THE QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT was built in VICTORIA in 1965. on may 20 1966 the QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT made her madien voyage from kelsey bay on northern vancouver island to prince rupert. in 1980 she was charted to BC STEAMSHIPS and renamed VICTORIA PRINCESS on the victoria to seattle wa route. then in sept 1980 she went back to BC FERRIES and was put on the prince rupert to skidgate queen charlotte route. then in 2011 the QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT was sold to interest in fiji and renamed LOMAIVITI PRINCESS. i made 3 trips on the QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT all with my dad . the first trip on her was in oct 1988 from port hardy to tsawwassen on a repostion cruise .wich i did a second time on her in oct 1997.when we arived in tsawwassen i asked a crew member were are you going when you leave tsawwassen he said we are going to vancouver dry dock . so the day after we arived home i was able to get a photo of the QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPET inbound to vancouver harbour wich was worth getting a BC FERRY into vancouver harbour
then in may 2009 my dad got invited to the farwel party on the QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT at deas dock in richmond . so i went with my dad to this event before she was put up for sale . i got to see alot of the ship i never saw like the bridge and staterooms. then on aug 5 2011 the QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT now renamed LOMAIVITI PRINCESS left deas dock bound for fiji it was sad to see her the oringal BC FERRY that served the north coast of bc for over 40 years . but now a new one was taking her place and that was the NORTHERN EXPEDITION
