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History of Vancouver transit

Very cool. Nanaimo born and raised here!

I don't really believe in ghosts, but I will put my life on the line to verify the "phantom dog" theory here first hand

Hi Kyle is there anyway to contact you directly?

I googled who was the largest ferry operator in the world before watching this video. Can someone tell me how Turkey is the largest and BC ferry the second?

They are just tired of the crazy people. Thats why they made drugs legal. Its a choice

Build a bridge.

very interesting learned a lot i didn't know thank you

Very informative. Thank you

As a little kid in the late sixties/seventies I remember going on the West Wood ferry to Gabriola to visit family and holiday there, by 1985 I was working for them for the next 35 yrs lots of good memories and a few bad.

Nice footage. But try working there.right now(at pt McNeill terminal)is a stalker that shows up and steels the recycling from the waiting room and creeps out the female staff members...the company security. The rcmp.(WITH THE EXCEPTIONOF A FEW NICE MEMBERS).and worksafe bc.dont seem willing to do a thing about this.damage to vehicles has occurred. A temped run down,as a lone employee was opening /unlocking ect.on a dark Jan morning 2023.so I guess media involvement is next. They will fire you if you go public..but that's better than dead!!

This video was uploaded on the same day I took a BC Ferry from Tsawwassen to Galiano. Excellent!

The fast Ferries could be used from Victoria harbour to Port angeles albeit when like 20 or 30 minutes from arrival the reduce speed to a speed were the giant wake is much smaller. Hey it’s an idea but probably won’t be brought into action or black ball ferry line could get a celebration class ferry

what about the long rumoured "BC Fairies" ?

If you are a history/geography/geology buff, the Britannia Mine Museum is definitely worth visiting!

We need a bridge.

As much as I enjoyed the BC Ferries over the years (since the mid 1980s), I am so glad I now reside on the mainland.

15:04 "All but two of the hundred and one people onboard were rescued, and are assumed to have gone down with the ship." Incorrect. I can verify all those who were rescued made it ashore safely. Not one of those people who were rescued went down with the ship.

It's not just passenger vessels, but all registered commercial vessels are required to drydock every 5 years, fyi.

I live in Victoria on Vancouver Island , and I have basically stopped using BC Ferries because it is a horribly run , and expensive .. The general thought on the island is that using BC Ferries and having to go to the main land fills our population with a sense of dread . We believe it should ba a point A to point B , bare bones transportation . We are held hostage here by BC Ferries and its a massive joke , great staff being run by a group of idiots .

A great history that brings up memories of growing up in Victoria. There was a BC Ferry strike one time when I wanted to come home from UBC in the 1970s and the CPR ferries were still running, so I took the ferry from Downtown Vancouver to Nanaimo and bussed down the island and returned on the Downtown Victoria to Vancouver ferry. As I recall the cost was significantly higher than BC Ferries and the trip from Victoria took 4 hours.

14:30 Shocked to see someone actually filmed this. Like a hot knife into butter. The sound must have been unreal.

You’ve left out a few things. SS Beaver operates like ferry and is subsidized by the British Colonial government. This important because henceforth, people in BC expect the government to subsidize their ferry service. You also left out the important role CP and CN play in coastal ferry service far more than Union. They are the inheritors of the subsidy that the federal government has given and still gives to ferry operators in BC. Also left out is the fact that the Socreds had already started to create the Ministry of Highways saltwater ferry fleet long before BC Ferries came on the scene. That comes about from a combination of reasons amongst them island taxpayers complaining that all the highway building doesn’t benefit them and local private ferry operators threatening the government to shut down service if the subsidy doesn’t increase. The strike merely plays into the hands of the economic policies of the Socreds who, contrary to popular misconception, believe that government intervention is good if it engenders economic activity. I’ve always thought that Peabody of Blackball deliberately set up shop in BC because he bet that the BC government would do exactly what Washington State did and buy him out and create their own ferry system. And they did!

Hears proof trump is right we should become a state ! At least America would of built there ships in the USA clearly are government is not for the people anyone who thinks they should not be built hear should not be hear

Can you make a video on the 104 avenue centre? It's sat empty for decades and it'd be cool to learn why

Because of them. I really enjoyed my holidays.

BC Ferries is the epitome of government waste and mismanagement. Up until recently they had paid employees walking up and down the lanes selling, that's right, NEWSPAPERS. That's how stuck in the past they are. The reservation system is BS as one can make a reservation and they are not obligated to keep them. The loading lanes are arbitrary, and many times other lanes, that came in behind you, load and make it on the boat and you don't. 20+ years of watching this chaos. Man I wish there was a bridge or tunnel.

This is greatly appreciated. It is not often my hometown is showing up on RUclips.

Really great video. Thank you!

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I can't wait to pay more next year for the same thing!!

This was excellent. Thanks for pitting this together.

After all the money, time, and man power spent building and operating these ferries one thing has become very clear. Should have built a bridge from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen a long time ago when it would have been cheaper to construct.

Wow this is great. Wish I could show it to my Dad.

Thank you for taking the time to put together these amazing videos. It’s refreshing to see content that is fact based vs opinions! Keep up the good work.

Great video! I'm currently staying in Brentwood Bay watching the Mill Bay ferry go back and forth. As an avid fan of the ferries since I was a child, I love the nostalgia and look ahead of this video.

So fun fact about the fast cat ferries. Not only did we sell all three for a grand total of 88 million. Leaving me and my kids on the hook for the other several hundred million. Secondly some of the operational issues were from the purpulsion engines sucking in logs and other wood debris from the provinces logging industry and the big asz trees falling into the ocean. We were told that the fast cats were sold to somewhere around the Mediterranean Sea and evidently worked flawlessly over there. Sadly it was yet another government run blunder. And we tax payers were lied to on many many fronts.

BC ferries making air Canada seem like professionals

Now this is QUALITY!

How about a train tunnel?

Surely it’s worth several times more to build them in BC. Half the money would come back to the government in taxes within a year, and a quarter the following and so on. Buying them abroad sends 100% of the money away.

How is labour less expensive in Germany?

I still don’t understand what was wrong with the fast ferries. Why was the wake a problem? Surely catamarans have less wake. Even still, they could go slower to reduce it, no? Why was fuel consumption high? Again, catamarans are famous for having less friction.

BC Ferries propaganda!!!!! Why mention a bridge?? That has nothing to do with the "History of BC Ferries". As @realestateimage noted, there is also no mention of the Spirit Class which are the two largest vessels on the Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen run. Jump to 11:35 in the video, quote "while increasing the current major fleet from 11 to 12 vessels"....what does that mean?? ......that there will finally be a vessel to fill in when another vessel is broken down during the summer season between Vancouver/Victoria/Nanaimo??? Note...in the late 90s there was an extra vessel as it was added to a few summer sailings on the 1/2 hour. BC ferries is trying, but failing at playing catch-up. I have also crunched the numbers and the increased capacities with these new vessels on the routes that matter are negligible....the first vessels are to be in service by 2029, then 2031 and two final vessels by 2037......what a joke!!! I've lived in Victoria my entire life. All that's happening is dilapidated vessels are being replaced out of necessity and any small increase in their capacity couldn't handle the current load.

BC Ferries loses millions or billions every year and is subsidized by taxpayers. Build a fixed link crossing and over time it would pay for itself. Diesel and other fuels are only increasing. It can be built here the US or Chinese would have it done in no time...Do some rough math based on transporting 8,000,000 a year x $125 a car plus trucks commercial vehicles and hazardous charges....

These next batch better have fucking wifi😂😂😂

BC ferries' signage is utterly frustrating, because what they call vouchers everyone else calls tickets. The confusion is one of the reasons I left BC entirely.

The vessel shown at 5:41 is not a ferry boat, it's a cable ferry, longest in the world of its kind, so it is said. It's official name is the Baynes Sound Connector but is better known to Denman Island residents as "the BS Con," "the Drag Queen" or even "that piece of s ***" during one of its all-too-common breakdowns. It is under-powered and overtaxed for the route it serves (Hornby Island as well as Denman). We had a perfectly good boat taken from our route before this pressed on us a decade ago as an alleged money-saver. It has not been that, maintenance costs are exorbitant, no savings and poorer quality of service. It's another low point in BCF operations. I know this to be true 'cause I live there.

Happy to see the video, I figured it would be on your "to-do" list. As a Vancouver Islander BC Ferries have been a major influence in my perception of British Columbia and I really enjoy watching your videos with my kids as they learn a little more about their home province. My interest eventually led me into my career in shipping and into working for the company. I liked the Queen of Nanaimo cameo, I had the good fortune to be the Chief Officer on her retirement cruise from Tsawwassen to Deas and then to help train the Fijian crew that sailed her down to Fiji in 2017 where she was rechristened the "Lomiavati Princess V". Unfortunately she's been scrapped since then but that's the passage of time... The sinking of the Queen of the North was shocking at the time (I was in my early 20's) and has been a seminal event in the history of BC Ferries. I've met some people who were aboard and who still work with the company to this day, their stories are impactful. I recommend Colin Henthorne's book if you haven't read it. I also recommend "Dogwood Fleet", "Ships of British Columbia" and "The Queens of British Columbia" for anyone interested in the early days of BCF. We probably need a new, well researched entry to update the written record of the fleet. I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention "No Sailing Waits and Other Ferry Tales" for a good laugh. Your video also made me realize that so far I am the only person who has Captained all 4 Salish Class vessels and all 6 Island Class vessels. Just a neat aside... Thanks again for giving attention to some really interesting subjects.

Excellent video series! Love it! Thank you for the clear and educated content. Best wishes for 2025 from Vancouver