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2459:1936 deaths
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2361:Puget Sound
2325:Yukon River
2299:Yaquina Bay
2258:Willapa Bay
2132:John Irving
2107:John Bonser
1846:(non-ferry)
1601:R.P. Rithet
1517:Mount Royal
1404:Fort Fraser
1000:Slocan Lake
985:Arrow Lakes
975:Lakes Route
562:Later years
207:Barkerville
135:Early years
111:captain in
105:John Irving
25:John Irving
2438:Categories
2422:See also:
2376:California
2231:Washington
2016:BC Ferries
1824:BC Ferries
1811:BC Ferries
1749:Steam tugs
1552:North Star
1418:Gwendoline
1411:Forty-Nine
1389:Enterprise
1381:Enterprise
1324:Bonnington
1317:BC Express
1070:Propellers
1005:Skaha Lake
713:2007-06-09
512:Soda Creek
478:James Reid
348:Royal City
299:Royal City
281:Royal City
75:Occupation
2142:J.A. Mara
2080:Personnel
2049:Shipyards
1861:Lady Rose
1854:Invermere
1757:Clayoquat
1732:Vancouver
1594:Ptarmigan
1482:Kuskanook
1345:Chilcotin
1338:Charlotte
1166:Cheslakee
842:McLaren,
510:ran from
508:Charlotte
499:Charlotte
451:Charlotte
410:RP Rithet
396:RP Rithet
393:Irving's
262:Glenora's
172:Henrietta
125:Irvington
109:steamship
91:Parent(s)
2354:Navboxes
2309:Coos Bay
1739:Yosemite
1711:Olympian
1657:Victoria
1629:Sicamous
1622:Rossland
1573:Operator
1566:Okanagan
1545:Nechacco
1538:Nasookin
1475:Kootenai
1468:Klahowya
1440:Inlander
1425:Hazelton
1367:Conveyor
1359:Columbia
1194:Islander
1180:Cowichan
1159:Chelosin
1085:Capilano
830:, at 179
701:Samson V
642:Archived
624:Archived
598:See also
554:for the
434:Yosemite
428:Ashcroft
344:Reliance
310:Reliance
303:Gertrude
295:Gertrude
234:Reliance
218:Reliance
216:and the
191:Reliance
164:monopoly
160:Victoria
154:and the
83:Children
1782:Kahloke
1767:Ferries
1675:Alaskan
1636:Selkirk
1587:Quesnel
1559:Nowitka
1310:Annerly
1152:Chasina
1138:Cardena
1131:Camosun
1113:Willapa
1106:Sechelt
1099:Rosalie
516:Quesnel
482:Quesnel
456:Quesnel
356:Cassiar
317:Glenora
287:Pacific
274:Glenora
250:Glenora
2277:Oregon
1683:Beaver
1650:Skuzzy
1643:Skeena
1608:Ramona
1531:Nakusp
1496:Marion
1489:Lytton
1434:(1892)
1391:(1862)
1383:(1855)
1374:Elwood
1361:(1891)
1254:(1924)
1246:(1914)
1231:(1911)
1145:Catala
958:Inland
952:Routes
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506:. The
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458:(1898)
403:(1882)
246:Onward
240:(1880)
214:Onward
195:Onward
150:, the
2334:Other
2009:Ferry
1792:Motor
1774:Steam
1580:Otter
1524:Moyie
1503:Minto
1187:Cutch
1173:Comox
610:Notes
1800:Coho
1718:Pert
1432:Hyak
1077:Wood
848:ISBN
775:ISBN
738:ISBN
676:ISBN
401:Yale
380:Hope
358:and
350:and
270:Hope
266:Hope
238:Yale
199:Yale
57:Died
43:Born
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