Statistics	M.V. Klatawa
Official Number	0345961
Place Built	North Vancouver, BC
Builder	Vancouver Shipyards Ltd.
Year Built	1972
Passenger Capacity	150
Vehicle Capacity	26
Length	47.46 m
Breadth	12.25 m
Gross Tons	347.58
Service Speed	10 knots
Propulsion/Horsepower	2 - 325 horsepower diesel/natural gas engines

Notes of Interest:

• Built in 1972, the Klatawa joined the BC Ministry of Transportation fleet of smaller vessels operating up and down the coast.
• The Klatawa and her sister ship Kulleet operate on the Fraser River between Maple Ridge (Albion) and Fort Langley. The BC Ferry Klitsa is also a sister ship to these vessels.
• The 10 minute cross-river route is commonly referred to as the �Albion Ferry�. It was started in 1957, and contunes to provide and important link between the north and south shores of the Fraser River. It is the only crossing of the Fraser between the Port Mann Bridge and the Abbotsford-Mission Bridge. During a normal business day there can be anywhere from 2 to 5 sailing waits, and on busy days, even more. Translink has plans to build the 6-lane Golden Ears Bridge by 2009 which will replace the ferries, the last cross-Fraser ferries in B.C.
• On weekdays, the Albion Ferries operate between 4:30am and 1:15am, sailing every 15-20 minutes. On weekends only one ferry is in service until 8:30am, then the schedule continues as a regular weekday.
• The Klatawa and Kulleet are operated by Fraser River Marine Transportation. This company operates under contract to Translink, the regional transportation authority.
• Before coming to the Albion route, the Klatawa was used by the BC Ministry of Transportation on various Gulf Island routes including the Nanaimo-Gabriola Island route. The Klatawa moved to the Albion route in 1978.
• In 1985, the Klatawa got new state-of-the-art dual-fuel diesel/natural gas engines which turned out to be both more reliable and economical than traditional diesel engines. She was the first ferry in the world to utilize this technology.
• The name Klatawa is a Chinook word meaning "to go".

Links and Sources:

Clapp, Frank. Ministry of Transportation and Highways: Inland and Coastal Ferries. Victoria: Province of British Columbia, 1981. Also 1978 and 1991 editions.

Translink - Albion Ferries