handle Discovery Passage current safely. In 1988 [[BC Ferries]] tried [[BC Ferries Quinsam|Quinsam]] which she couldn’t handle the Discovery Passage current in safe manner. In 1991 [[BC Ferries]] tested [[BC Ferries I-Class|Queen of Capilano]] for her hull design to help the design for the propose brand new class vessels to take operations of route which was to be called the [[BC Ferries Century Class|Century Class]] which never panned out as planned. In 1991 to keep up with demand on route [[BC Ferries]] put [[BC Ferries Powell River Class|Powell River Queen]] which stays on the route year round.