Place Built	Victoria, B.C.		Vehicle Capacity	70
Builder	Victoria Machinery Depot Co.		Passenger Capacity	393 (+ 7 crew)
Date Launched	November 15, 1965		Length	84.96 m
Joined BC Ferries	1965		Breadth	18.7 m
Est. Retirement Year*	2014/2015		Gross Tons	1,475.68
Onboard Services*	Snack Bar		Horsepower	3,560
* From BC Ferries Coastal Ferry Services Contract (2003)			Service Speed	14 knots

Special Notes:

• The Bowen Queen is often used as a replacement vessel on different Southern Gulf Islands including Bowen Island and Gabriola Island. Recently, she has also been used as the extra vessel between Tsawwassen and the Southern Gulf Islands during peak-summer traffic periods.

• The Bowen Queen is a sister ship to the Mayne Queen and the Powell River Queen.

• The first B.C. Ferry named Bowen Queen was renamed Vesuvius Queen.

Origin of the Name:

• Bowen Queen - Named after Bowen Island, a populated island at the entrance of Howe Sound, just offshore of West Vancouver. The island is named after James Bowen, an officer with the British navy. ("Bowen Island" - Encyclopedia of British Columbia)

Works Cited & Sources of Information:

Bannerman, Gary and Patricia. The Ships of British Columbia. Surrey: Hancock House Publishers, 1985.

Francis, Daniel, ed. Encyclopedia of British Columbia. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2000.

Griffiths, Garth, and H.L. Cadieux. Dogwood Fleet. Nanaimo: Cadieux and Griffiths, 1967.

Relevent Links:

Bowen Queen - by Kevin Stapleton - Three nice photos of the Bowen Queen.

For more photos of the Bowen Queen, visit my ferries_bc Yahoo! Photo Page.