Postcard: MV Chinook, Ship Point, Inner Harbour, Victoria, BC, c.1954
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"THE CHINOOK" IN VICTORIA HARBOUR
This streamlined luxury ship of the Black Ball Line carries 1000 day passengers and 100 cars. In the Indian tongue, the pleasant spring breeze that melts the snows is called "CHINOOK." Today "CHINOOK" sailing into Victoria Harbour means the pleasant cruise over the calm, beautiful blue waters of the Puget Sound."
Photo—Courtesy Black Ball Line
Post Card. Pub. by Vancouver Magazine Serv. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. Printed in U.S.A.
MV Chinook at the Black Ball Line terminal at Ship Point on the Inner Harbour in Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island. View looking NW from the Causeway at Government Street.
The M.V. Chinook (from the coast aboriginal's “chinook” or westerly wind) was built for the Black Ball Company in 1947 at Todd's Shipyards (Plant A) in Seattle, WA.
Launched on April 22, 1947 as the Chinook, her maiden voyage on her Seattle-Port Angeles-Victoria route was on July 25, 1947. She was removed from the Seattle portion of the run in 1952.
She was transferred to Canadian registry in October 1954 at which time she was renamed the Chinook II. During her May 1955 refit, it was announced that she was to be moved to Black Ball's Nanaimo-Horseshoe Bay run, BC's busiest ferry route. Much to Victoria's dismay, her run began on June 4th. It was during that refit that her bow was altered to permit bow loading.
Following the purchase of Black Ball Ltd.'s Nanaimo and Sunshine Coast routes vessels and docks by B.C. Ferries in late 1961, the Chinook II was refitted as the Sechelt Queen in 1963.
Retired from B.C. Ferries in 1976; Sold to the Ministry of Transportation and Highways who retired her in 1982. Ultimately sold for disposal in 1997; Likely scrapped.
Capacity: 83 cars, 600 passengers.
Postcard: MV Chinook, Ship Point, Inner Harbour, Victoria, BC, c.1954
"VT-16
"THE CHINOOK" IN VICTORIA HARBOUR
This streamlined luxury ship of the Black Ball Line carries 1000 day passengers and 100 cars. In the Indian tongue, the pleasant spring breeze that melts the snows is called "CHINOOK." Today "CHINOOK" sailing into Victoria Harbour means the pleasant cruise over the calm, beautiful blue waters of the Puget Sound."
Photo—Courtesy Black Ball Line
Post Card. Pub. by Vancouver Magazine Serv. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. Printed in U.S.A.
MV Chinook at the Black Ball Line terminal at Ship Point on the Inner Harbour in Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island. View looking NW from the Causeway at Government Street.
The M.V. Chinook (from the coast aboriginal's “chinook” or westerly wind) was built for the Black Ball Company in 1947 at Todd's Shipyards (Plant A) in Seattle, WA.
Launched on April 22, 1947 as the Chinook, her maiden voyage on her Seattle-Port Angeles-Victoria route was on July 25, 1947. She was removed from the Seattle portion of the run in 1952.
She was transferred to Canadian registry in October 1954 at which time she was renamed the Chinook II. During her May 1955 refit, it was announced that she was to be moved to Black Ball's Nanaimo-Horseshoe Bay run, BC's busiest ferry route. Much to Victoria's dismay, her run began on June 4th. It was during that refit that her bow was altered to permit bow loading.
Following the purchase of Black Ball Ltd.'s Nanaimo and Sunshine Coast routes vessels and docks by B.C. Ferries in late 1961, the Chinook II was refitted as the Sechelt Queen in 1963.
Retired from B.C. Ferries in 1976; Sold to the Ministry of Transportation and Highways who retired her in 1982. Ultimately sold for disposal in 1997; Likely scrapped.
Capacity: 83 cars, 600 passengers.