B.C. Ferries

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B.C. Ferries

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1960 -

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Publicly owned company established by the provincial government in 1960 to operate passenger and vehicle ferry services linking Vancouver Island and other coastal communities with the lower mainland. B.C. Ferries took over services formerly provided by the Canadian Pacific Railway British Columbia Coast Steamship Service and the Puget Sound Navigation Company's Black Ball Line.

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