Hi listers, I am trying to locate some basic history on the Northland Navigation company, and it's vessels, that operated out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Rich

Hi Rich, Formed in 1944 as the British Columbia Steamship Co, it changed it's name in 1954 to Northland Navigation Co. In 1959 they purchased the fleet of Union SS Co of BC. They discontinued services in 1976. FLEET (I don't know if this is complete) CANADIAN PRINCE 1928 2,731 g.t., built as PRINCESS NORAH for Canadian Pacific, 1955 r/n QUEEN OF THE NORTH, 1958 sold to Northland r/n CANADIAN PRINCE, 1964 engines removed and converted to floating restaurant. PACIFIC PRINCE 1942 339 g.t., wooden hull, built as YMS-118 for U.S. Navy, 1951 purchased by Northland r/n PACIFIC PRINCE, 1962 sold to Northwest Shipping Co, Vancouver, 1967 sank in Gulf of Alaska. NOOTKA PRINCE 1945 601 g.t., built as FS-242 for U.S. Gov't, 1948 r/n POMARE for South Seas Shipping Co, Honolulu, 1951 Aleutian SS Co, Seattle, 1952 owned in Mexico, 1953 r/n PRINCESS OF ALBERNI for Canadian Pacific, 1958 purchased by Northland r/n NOOTKA PRINCE, 1959 sold to Crown Zellerbach, Vancouver r/n OCEAN CROWN, 1985 sold to National Ltd, Georgetown, CI, 1985 sank off Santa Marta, Columbia. NORTHERN PRINCE II 1946 491 g.t., built as MAYTHORNE, 1948 r/n ANNE LOUISE for Andersen, Esbjerg, Denmark, 1956 purchased by Northland r/n NORTHERN PRINCE II, 1972 r/n NORTHERN PRINCE, 1975 sold Mexico r/n CEDROS, 1982 wrecked Baja California. HAIDA PRINCE 1946 530 g.t., built as OTTAWA MAYFERRY, later named CITY OF BELVILLE, 1951 purchased by Union SS Co r/n CAPILANO III, 1959 sold Northland r/n HAIDA PRINCE, 1967 sold Cayman Islands r/n ISLAND PRINCE III, 1992 deleted from registers. SKEENA PRINCE 1946 1,377 g.t., built as OTTAWA PAGE, sold to NF r/n BLUE PETER III, 1951 purchased by Union SS Co r/n CASSIAR III, 1959 sold to Northland r/n SKEENA PRINCE, 1976 sold Panama r/n VICTORIA II, 1992 deleted from registers. TAHSIS PRINCE 1920 800 tons, built as GRANIT, later r/n COLUMBIA, 1944 purchased by Union SS Co r/n ISLAND KING, 1954 r/n CHILLIWACK III, 1959 sold to Northland r/n TAHSIS PRINCE, 15th Mar.1968 beached after striking rock near Estevan, Vancouver Island, sold, refloated and cut down to pontoon for logging operations. Hope this helps Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: " Rich Steiger" <rmsteiger@earthlink.net> To: "THESHIPSLIST" <THESHIPSLIST@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:32 PM Subject: [TSL] Northland Navigation Co.of BC Canada info > > Hi listers, > I am trying to locate some basic history on the Northland Navigation > company, and it's vessels, that operated out of Vancouver, British > Columbia, > Canada. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. > Rich > ------------------------------- > visit TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.439 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2970 - Release Date: 06/29/10 06:35:00