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APPROXIMATLEY 300 guests turned out at North Vancouver-
based Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. Friday to tour the just

completed Queen of Capilano ferry.

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THE B.C. Ferry Corporation’s
(BCFC) newest ship, the MLV.
Queen of Capilano, was officially
commissioned Friday at North
Vancouver-based Vancouver
Shipyards Company Ltd.

Guest speaker was Transporia-
tion and Highways Minister Lyall
Hanson. His wife Nancy and Jana
Morrison participated in the tradi-

THE QUEEN of Capilano, built in North Vanccuver for a cost of nearly $18 mil-
lion, is the newest addition to the B.C. Ferry Corparation's fleet.

tienal cereiaony, which included
the breaking of a champagne bot-
Ue and preseniation of flowers,

The 96-metre-long vessel can
carry 306 passengers and crew, 85
vehicles and can travel at a speed
of 14 knots. It is the first ship
built by the BCEC since the
Queen of Oak Bay and the Queen
of Surrey in 1981,

The $17.1 miliian construction

Wednesday, June 25, 1991 - North Shore News - 57

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contract was awarded to Van-
couver Shipyards last vear.

iis the first ship in the BCFC
feet with such features as diesel
electric engines and state-of-the-
art computerized systems in the
engine roam,

The vessel will begin service in
early July as the year-round vessel
on the Jervis Inlet route.

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