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Joan Goddard was a Victoria-born naturalist who, in the 1990s, did extensive research including interviews on the British Columbia whaling industry. Her mother’s stories about growing up on a whaling station on Vancouver Island where her maternal grandfather had been manager of several whaling stations on Vancouver Island lead her to an interest in this aspect of British Columbia’s history. Joan Goddard published “A Window on Whales and Whaling” in 1997 about whaling in B.C. and subsequently continued her extensive research. She also served as a board director of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia Society. Joan past away in October 2015 and her son James (Jim) Goddard has donated her research.

Steel twin screw passenger steamer with turbo-electric machinery, 5,911 tons gross. She was operated by Canadian Pacific Railways from 1950 to 1974, and, in 1975, she was sold to B.C. Steamship Company, an arm of the provincial government. From 1975 to 1988, she operated between Victoria and Seattle. From 1988 to 1989 she was operated by new owners, B.C. Stena Line Company. She was laid up in 1989 when B.C. Stena Line declared bankruptcy. In 1992, she was towed to Singapore, and in 1997, she was scrapped in India.

Roll on Roll off (RO-RO) ferry built for B.C. Ferries for Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii service and Prince Rupert to Port Hardy run, 5864 tons. Sold to Fiji 2011.

Along with M/V Queen of Sidney, M/V Queen of Tsawwassen is one of the first two ferries built for B.C. Ferries. The design was based on M/V Coho but was modified for bow loading. 3,127 grt.

Liner in B.C. Ferrie’s V-class. Stretched 1972 and upper deck added 1982 to increase vehicle capacity.

8,806 grt, Roll on Roll off (RO-RO) ferry originally built in Germany for Swedish operators and sold to B.C. Ferries in1974. She initially ran as Queen of Surrey between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo, but was renamed Queen of the North in 1980 after extensive refit. She was then employed on the Port Hardy to Prince Rupert and Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii services. Grounded March 2006 and sank.

Fibre glass, 38 passenger, water-taxi operated by B.C. Ferries between Langdale, Keats, and Gambier Islands from 1979 to 2003. She replaced earlier B.C. Ferries steel water taxi on the same run from 1969 to 1979.