Ship Details
West Creston Ferry (II) Photo Credit: Robert Allan

 

Registry #1	(Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1949	West Creston Ferry (II)	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1949	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Robert Allan	Measurement (imp)	? x ? x ?
Builder	West Coast Ship Builders Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Ferry, passenger
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Sidewheeler
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1950-1973 she was in operation by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation on the Kootenay River west of Creston BC Canada.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This ferry was made obsolete by the construction of a bridge in 1973.

 

References
Clapp, Frank A. (1991) Ministry of Transportation and Highways Lake and River Ferries Victoria BC: Province of British Columbia;
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