I Class Ferry

BC Ferries operates three Intermediate Class ferries:

MV Queen of Capilano (1991)

  • 85 vehicles
  • 462 passengers
  • 96 metre length
  • 2,500 gross tons
  • 12.5 kts
  • 7305 HP
  • Route: Horseshoe Bay ↔ Bowen Island

MV Queen of Cumberland (1992)

  • 127 vehicles
  • 462 passengers
  • 96 metre length
  • 2,662 gross tons
  • 12.5 kts
  • 7305 HP
  • Route: Swartz Bay ↔ Southern Gulf Islands

MV Island Sky (2009)

  • 125 vehicles
  • 450 passengers
  • 102 metres length
  • 3,397 gross tons
  • 15.5 kts
  • 4416 HP
  • Route: Earl's Cove ↔ Saltery Bay

All three ferries were built at Vancouver Shipyards of the Washington Marine Group in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Famous quotes containing the words class and/or ferry:

    “Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences than in educational settings.”
    —bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

    ““Ferry me across the water,
    Do, boatman, do.”
    “If you’ve a penny in your purse
    I’ll ferry you.””
    —Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)