QUEEN OF CAPILANO

 THE QUEEN OF CAPILANO was built at VANCOUVER SHIPYARDS IN NORTH VANCOUVER B.C. in 1991. the QUEEN OF CAPILANO was the first of two intermeditate class ferries along with her sister QUEEN OF CUMBERLAND wich was the second intermediate class ferry built for BC FERRIES at VANCOUVER SHIPYARDS. in june 1991 the QUEEN OF CAPILANO was put into serive on the EARLS COVE TO SALTERY BAY route to replace the POWELL RIVER QUEEN . then in march 1992 the QUEEN OF CAPILANO was moved from EARLS COVE route to the HORSESHOE BAY BOWEN ISLAND route were she replaced the HOWE SOUND QUEEN and stil runs on that route today . the route from HORSESHOE BAY to BOWEN ISLAND takes 20 min and is located just north of VANCOUVER . the QUEEN OF CAPILANO carried 87 vehicles and 457 passengers when built. but in jan 2015 the QUEEN OF CAPILANO had a mid -life refit were her vehicle capacity was increased to 100 and her passenger capacity increased to 462. so over the years the QUEEN OF CAPILANO has and always be the ferry linking BOWEN ISLAND to the mainland of BRITISH COLUMBIA wich the people of BOWEN ISLAND depend on.