# Albion Ferry > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Albion_Ferry > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Albion_Ferry.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_Ferry > Source revision: 1332181594 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Former ferry service in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox water transit |name = Albion Ferry |logo = |image = Albion ferry.jpg |image_size = 250px |locale = [Metro Vancouver](/source/Metro_Vancouver_Regional_District), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) |waterway = [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River) |transit_type = Passenger and [vehicle ferry](/source/Roll-on%2Froll-off) |began_operation = {{Start date and age|1957|06|02}} |ended_operation = {{End date and age|2009|07|31}} |system_length = |lines = 1 |vessels = 2 |terminals = 2 |ridership = |operator = Fraser River Marine Transportation Ltd. |owner = [TransLink](/source/TransLink_(British_Columbia)) }} The '''Albion Ferry''' was a passenger and vehicle [ferry](/source/ferry) service that sailed on the [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River) between [Albion](/source/Albion%2C_British_Columbia) and [Fort Langley](/source/Fort_Langley) in the [Lower Fraser Valley](/source/Fraser_Valley) region of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada from June 2, 1957,{{cite hansard |title=Private Members' Statements: The Albion Ferry| jurisdiction=Province of British Columbia | house=Legislative Assembly | speaker=Michael Sather | date=March 30, 2009 | page=14737 | url=http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/38th5th/h90330a.htm#14737}} until July 31, 2009. Originally operated by the Ministry of Highways as part of their inland ferry services, a single vessel – MV ''T'Lagunna'' – provided service every hour from 1:00{{nbsp}}am to 6:00{{nbsp}}am and every 30 minutes during the rest of the day. It ran continuously when there were overloads.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}. Named for the [Halqemeylem](/source/Halqemeylem) name for the [Golden Ears](/source/Golden_Ears_(peaks)),{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} it had originally served the communities of [Agassiz](/source/Agassiz%2C_British_Columbia) and [Rosedale](/source/Rosedale%2C_Chilliwack) as MV ''Agassiz''.{{cite web | url=http://www.pbase.com/ed_whitebone/image/61891075/original | title=Former River Ferry | quote=Gerald Roberts: This ferry was the Albion crossing vessel on the Fraser. Built 1931 as the AGASSIZ, later changed to T.LAGUNNA and finally INLET NAVIGATOR. I converted this ferry into a freight carrier, working out of BELLA COOLA servicing OCEAN FALLS, KLEMTU, BELLA BELLA, SHEARWATER, NAMU and return. The ramp is from B.C. ferries crane Coast guard. Vessel had props & rudders both ends very cranky to manoeuvre. Last seen Allied being converted into a barge. | date=December 21, 2011 | access-date=June 28, 2012}} Built in 1931, it had a vehicle capacity of just 16 cars.{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=0f8eafd4-3b33-4e26-8537-31f35cb3a8bb |title=Final sailing |date=July 31, 2009 |access-date=June 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809195140/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=0f8eafd4-3b33-4e26-8537-31f35cb3a8bb |archive-date=August 9, 2014 }} Tolls of 40 cents per car and driver, and 10 cents per additional passenger, were initially charged{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|375078610}} |title=Celebrating 50 years of ferry service |newspaper=The News |location=Maple Ridge |date=17 January 2007 |page=24 }} but these were removed on February 15, 1972,{{cite hansard |title=Speech from the Throne | jurisdiction=Province of British Columbia | house=Legislative Assembly | speaker=Hunter B Vogel | date=January 28, 1972 | page=153 | url=http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/29th3rd/29p_03s_720128p.htm#00153}} and the service remained free thereafter. In 1978, after many years of complaints about safety and reliability{{cite hansard |title=Estimates: Department of Highways | jurisdiction=Province of British Columbia | house=Legislative Assembly | speaker=GS Wallace | date=June 9, 1975 | page=3207 | url=http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/30th5th/30p_05s_750609a.htm#03207}} another ferry – MV ''Kulleet'' – was put into service alongside ''T'Lagunna''. In 1985, ''Kulleet's'' sister ship, MV ''Klatawa'' replaced ''T'Lagunna'', which was kept as a spare until 1986. Both ''Kulleet'' and ''Klatawa'' had previously been servicing short routes in the [Gulf Islands](/source/Gulf_Islands). ''T'Lagunna'' was sold for use as a cargo barge, and eventually sank in Howe Sound; it was salvaged in 2011.{{cite news | title=The T'Lagunna rising | author=Rebecca Aldous | url=http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20111216/SQUAMISH0101/312169947/-1/squamish0101/the-tlagunna-rising | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203082152/http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20111216/SQUAMISH0101/312169947/-1/squamish0101/the-tlagunna-rising | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 3, 2013 | newspaper=The Squamish Chief | location=[Squamish, British Columbia](/source/Squamish%2C_British_Columbia) | date=December 16, 2011 | access-date=June 28, 2012 }} In 1998, the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (operating as [TransLink](/source/TransLink_(British_Columbia))) was created to handle all transportation in greater Vancouver, including the Albion ferry. A subsidiary company, Fraser River Marine Transportation Ltd., was created to operate the ferry. At a 50th anniversary celebration in June 2007, a commemorative plaque was placed by Maple Ridge's Community Heritage Commission at the Albion ferry terminal.{{cite web |url=http://www.mapleridge.ca/assets/Default/Clerks/Committees~and~Commissions/Community~Heritage~Commission/pdfs/chc_summer07newsletter.pdf |title=Maple Ridge Community Heritage Commission newsletter, Summer 2007 |access-date=June 28, 2012 |archive-date=February 25, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225232632/http://www.mapleridge.ca/assets/Default/Clerks/Committees~and~Commissions/Community~Heritage~Commission/pdfs/chc_summer07newsletter.pdf |url-status=dead }} The ferry service was retired shortly after the [Golden Ears Bridge](/source/Golden_Ears_Bridge) opened to traffic on June 16, 2009. The last sailings for ''Kulleet'' and ''Klatawa'' took place on July 31, 2009, just after noon.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/albion-ferry-makes-final-voyage-1.849859 |title=Albion Ferry makes final voyage |publisher=[CBC News](/source/CBC_News) |date=July 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224104/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/07/31/bc-albion-ferry-final-sail.html |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |url-status=live }} At the end of its life the ferry employed 58 full-time and as many as 20 auxiliary employees;{{cite web|url=http://www.bcgeu.ca/albion |title=END OF AN ERA: Albion Ferry dry docked after 52 years service |date=July 31, 2009 |access-date=June 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614052026/http://www.bcgeu.ca/albion |archive-date=June 14, 2012 }} 2006 traffic amounted to 1.5 million vehicles and 4.0 million passengers{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}. The two ferries were sold in 2011 for $400,000 to a local marine transportation company.{{cite web | url=http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2011/December/Albion-Ferries-Sold-to-BC-Buyer.aspx | title=Albion Ferries sold to BC buyer | date=December 30, 2011 | access-date=June 28, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126020124/http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2011/December/Albion-Ferries-Sold-to-BC-Buyer.aspx | archive-date=January 26, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} ==See also== * [Barnston Island Ferry](/source/Barnston_Island_Ferry) * [List of crossings of the Fraser River](/source/List_of_crossings_of_the_Fraser_River) * [SeaBus](/source/SeaBus) * [British Columbia K-class ferry](/source/British_Columbia_K-class_ferry) ==References== {{Crossings navbox|reverse=yes |structure = Crossings |place = [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River) |bridge = Albion Ferry |bridge signs = |upstream = [Mission Bridge](/source/Mission_Bridge) |upstream signs = |downstream = [Golden Ears Bridge](/source/Golden_Ears_Bridge) |downstream signs = }} Category:Ferries of British Columbia Category:TransLink (British Columbia) Category:Maple Ridge, British Columbia Category:Transport in Langley, British Columbia (district municipality) Category:Crossings of the Fraser River Category:1957 establishments in British Columbia Category:2009 disestablishments in British Columbia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Albion Ferry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_Ferry) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_Ferry?action=history)). 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