Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
M/V Queen of the North (ship)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1969 - 2006
History
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.