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Dunvegan Ferry

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Registry #1 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1951 Dunvegan Ferry Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1951 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Robert Allan Measurement (imp) ? x ? x ?
Builder Allied Shipbuilders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 (nk)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine (nk) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Non-powered
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1950-2007 she was owned by Alberta Department of Highways, Edmonton AB Canada. This vessel was dry-berthed at the La Crete Mennonite Heritage Village
 
Fate Museum collection Date 0000-00-00
 
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Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was a catamaran-type barge ferry across the Peace River at Dunvegan AB. This vessel was eventually replaced by a bridge. It is in the collection of the La Crete Mennonite Heritage Village, La Crete, Alberta. This ferry was built in 1951 for use at Dunvegan. It operated there until 1961 when the Dunvegan Bridge was completed. It began service at Tompkins Landing on August 28, 1961. The ferry oprated there until it was replaced by the current ferry in 1987 (with the exception of 1977-1978 when the hover ferry was in operation). After being replaced the ferry was taken back upstream to Shaftesbury. It was never used there but was dry docked and used for parts. The ferry was acquired by the museum in 2007.
 
References
McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); https://lacretemuseum.weebly.com/ (website viewed 25/09/2025);
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