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THE PRINCE George, built in 1948, is docked at Britannia Beach.

HOW MANY times have you
driven along the Sea to Sky

Highway, en route to
Squamish or Whistler, and
seen the former cruise ship,
the Prince George, docked
idly at Britannia Beach?
NORTH SHORE
HERITAGE
By Dorothy Foster.

. Spots of rust are showing and it
has ‘been sitting there for about
four years.

When it was built 46 years ago
at Yarrows, Esquimalt, it was the
largest. commercial vessel built-in
‘Canada. It was built as a cruise ship
for the Canadian National Line.

Many British Columbians have

‘fend memories of their travels on

this well-run service, which aver-

aged about 22 eight-day trips a
year on the Alaska run. (In the win-
ter months the Prince George was
laid up, making ready for the fal-
lowing onslaught of sea-going
tourists.)

Actually, some readers might
get this ship confused with the
original S.S. Prince George, built
in around 1910,

She was one of two fast new
three-funnelied liners at that time,
buiit to provide passenger service
from Prince Rupert to the Queen
Charlotte Islands. .

These two ships quickly gained
a reputation for their speed and
comfort, and their run was extend-
ed in 1916 to Skagway, Alaska.
The original S.5. Prince George
was destroyed by fire in Ketchikan,
Alaska in 1945 and the Prince
George I have sketched was built to
replace it.

The Prince George is a seven-

deck passenger vessel, raken bow,
crulser stern, with a curved bridge,
and one funnel.

Its dimensions are 335.1 ft. by
52.1 ft. It has two six cylinder uni-
flow steam engines (pressure 240
pounds) and it could carry 322 pas-
sengers.

In 1975, shortly before it was to
retire because of its age, it suffered
a fire (started from a heater .in a
cabin) which engulfed 20 cabins
before it was extinguished.

Since then it was spruced up
and docked at New Westminster for
Expo tourist accommodation. It
was subsequently used as a bunk-
ship for the Val Dez oi! spill clean
up.
Hopefully, there is a future in
store for the Prince Georye.

I would like to acknowledge the
staff of the Vancouver Maritime
Museum for information used in
this article.

Vines offer shade for patios

From page 15

_ December to two or three buds and

* spaced 20 to 30 cm (eight to 12 in.)

‘apart. . ;

_ A grape vine will grow four to:
five metres (12 to 15 ft.) per year but
without regular pruning will produce
very little fruit. If you have a free
standing trellis or pergola, the vine
trunk can be grown up the side
(preferably the north or shady side)
and then branched into three ‘or four
parallel vines running lengthways
along the top of the lattice work.

Eack vine should be 45 to 60 cm
(18 to 24 in.) apart. Again, limit the
permanent growth to this initial
framework and prune to two or three
buds. .

Any trellis work should be strong
enough to support several five to 10
kg (10 to 20 lbs.) raccoons. Once

‘they find your grape vine they will
visit each yeur a week or two before
the grapes are fully ripened.

This year they nct only picked
many of my grapes before they were
ripe but also broke several punes of
glass and fell into the preenhouse,
breaking numerous plants on the
way down. The only consolation was
that one of the plants they landed on
was a large prickly cactus.

The only non-lethal deterrent for

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Grapes require a lot of work both
in training and pruning but they pro-
vide benefits other than the fruit they
produce. They leaf out quite late in
the spring, but just in time to create a
natural covering to shade the green-
house when it starts to get too hot.

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The reverse is true in the fall and the
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A vine-covered patio or pergola
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ple and is an ideal growing area for
plants such as hanging baskets of
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