THE B ITISH COLUMBIA JUNE, 1969

P BLI HED BY TH E DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OLUME 6, NUMB R 2

ROSSLAND DISTRICT CREWSWORK ALL NIGHT ON TRAIL FLOOD

Determined efforts of the Rossland crewseventually restored Trail Creek to its chan­nel after 15 hours of disastrous flooding atTrail in April.

At 3.45 p.rn., Wednesday, April 23rd, theTrail Creek culvert intake plugged and over­flow water began pouring down RosslandAvenue. It began as a trickle. In an hourthe half-mile length of Rossland Avenuewas a surging river, racing knee-deep overthe pavement, across the sidewalks, throughthe front yards and gardens, and eventhrough living-rooms.

The last mile of the creek actually runsunder the city through a concrete culvert,and it was at the intake to the culvert whereall the trouble began. Huge boulders, dis­lodged by the extreme current, along withstumps and other debris were swept againstthe intake grizzly to clog the entrance.Between 8.45 and 11 p.m. Department crewsblasted four holes through the ColumbiaRiver wall to allow the rampaging creek toescape into the river.

At about the same time, Gorge Creekoverflowed into the west section of the city,compounding the trouble.

Continuous work through the night by theRossland District crews brought about thecontrol of the flood at 6.30 a.m ., Thursday,April 24th, diverting Trail Creek back intoits original channel.

The damage bill was in the millions.There were about 150 damaged homes,some of them destroyed; 77 private carsdamaged, with 26 destroyed; one apartmentbuilding coll apsed, a total wreck; and un­told damage to streets and services . Some30 business premises were heavily damagedand some wiped out.

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Associate Field Editors

Published Quarterly by the

British Co lumbia Department of HighwaysVictoria, Brit ish Co lumbia

Ray Baine s, Executive Ed itorArthur J. Schindel, Editor

A. R. Limache r ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~_ ~ ~ ~ _ ~~~ ~ _ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~Victoria

Bill Ingram ~ _ ~~ _ ~ ~~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~_~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _~~~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~~~~~~ ~ ~Victoria

Al Walisser ~~ ~~~~ ~ _~~__~ ~~ ~~~~~~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ . Bridge District

Jim Win ton ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ _~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ North Vancouver

Da ve Wardel l ~~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ . ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ Burnside

1. W. Morris _~ ~_~~_~~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ __~ ~ ~~ ~ __ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~ Nanaimo

M. Butler _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ __ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~_ ~~_ ~_ ~ . ~ _ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ _ Courtenay

David Price _~~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _~~ ~~ ~ ~ British Columbia Ferries Division

W. I. N. Higgins ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~North Vancouver

Ellis Meads ' ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~~~_ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ' ~~ ~~~""'~~~ _~~~~ ~ ~~~ ~ '~' ~ ~ ~ _ Doc k District

Lloyd Burgess _~~~ _ .~~ ~ ~ . ~.~ ~ ~ ~ __ ~ _~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ _ .. ~ ~~_ ~ .~ ~ __ New Westminster

Don Osborne . ~ ~ _ ~ ~ . ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ _ ~_..__..~ ~__~ ~ .. ~ ~ ~ _ Chilli wack

Jim Ferrier ~ ~_~~ ~ __ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _.. _ ~ _ ~ ~_~ ~ _ ~~ ~_ ~ _ ~ ~ ~__~~~~~~~~~ ~__~~~ ~ ~ ~ _ Kam loops

Edie Smith ~ _~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ _~_~_ ~ ~ __ ~_~~~ __~~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~ ~..~_~Williams Lake

Murray Ramsay _ ~~ _~~ ~ __ ~ _ ~ ~~..~~~ .. ~ ~~_ ~ ~ _~ _ ~ ~ ~..~~~.Salmon Arm

M. J. Newlands ~~ ~ ~ ~~~~_ ~_ ~ ~ _ ~ _ ~~~...... ~_.. ~ ~ _~~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~_~ ~ . Revelstoke

Al Desimone ~~ ~~~.._~ ~ _~_~~_~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ __~__ ~~ ~~ ~__~~~~~ ~~_~Vernon

Fred Eva ns _~_~ ~ ~ ~.. ~ _~ _ ~ ..~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~__~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~_~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~_~.Ke10wnaPete F uoc0 _ ~ ~ _ . _~ _ .. ~ _~ ~_~~~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ _ ~_ ~~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _~~~_~~ ~ ~ ~ ~.... ~~ __ Penticton

Jim Chenoweth _ ~ __" ~" _~_~ _~ _~ _~ ~ "~ _~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~~ __ ~~ ~~~~~ ~ _~ _ ~ ~ ~ __ ~~_ Merrit t

Dave Ro berts ~_ ~ _ ~ ~ .. ~ ~_ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~ ..__ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ __ Li Ilooet

Dorothy Wilkins ~ _~~~_ ~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~_ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ _~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~_Grand Forks

R. E. Mc Keown __ ~ ~~~ ..~~_~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~_~ ~..__ ~~~ __ ~ ~ ~ _ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ __ Rossland

S. J. Dixey _~~ ~. ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~_ ~ ~ _ ~~ ~ ~~ _~ ~ ~ ~~~~_ ~ ~~ _~ . ~ ~ ~~~~_ ~ ~ . ~ __ ~~~~~ ~Nel son

Fred Angrignon _~_~~~.._.._ ~ . ~ ~ _~~ _ ~ . ~ _ ~ _ ~ __ ~ .._~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _New Denver

Ire ne La belie ~ ~ ~ ~~ _ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ __ ~~ ~ ~ _~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ _~ ~ ~~ ~ _ ~~~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _~ ~ ~ ~ ~__~ _~ _~~ ~Cres ton

N. K. Molander _~~_ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~_ ~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~_ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~C ran brookSam Ca ravetta ~ ~ ~ _~_ ~ _~__~ ~ ~ ~~ __ ~ ~ _~ _~ ~ ~ __ . ~__..~ _~_~~ ~_~_ ~~~~~ ~__Ferni e

John Edgar _~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ . __ ~ ~ __ ~ _ . ~ ~_~ ~_~~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~__~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ __......Golden

Steve Sviatko ~~ ~ ~ __ ~~ ~ ~_~~ .~ _ ~_ ~~_~~ __ ~~~~_ ~~_~ ~~ _ ~ _ ~ ~_ ~_~ ....~~~ Smithers

J . C. Bart sch ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~_~~~ ..~~~~~_ ~ _ ~ Pouce Coupe

Homer Good ~ ~ _ ~ ~~~_~ __ ~_ ~ ~~ ~ ~__ ~~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ __ ~_~ __ ~~ ~ ~~~~ ~ ~ Fort St. John

Don H utton ~~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ _ ~~ ~ ~_ ~ ~~..~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ __~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ....~_ ....Terrace

E. A. Beaumont __ ~ _~~ ~~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~_ ~ ~ _~~ __ ~ ~_ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ _ Pr i nce George

Shirley Hrechka ~~ _~~~~~_~~~ ~~_~~~ ~~_ ~~~ .._ ~~~ _ ~_~~~ ~~~~ Prince George

Jack Doddridge . ~.. ~~ ~~ ~~.._ ~ ~ ~_ ~ _ ~ ~ .Prince George

R. Stephenson .... __ ~ ~ __ ~~~~ ~_~ ~ ~ __ ..~~~~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ _~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _~Quesnel

George Harper __ ~ ~ ~ ~_ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ' . ~ ~ ~ _ ~ _ ~ __ ~~ . ~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~ ~ _~~Vanderhoof

H. R. Walker.. _ ~ ~ . ~~ ~ ~ ~_~~ ~ ~_~ __ ~ ..~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ __ ~ ~ ~ ~ ....Burns Lake

E. Lund _ ~ _~~_ ~ . ~ ~ __ . __ ~ __ . __ ~ ~ __ ~ ~ ~ ~ __ Prince Rupert

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Volume 6

COVER PHOTO

The April group is th e subje ct of the R .R.'s cover picture .M embers are, left 10 right, front roll': Art Clarke, Fort St . Jam es;Ab Campbell. Hixon; Roy Sweeten, Salmon Arm; Aaron Dube,Castle gar; Mac Witzel, Courtenay; Tony Puppin, Fernie; JackLeslie. Gr eenw ood; L es Lythgoe , Yahk; Don Young. Kimberley;Willi e Haut ala, Golden; Mike Tetreau , Southbank, Second row:Tom Taylor. Bridge; Art Watson, Trout Lake; Dale Cooper,Cowichan Lake; Aubrey Burgess. Salmo; Frank Carr, Lumby;Lloyd Crate. M cBride. Back row: George Jack, Prince George;Marshall Close. Fort St . John; Ross Busby, Lan gford ; WalterHeare, Likely; Joe Profili, Pow ell River; Chu ck Henderson ,Rolla; and the man on top , Bob Meston, W estbank.

WESLEY D. BLACK, Minister.

Accidental death is no less a tragedy because it teachesa lesson . The irony is lost on those personally touc hedby it. But the sad truth is that it sometimes takes acalamity to make us more careful. In the first threemonths of this year four Department employees died inaccidents on the job, despite a general improvement inour safety record over the past few years. One man diedmoving salt with a front-end loader. another in a bridgedismantling project. a third run ov er by a grader . and afourth in a slide . The first three were preventable. thefourth probably not. One thing we have learned fromthem is that we cannot take safety for granted. Perhapswe have learned enough to prevent more such lessons.

GROUPS 2 AND 3 IN FOREMEN'S TRAININGSERIES MEET AT ALLISON PASS

Two more training sessions were held in March and April thisyear at Allison Pass. Groups 2 and 3 of the highly successfulseries. In the March group were Fred Schorn. Rock Creek; JackBrown. N ew Westminster; Irw in Fallowfi eld , Bridge; Angus Mur­ray. Lillooet; Bill Sunderwood, Kootenay Pass; Wally Stewart. Al­berni; Cha s. K ennett, Nakusp; Joe Stadler, Hope; Russ Gallo­way , Cassidy; Doug Bain , Ashcroft; Elmer Stoltli, Sooke; GeorgeKazakoff, 100 Mile; Bob Petch. Blue River; Don Ma ccoll, Rose­dale; George Kovalcik. Salmon Arm; Maurice Bagg, AlexisCreek; Bill Gaze, Courtenay ; Fred Evans, Kelowna; Fred Em­m erson, Oliv er; Jim Titus, Quesnel; Jim Sawatsky , Squamish;Ra y Arnett, Slim Creek; Ed Turner, N orth Van couver.

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L I T H O G R A P H E D IN CAN A DA BY A. SU T TO N. Q UEEN'S PR I NTER , VICTO R I A, BR ITI SH COl.UMBIA .

"EXTRACURRICULAR" ACTIVITIESGolden Highway Sraff Members of Top

Bowling Team, Win Holiday at Reno, Nevada

The Golden Selkirks Bowling Team recently won a one-weekall-expense paid holiday to Reno, Nevada, after posting thehighest score in British Columbia in the Vancouver Daily Prov­ince Teambowl.

Among the five team members are Mrs. Joanne Frisk, Clerk­Steno 2 in the Golden District Office, and Mr. Abdul Ghani,Labourer on the Golden Maintenance Crews. Stan Cross,another team member, was formerly employed with the De­partment in Golden as a Labourer. The other team membersare Mr. and Mrs. Ron Cameron, also of Golden, but notemployed by the Provincial Government.

The team posted the highest fivepin score in British Columbia,a 4,539, including 1,050 handicap-and this was accomplishedon unfamiliar bowling lanes at Revelstoke.

Abdul and Joanne have been bowling for four years and oneyear respectively, while Stan Cross is the team veteran with16 years' experience.

The team had expenses paid from Golden to Vancouver, wherethey joined with other winners in the trip to Reno by charteredbus on May 18th .

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Photo courtesy Golden Star. Left to right: Stall Cross, JoanneFrisk, Abdul Ghani, Anita Cameron, and Ron Cameron .

Joe Leibel, right, drauglitsman with Headquarters Urban De­sign Section, was lead man in the Victoria Gordon Moore Rinkwhich recently won the British Columbia Senior Curling Cham­pionship and then went on to Hamilton, Ontario, where theycame within one rock of winning the Senior Championship ofCanada. Second out of 10 Province teams, they lost the play­off game to Ontario by the narrowest of margins. The last rockin the last game decided the issue.

A. MURDOCK, Truck Driver with the Merritt District Main­tenance Crew, earned some distinction, as well as $52 for theworld's hungry, when he finished first in the Oxfam .. Miles forMillions" May 3rd. He did the 26-mile course in 4 hours 17minutes and was sponsored for $2 a mile.

Dugald Gillespie, president of the Vic­toria unit, British Columbia Cancer So ­ciety, being presented with cheques to theCancer Society in memory of the lateCaptain William Murray, recent Masterof the MY. Queen of Prince Rupert. Thedonation was made by Stewart WilliamSmith, right, a member of Captain Mur­ray's crew on behalf of the officers, crewmembers, and terminal staff employed atPrince Rupert.

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Patrolman John A. Brown's collection of police department shoulder flashes andbadges continues to grow. Started as a Centennial project in 1967, it now totals 453.First in the collection was John's own British Columbia Police badge. He has corre­sponded with police departments throughout North America and various parts of theworld. Included in the collection are police insignia from Germany, Puerto Rico, HongKong, and Turkey. Assistance was given by the Canadian Embassy in Madrid, Spain,to obtain a badge used by the Moroccan police.

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MISCELLANY

Courtenay District became involved in th e geological history of Vancouver Islandrecently by bringing a tru ck-load of con cretions from Denman Island for the newMusellm at Vi ctoria. Right, con cretions in th eir permanent position in front of the newCentennial Mu seum,

Bridge Foreman Art Ols on securing a load to a helicopter for installation of a newradio repeater on a mountain just outside of Vi ctoria, left picture, and at th e repeater site,W . F. Conlan inspec ting th e installation by Bridgemen Harold Goodmanson and Da vidBrown.

Winter loggin g operations set up in th e Vanderhoof District was a good fill-in jobfor th e bridge crew and enabled th e district to obtain bridge material at half the costof current lumber prices. All the falling , skidding, and hauling is done by the districtand custom cut by a local sawm ill . Left, Machine Operator John Teichroeb, skiddinglogs to the landing. Right, part of stock pile in mill yard prior to cutting and dressing.

Fort St. John Road Crew was faced withan unexpected repair to the storm -sewe rsyste m. Fred Chambers and part of thecrew had to rip a 6-foot width o f frozenroad way to replace 104 feet of col­lapsed 36-inch wood-stave pipe. It wasreplaced with ste el culvert,

Crews make repairs after washout 8miles east o f Elko on the SOli/hemTrans-Canada Highway .

Steel erect ion on the new BulkleyRiver Bridge, Smithers, during coolerlimes. Project supervisor was Ron Mor­rison . Brid ge is scheduled for comple­tion in the early part of September.

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10-7 CLUB

HARRY WHAL­LEY moved fromWashington State toSurrey in 1919, andhis family built ahome there. The lo­cality became Whal­leys Corner, and nowWhalley. Bridges were always ' involvedin his work with the Department. He wastoll collector at Pattullo and at Oak-Dens.guard at Port Mann during construction,and lately wrecker operator there.

Fellow workers and friends recentlyhonoured four newly retired North Van­couver Bridge District employees whosecombined service totals more than 50years.

.{[ 'C? -:rNORM GRAHAM

was Middle ArmBridge Te nder on re­tirement, a job whichhad its troubled timeswhen the bridge stuckopen. He servedmany years as toll col­

lector on bridges in the area" startingwith Lions Gate Bridge when it openedin 1938. He was senior collector whenthe British Columbia Government tookover the bridge in 1956 and put it underthe Toll Authority. He stayed on inthis position until tolls were removed in1964. Norm has just become grand­father to twin girls, and it looks as ifhis "tending" days will continue in re­tirement. After a period of relaxationhe intends to look after a small grocerystore.

MIKE MILOGLAVspent more than 10years at First and Sec­ond Narrows andlately at Oak-Deas.Always agreeable andready to go, he isnoted for his quiet

humour. A small plot of garden will beMike's main hobby, and he will be re­modelling his house. He plans to dosome travelling, including an overseastrip in the future.

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NELS WI LLER­TON started work onday-labour projects onthe Barnett Highway.He spent some yearsat First Narrows andthe last seven at Oak­Deas. He plans todevote time to rais ing young stock on hisSurrey farm and being grandfather to hisII grandchildren. Any spare time hemay have after gardening and fishing heintends to enjoy the luxury of .. puttingmy feet up."

William Otto, Grader Operator, hasretired after 25 years of continuous ser­vice in Powell River. Bill has been withForestry, Public Works, Liquor Control,and the Department of Highways from1953 to 1969 . Upon leaving, Bill, right,turned in his hard hat to Louie DeVito,Acting Foreman, Powell River.

GRAHAM FRA­SER, Region I Right­of-way Agent, wasfeted May 16th when30 employees ga­thered at the home ofVic Drew to mark hisretirement. A presen­tation was made by Chief Right-of-wayAgent Les Moore on behalf of Gra­ham's fellow employees in the Depart­ment. Congratulatory messages were re­ceived from Regions 2, 3, and 4, wherehe has worked at various times.

1. A. (AL) LONS­BURY, Insurance andSafety Officer, Vic­toria, retired in April,completing 29 yearsof Government ser­vice. Al began hiscareer as Office Man­

ager in the Rossland District office in1940. In 1943, he was transferred tothe Accounts Branch in Victoria andwas later appointed Insurance and SafetyOfficer in 1949, occupying this positionuntil his retirement. On May 8th, aDepartmental presentation was made,where words of good wishes were ex­pressed by the Honourable W. D. Black,Minister, and H. T. Miard, Deputy Min­ister. AI was presented with a tape re­corder, tapes, and a scroll for meritori­ous service. AI and his wife Mary planto do some extensive travelling in theirretirement.

Location Branch Headquarters staffgathered April 8th to bid farewell toJohn Carpentier-Alting upon his retire­ment from the Department. Fraser Mac­Lean, Assistant Deputy Minister, thankedMr. Alting for his excellent service as anEngineering Technician since 1956, gavea brief resume of Mr. Alting's distin­guished career prior to entering the De­partment's service, and then, on behalfof the staff, presented John and his wifewith a lawn chair set.

Donald A. Carmichael retired fromthe service on February 28, 1969, after41 years with the Department. A t thetime of his retirement, Don was a RoadMaintenance Foreman 1 (Patching) onthe Nelson District Crew. A retirementparty was held on his behalf on March21st, when he was presented with a meri­torious service scroll by G. R. Kent, Dis­trict Superintendent . He also receiveda wallet and a model of his patchingtruck in the form of a desk lamp. Thetruck was complete in every detail, in­cluding the unit number.

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Crew presented Vi c Daniels with a setof binoculars. Vic started with theCampbell River Crew in 1959 and re­tired last year. Th e Campbell RiverCrew wish him health and happiness.

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Retiring recentl y from the BoswellRoad Crew is WILLIAM G. THOM P­SON , Road Mainten ance Foreman 2,who has been with the Department since1930. During his years of service, hehas worked as a Labourer, Truck Driver,and Graderman. He served in theR.C.A. from September, 1939, toAugust, 1945. Bill was presented withgifts from his fellow workers and ascroll for meritorious service by G. R.Kent, District Superintendent, at a retire­ment party held in Creston on May 9th .

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Retiring recently from the CrestonRoad Crew is JOSEPH HANSACK,Labourer, who has been with the De­partment since July , 1963. Joe was pre­sented with gifts from his fellow work­ers at a retirement party at Cre ston onMay 9.

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TONY PUPPINpromoted to R 0 a dMaintenance Foreman2 at Fernie in April.

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G. A. (GERRY) CAVIN has been a p­appointed Insurance and Claims Officer,succeeding 1. A. Lon sbur y, who retir edrecently. Mr. Cavin commenced in Pro­vincial Government service as a Clerkwith the Motor-vehicle Branch in July ,1948. In 1959 he was the successful ap­plicant for the position of Senior Clerk

• in the Insurance and Safety Office, De ­partment of Highways. Several year sago Mr. Cavin completed a three-yea rInsurance Institute of Ca nada course ingeneral insurance adjusting.

NEW FACESIN NEW PLACES

R. E. (BOB) STAN­DEN, Technician withthe Headquarters Lo­cation Branch, hasr e c e n t Iy transferredfrom Victoria toPrince George Dis­trict. Bob started within 1957 in Prin cethe Dep artment

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WHAYNE CHAPPELL has beentransferred from Headquarters to Pen­tieton as Clerk 3 in the District Office.Penti cton has gained an all -round athletewho excels at swimming and floorhockey. He has contributed many car­toons to the Victoria " Gem."

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BOB MESTON,Road MaintenanceForeman at Sicarnous,transferred to West­bank, February 17th .

G . G. LOEWEN, Assistant Mechanic,Cranbrook, transferred to Grand Forks,March 31st. Garry had previously trans­ferred from Creston to Cranbrook , Octo­ber, 1967, and was promoted to AssistantMechanic, June, 1968. Presentation onbehalf of fellow employees was made byJoe Reed , Mechanical Foreman. Hishobbies are sport cars and drag racing .

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recently won throughcompetition the posi­tion of Road Mainte­nance Foreman 3 atPemberton. Bill start­ed with the Depart­ment in 1964 as

Grader Operator, and prior to this ap­pointment was the Road Foreman onBowen Island. Bill is married and hastwo daughters; his hobby is citizens'band radio communications.

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ROBERT H. PROUDLOCK has re­cently won through competition the posi­tion of Road Maintenance Foreman 1for Bowen Island . Bob has been withthe Department on Bowen since 1953.

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HARRY SCHULTZ, Vanderhoof Dis­trict Yardman, has retired after 20 years'service with the Department.

PAUL JOHNSON, 64, retired onApril 1, 1969, after working for the De­partment 16 year s. Shortly after joiningthe Department he became a PowerGrader Operator and retired as a Ma­chine Operator 9. He worked most ofthe time in the Cloverdale area of theNew Westminster District. Paul and hiswife will continue to live in Cloverdale.

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Retiring recently from the BoswellRoad Crew is ERNEST E. WHITNEY,Machine Operator 4, who has been withthe Department since April, 1948. Erniewas pre sented with gifts from his fellowworkers at a retirement party at Crestonon May 9th .

GEORGE BELYKretires after nine yearsin the Department ofHighways Sign Shopat Langford. Georgeplans lots of fishingand golfing, and hisfellow employees wish

him the best of health and happiness.

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Fellow employees gathered at GrandForks on March 28th to honour JACKLAWRENCE, former Grader Operator,whose retirement became effective inFebruary. D. F. Martin, Regional High­way Engineer, presented ' Jack with ascroll for 22 years of meritorious service.H. V. Bailey, Road Maintenance Fore­man, presented him with a camera, agift from his fellow work ers.

SPAS GEORGE,Labourer with the De­partment in Vander­hoof, retired April30th after 10 years'service.

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PEEK INTO THE PAST

Th is is the way slides were cleared in 1912-14 in the Fernie District on the No .2 Road at Krag (south of Elko) . Th e operatorsare C. Lindberg, P. Sandberg, and K. Sponberg.

Bridge work on Four Mile Suspension Bridge on the Kispiox Valley Road, Hazelton.July, 1939.

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This Public Works Department truckwas operated by Tyler Lindberg on aconstruction project at Canal Flats in1929.

M.V. Cy Peck, a wooden-hulled vessel built in 1913 at Tacoma, Washington. Her original name was Daily and she was used bythe Puget Sound Ferry Service. Bought by Canadian Pacific, she was used throughout the Gulf Islands as the Island Princess. Whenpurchased by Gulf Island Ferries, she was refitted and renamed Cy Peck after the late Col . Cyrus Wesley Peck, V.C ., D.S.D. Usedby British Columbia Ferries Division primarily as a relief vessel in the Gulf Islands, she was sold to J. ll. Todd & Sons Ltd, for useas a floating fish camp on the west coast of Vancouver Island .

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Pender Queen, the oldest vessel serving in the British Columbia Ferries Division fleet and certainly the one with the largest steer ­ing wheel, was the first ferry in the world which cars could drive on and off.

Although today the ship's wheel rates as a conversation piece and is often the source of awed interest to passengers, her greatestfame came many years ago as Motor Princess, when the British publication" Shipping Wonders of the World" noted that she was thefirst drive on-drive off automobile ferry in the world.

Built -in 1923 for the Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Service by Yarrows Shipyard, Esquimalt, the wooden­hulled vessel was christened Motor Princess and first served on the Vancouver-Nanaimo run. In later years she was well known onthe Sidney-Steveston route in the summer months. Her last job for Canadian Pacific was carrying cargo on the midnight Vancouver­Victoria run in order to make more room for autos on the regular midnight steamers.

As Pender Queen she has been re-engined and structurally altered, but the huge steering wheel remains as a memento of her 46years of service on the British Columbia coast. Today she serves as relief vessel on the minor ferry routes when the regular ferries arewithdrawn from service for refit. During May she served on the outer Gulf Islands route, where Captain Dave Walton and Mate HughHalkett of .. B" watch reminisced their days of service on the vessel when both were Canadian Pacific officers.

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ABOUT PEOPLE

Some members of Highways Accounts Appropriation Sectionare, back row: Mrs. Elsie Lee, Mi ss Ronnie Neary, Mr s. JowlHight on, and Mrs . Lynn e Sand ers. Front roll': Mr s. MaryKi ng, Mr s. Peggy Noble, Mr s. l enny Bondesen ,

The Highways Accounts Pay Section ill Victoria, left to right :Mrs . Eileen Thompson , Mr s. Pam Qu ested , Mr s. Ramona AII­drew, Mrs . Helen Jackson ; [ront , Don Gil/is .

A new face inthe Vanderhoof Dis­trict Office, ALLANMciNNES, was thesuccessful a p p lie a n tfor the Timekeeper 'sposition.

NORM McLEARN ,Gabriola Island Grad­er Operator, is leavingthe Dep artment after ,seven years' serv ice togo into business forhimself.

DAVID LOGAN,Supervising Bridge De­sign Engineer, wasborn in Scotland andserved in the RoyalNavy in World WarII. He gradu ated fromthe Ro yal Technical

College Glasgow in 1948. Since arriv­ing in Canada in 1955, Dave has workedfor the Bridge Bran ch. He has alsoserved four yea rs on the Greater VictoriaSchool Board and the city's AdvisoryPlanning Commission. Da ve is marriedand has four children.

H. KENNETHWARD.. EngineeringTechnician 2, BridgeDesign Branch, wasborn in Lachine , Que­bec. After serving afour-year apprentice­ship course in me­

chanic s and mathematic s, Ken workedfor 10 years with Dominion BridgeCompany before and after World WarII. His service record includes 3V2 yearswith the R.C.N.V.R. Ken came to Vic­tori a and joined the Department in 1947as draughtsman. His hobbies are card s(bridge and poker), gardening, and localchurch work. He is married and hasthree children.

VERN FLOCK­HART, Road Mai nte­nance Foreman 2,Smither s HighwaysDistrict. Vern, whocovers the Tel k w aarea, has been withthe Department sinceJune , 1956.

ROY WALKER,District Office Man­ager in Burn s Lake ,at his desk in March.Roy is presently con­valescing from an op­eration.

Engineering Aide I ,MARILYN CYREhas been with theDock District in NewW estmi nster since1968. She is a gradu­ate of Burnaby SouthHigh School and liveswith her parents in Burnaby. Her hob ­bies are ski-ing, tennis, and sewing.

F RA NCIS BOSE ­LY, Eng ineeri ng Aidewith Location Branchat Prince George, isnow ready to returnto field work after 10weeks of sick leaveand 14 weeks of office

work after foot surgery.

ROBBIE OS -BORNE, EngineeringAide with the Mate­rial s Testing Branchin Karnloops, startedwith the Departmentin June, 1965, but leftin September, 1968, toplay hockey. He played for the TilburgHolland Trappers in Europe during thewinter months and returned to work inApril. He is single and plays bothhockey and baseball.

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A party was heldrecently for BODONIEDBALLA, UlIoo­et District AssistantStockman, who isleaving the Depart­ment after s e ve I' a Iyears' service. Bodo

is going back to his original trad e as lino­type operator.

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Wedding of interest took place recentlywhen Lenore loan English and Lloyd G .Swift were married at Campbell River,Lloyd is a Grader Operator for the De­partment maintenance crew .

WEDDINGS

Pat Gunn, Clerk 2 in the North Van­couver District office, was married May17th. Pat started in the district office inJuly, 1967, as a Clerk-Typist. Pat andher husband, Pete, will live in West Van­couver, Presented with a coffee set byher fellow employees in the regionaloffice two days prior to the wedding, Patwill remain at work in the district office .

CAPTAIN ALPHA HElBERT FRIE­SEN, 66, died April 19, 1969, about oneyear after retiring as a captain on theBarnston Island Ferry, New WestminsterHighways District. He is survived byhis wife, Martha, two sisters, and severalnieces and nephews.

OBITUARIES

Bob Steeves, Maintenance Foreman,Saturna Island, and District TechnicianHector McI.eod, Nanaimo, on the Light­house Trail, Saturna Island, beside oneof the island's older inhabitants.

W. G. (BILL) KENT died on AprilII, 1969, in Nanaimo General Hospital.He is remembered by his many friendsin the Peace River area and in particularby his ex-colleagues in the Fort St. Johnand Pouce Coupe Highway District.Born in Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, hehomesteaded in Alberta for a number ofyears, served in the First World Warwith the 78th Battalion Winnipeg Grena­diers and was wounded in action. Hejoined the Department in 1947 and wasSenior Road Maintenance Foreman atthe time of his retirement in 1961. Mr.Kent is survived by his wife, Florence,and three daughters.

MRS. LYNNE SANDERS has left theheadquarters Department of Highwaysand Public Works Accounts Branch afterfive years in the Appropriation Sectionto live in New Westminster. Her fellowworkers gave her a dinner party and 'anumber of gifts.

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"You did what?" Road ForemanLome Slater, of Thetis Island, appearsshocked by some news, or perhaps juststartled by the cameraman. In any casehe has a busy time on the popular resortisland.

Three new employees have begunwork in the Lillooet District shop­A. C. NEILL as Heavy Duty Mechanic,H. V. RAVEN as Welder-Mechanic, andSTEVE GARNESS as Labourer and TireMan. They are all married with children.

Mrs. lean Bonney has been the radio­teletype operator in the North Vancou­ver Regional Office since April, 1968 .She was previously a casual employeewith the Motor-vehicle Branch. leanand her husband, Harry, have a marrieddaughter, Diane, and a son , Brian. Herhobbies are singing-a member of St.Christopher's Anglican Choir-and sew­ing.

LESLIE BALBIRNIE, Heavy DutyMechanic with the Lillooet District forthe past 12 years, is leaving the Depart­ment to go into private business.

Former Department employee AXELNORMAN died April 27, 1969, shortlyafter his 80th birthday. He had beenretired 13 years and living on BrownRoad in Surrey.

John Gillen, of the Nanaimo bridgecrell', was married to the former MissYolanda Mota, March Bth, Mrs. Gil/enis from Guadalajara, Mexico. Thecouple plan a trip to Mexico shortly,

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FERRIES

With a combination of bubble system, sawing, and blasting, Francois Lake ferry was put into operation again earlier last winter afterhaving been shut down by heavy ice . Left, Chuck Rolston, Road Foreman , and John Saunders, Bridge Labourer, preparing to blast ice.Open water in background was made by the bubble system. Right, ferry Jacob Henkel pushing broken ice out of the channel.

First vehicle off MY. Quadra Queen at relocated QuathiaskiCove ferry landing on Quadra Island, April 16, 1969 , was thisGovernment fiatdeck with a load of no-post guard-rail for thenew holding compound. Minor finishing-up work such as hand­rails was still to be completed when photo was taken . Designand construction of new landing and compound was by the DockDistrict.

Stand-by for fire-drill instruction on Queen of Burnaby at lay­over berth. Left to right: David Louie, Dennis Opheim, JackHoebee, Allan Ranger, and Steve Gillis.

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Fire drill aboard the MY. Queen of Victoria. Left to right:Joe Urbanczyk, Steven Li with the Chemox fire mask, and ChiefOfficer Andy Logan .

Emergency crew practise on Queen of Burnaby at lay-overberth at Departure Bay. Stern to bow: Bob Mcl'hail, DaveYoung, George Hyde, Chief Officer Noel Azel'ido, and JimSutton ,

Recently installed car ramps on British Columbia ferries between Horseshoe Bayand Departure Bay have been a great success hundling the increasing traffic each year.With the ramps full and aprons raised, the carrying capacity has been increased from106 to 140 cars .

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Crew of the Mayne Queen see manytypes of vehicles on the Gulf Islandsroute, bill the most llIlUS11ll1 is all elderlygentleman , Pete Schlott, and his dog ,Pot , pulling a small covered wagon .They live on Pender Island and do theirshopping in Sidney on Vancouver Island .They walk the 3 miles from Swartz Bayto Sidney and Pot, part collie and partGerman sheph erd , tows the purchasesback to the ferr y , The dog and wagonare a form of vehi cular traffic not listedin the Tariff Manual,

Bill A lexander, project supervisor, standing atop pilings atTsawwassen taking measurements for installation of new foot­passenger ramps. Bill is a familiar figure around the ferryterminals.

Storekeeperat DepartureBay terminal,Ray Hambly .

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Sixty-five Roosevelt Park School youngsters spent a happyhour recently touring the Queen of Prince Rupert. They particu­larly enjoyed visit to the wheelhouse, escorted by Chief OfficerEric Coomber. Six groups toured the vessel prior to its resump­tion of the summer schedule.

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SAFETY AWARDS, INFORMATION, RALLIES. . .

A ssistant Deputy Minister F . A. Mac­Lean , left, presents the Region 1 safetyaward to District Sup erintendent N . W .W ells, who accepted the award on behalfof the Chilliwack District. Th e event wasmarked by a banquet and dan ce for the.em ployees and wives of the ChilliwackDistrict . Cha irman N . W. Wells intro­du ced the head tabl e guests and thefeatur ed speake r, Mr . Ma cl. ean, whocongratulated the district on theirachievement on behalf of the HonourableW . D . Black, Min ister, who was unableto attend .

Bums Lake District won the regionalsafety trophy in Region 4 for 1968 . Ata banquet held March 14th, Fraser Mac­Lean, Assistant Deputy Minister, pre­sented the regional troph y to Len O'Dine,chairman of the Safety Committee.A wards of merit were presented to thevarious crews. Here, Pat Carr, R egionalMaintenance Engineer, presents one toHugh Carnie, Road Foreman at Houston .

Sil ver award of m erit certificate waspresented to Bill Friesen, left, and RossBu sby, right, of the Lan gford Ma inte­nan ce Crew, by R egional Safety OfficerAlex Caldwell, centre. Th e crew worked113,300 consecutive man-hours betweenMa y 5, 1967, and February 28, 1969,with out a tim e-loss accident .

As winners of the Region 3 Depart­ment Annual Safety Award, employeesof the Grand Forks District were hon­oured at a banquet and dance in GrandForks, March 28th . The room was ap­propriately decorated with highway safetysigns, and District Superintendent R. M.McMillan was master of ceremonies.Guest speakers included F. A. Mac­Lean, Assistant Deputy Minister; A. R.Limacher, Administrative Officer; K.Jackson, Civil Service Commission Acci­dent Prevention Division; D. F . Martin..Regional Highway Engineer; P. B.MacCarthy, Regional Maintenance Engi­neer; H. George, Regional MechanicalSuperintendent; and J. Pankiw, DistrictSuperintendent of Penticton, whose dis­trict won the award in Region 2. Mr.Martin presented the regional safetytrophy to the chairman of the GrandForks District Safety Committee, Nor­man H. McRae.

The British Co lumbia Safety Councilgold award was presented to the CrestonRoad Crew by P. B. MacCarthy, Re­gional Maintenance Engineer. Theirrecord was achieved between June 8,1966, and Nov ember 3D, 1968, with170,081 man-hours without a time-lossaccident.

Bronze award was presented to NelsonGarage Crew for having worked 47,000hou rs without a time-loss accident. Pre ­sentation was made by District Sup erin­tendent George Kent.

Following delivery of the defensive driving course instructor'skits, the Department Driver Trainers me t at Kam loops, April28th, fo r final meeting before starting their presentation s of thedefensive driving course to De partment operators. They are,back row, left to right: Ho ward Mcl.eod, R egion 1, No rth Van ­couver; Harry R onmark , R egion 3, Ne lson; Ed Rozand er,Region 2, Kamloops; Ha l Dennies, R egion 1, North Vancouver.Front row: Glen Ades, Training Su pervisor, Headquarters; BobSaul, Region 4, Vanderhoof-Burns Lake; Ke n Wa lton, R egion 4,Quesnel-Prince George.

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Department Tow Truck Operators completed a two-day train­ing course at S.N .B., A pril 8th to l Sth , T wenty-six operatorsattended. The purpose of the course was to present advancetechniques in vehicle recovery and to standardize operating pro­cedures in care and maintenance of Go vernm ent units. Instruc­tors were Hal Dennies, H . Mcl.eod , and J. Wari ng, and assistancewas provided by the North Vancouve r Fire Departm ent, ErnestHolmes Co . Ltd., and local tow ing com panies. Left to right :Harold Dennies, Bill Stubbs, Dave Ho ward , Ray Coo per, M ikeMarsh, John Carlis le, and Ho ward Mc Leod.

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C A PT . WEBB ER,Senior Captain of theTh eti s Island ferr yM.V. Ethel Hunter, isexpecting a lar genumber of passengersaga in this year forca mps on both Th eti s

and Kuper Islands.

S. STUPICH, Cas -sidy, ha s begun a bu sysummer schedule onthe distributor tru ck.Stan will be road-mixpavin g on the Gulf Is­lands , Duncan, Lak eCo wichan, Cass idy,and Alberni-Tofino areas .

A. KARDAAL,Foreman, and his Na­naimo District Black­top Crew have donea record number ofroad repairs alreadythis year after severebreak-up conditions.

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A. GLOVER, Na­naimo District BridgeForeman, and hi screw have been work­ing on a wide rangeof projects of late, in­cluding ferry -landingrepair s, retaining wallson Alberni- Tofino Highway, reconstruc­tion of a bridge in N an aimo, and con­struction of ca tch basins.

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Silver award of merit certificate waspre sented to L. Grew, of the Lang fordPatching Cr ew, by Region 1 Safety Offi­cer Alex Caldwell. The crew worked72 ,075 man-hours fr om April 1, 1962,to Febru ary 28 , 1969, without a tim e-los saccident.

The Art Irving Trophy for Regiun 3shops was awarded this year to the Cres­ton G arage employees and presented byHope Ge orge, Regional Mechanical Su­perintendent, to Earl Kline, MechanicForeman, at the safety award banquet inGrand Forks, March 28th. This is anout standing achievement for the CrestonShop C rew, as they also won it in1967-68 and tied with the New DenverShop Crew in 1966-67.

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At the Prince George Saf ety Rally inJanuary , G eorg e H arper, Regi on al SafetyOfficer, presented a bronze award to thePr ince Ge orge Survey Crew. Receivingthe award were Ray Truman , on behalfof the crew, W. Ball, D . Qu irin g, N.Ed elm ann , G . Pylatiuk, and A. Prodeahl.

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BUD GEE, Sign Mai ntena nce Manfor Salmon Ar m D istrict , resti ng at horn eafter operation in Kamloops, and CLIFFHOBBS, of the Salmon Ar m crew, is apat ient in Sa lmo n Arm Hospita l. . . .BOB OLINGER, Machine Operator 13,

Pouce Co upe, is back at work after sur­gery. . . . LA RRY 1. TU RNEY, Ma­ch ine Operator, Cranbrook, is res ting athorne after an operation in February .

Creston crew are glad to seeHA RRY HAIGH, Road Foreman 3, andTONY JOY, Machine Operator 13, backto work after rec uperating from spinaloperations. . . . GERRY TOWGOOD,Assistant Mechanic Foreman, NelsonShop, is at horne after a major operation,and GEORGE McDOUGALL is backat work again also after an operation.. . . LEONARD (DUDE) LINDSAY,Road Maintenance Foreman 4, EastCrew, New Westminster District, has re­turned to work after a short stay in WhiteRock Hospital.

Saanich Bridge Crew build ing all ex­tension to the Burnside D istrict office.On the scaffolding, lef t to righ t: BillLane and Jake Popadynec, 011 thegro und : Ha rold Goodmanson, retir ingin l uly af ter 20 years' serv ice, and, right,Bridge Foreman Art Olson,

Nanaimo District Bridgemen at workon a detour bridge all the Nanaimo RiverRoad. Left to right: John Gillen , D .Lallerge, and J. Shepherd.

Bill Thompson, Road Fore man atBoswell, entering lIew equipment shed atCrawford Bay in the Ne lson D istrict .

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Russ Galloway, Road Foremall.Na­naimo District, inspecting a stock of 110­

post guard-rail manujactured by his crewill the Cassidy yard. This lot is slatedfor the Alberni-Tofino Highway.

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A KING-SIZED QUEEN

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The M.V. Queen of Esquimalt is the first king-sized ship in theBritish Columbia Ferries fleet.

The vessel has been lengthened to almost double her original carcapacity and provides additional dining and lounge facilities .

The" stretching" of the M.V. Queen of Esquimalt took place atBurrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver. The vessel's length hasbeen increased by 84 feet to 426 feet by cutting her in half andadding a section midships. Auto-carrying capacity has been in­creased to 192 American cars, compared with the 110 cars sheoriginally carried. A de luxe restaurant, seating 48 persons, hasbeen added, and a new self-service cafeteria seats 190 persons,compared with 144 in the former restaurant.

The enlarging of the Queen of Esquimalt has been a delicateoperation, performed with surgical skill by craftsmen. The ferrywas literally sliced in two with oxy-acetylene torches and thenwelded together again after the midship section was put into place.

The contract for the $2.2 million job was awarded January 23,1969, and the shipyard immediately set to work prefabricating themiddle section. The section was over five stories high, includingengine-room space, two car decks, promenade and sun decks.

The Queen of Esquimalt arrived at the shipyard February 27thto begin preparations for her" operation." The existing galley andrestaurant were stripped, and hundreds of pipes and electrical wireshad to be cut and sealed off. The actual cutting operation also gotunder way as welders with torches sliced through the superstructuredown as far as the hull.

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On April 11th the drydock was emptied and two welders beganthe extremely delicate job of slicing through the }1/:-inch platingof the ship's hull. The cut was made just forward of a water-tightbulkhead to ensure that the stern section of the ship would float.Once the cut was finished , late on April 11th, the drydock wasflooded.

Some of the compartments of the forward section of the ferrywere also flooded to ensure that it would not float, but would stayin place in preparation for the joining-up of the centre section.As the drydock filled up, the stern section of the ship floated freeand was towed off. The centre section was floated into place andthe dock drained and the welding operation began . The sternsection of the vessel was then floated back into place April 19thand welded to the new stretch hull .

The stretching of the ferry does not affect the vessel's speed .Tests showed that up to 18.5 knots , the maximum speed of thisvessel, there was no significant increase in hor sepower requirements.The new section adds to the buoyancy of the hull and also improvesthe length-width ratio, giving the hull greater efficiency in thewater.

The ferry service started in June, 1960. At that time there weretwo ferries in the system. The Queen of Esquimalt was built in1963 by Victoria Machinery Depot.

Today the British Columbia Ferries Division of the Departmentof Highways, one of the largest in the world, has 20 vessels in itsfleet, ranging from the tiny Sea wolf, operating as a water taxi ser­vice between Langdale Terminal, Keats and Gambier Islands, tothe 426-foot Queen of Esquimalt.