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Fraser River Houseboats

by John M. MacFarlane 2013

Houseboats Fraser River

Some houseboat communities still thrive on the Fraser River. Some have modern structures that resemble houses in a sub-division on land. Others have real character and bring together people who share similar values. This community on the Fraser River in Langley Township is one of the most vibrant, while others are slowly regulated out of existence. Springing a leak, coping with waves and heavy wakes from passing ships are just some of the problems that owners must face - along with managing sewage disposal and potable water supplies.

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Site News: February 12, 2025

ANOTHER MILESTONE REACHED

The vessel database has been updated and is now holding 95,146 vessel histories (with 16,409 images and 14,064 records of ship wrecks and marine disasters).

The mariner and naval biography database has also been updated and now contains 58,599 entries (with 4000 images).

My thanks to Ray Warren who is beginning a long process of filling gaps in the photo record of the vessel histories in the vessel database. Ray has been documenting the ships of Vancouver Harbour for more than 60 years.

Thanks to contributor Mike Rydqvist McCammon for the hundreds of photos he continues to contribute to illustrate British Columbia’s floating heritage.

My very special thanks to our volunteer IT adviser, John Eyre, who (since 2021) has modernized, simplified and improved the update process for the databases into semi–automated processes. His participation has been vital to keeping the Nauticapedia available to our netizens.

Thanks to John Spivey who is beginning his 4th year of fact checking all of the entries in the vessel database.

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