Visit to Talloola's country......almost..

Quote: Originally Posted by #juan

Yesterday Jan and I drove out to Port Alberni and hopped on a little frieghter that goes from one end of Barclay Sound to the other.
The ship goes from Port Alberni to Bamfield. The trip takes almost eight hours return. This is a daily trip that brings mail, groceries,
and other needed goods to the dozen or so communities along the way. The little ship makes numerous stops and you get a close look at a number of the little towns along Barclay Sound . I would recommend the trip to anyone.

This is the ship:

Quote: Originally Posted by #juan

The ship they are using now is called the Francis Barclay. It is not a big ship; about ninety feet long with a 22 foot beam. It is comfortable enough for eight hours. Longer than that might get a bit tedious.

Quote: Originally Posted by #juan

The ship they are using now is called the Francis Barclay. It is not a big ship; about ninety feet long with a 22 foot beam. It is comfortable enough for eight hours. Longer than that might get a bit tedious.

Quote: Originally Posted by talloola

we use to see 'the lady rose' when we fished out of china creek, in the alberni inlet, it did the same trip, but
they sold that boat, have that one now which you took, is it also called the lady rose?

sounds like a fun day, beautiful country over there.

Quote: Originally Posted by talloola

yes it would, good thing it doesn't 'still' go to ucluelet as well, would have been a longer trip, but that
would be a beautiful little ride from the top of alberni inlet over to ucluelet, through the broken islands.

Quote: Originally Posted by VanIsle

Thank you. I could not remember the name. Barclay came through but I forgot the "Francis". I don't know if it still runs to Ucluelet or not. I think it used to come in twice a week. It's been a long time since we lived there.


To the best of my knowledge Talloola, they just retired The Lady Rose. It was a really old boat and had taken about as much travel as was possible. They stopped using it on the run to Ucluelet at least 16 years ago, or maybe a tad longer. Word was it was just no longer safe to run it. Quite often on days we were expecting the boat in, we would get word that it was broken down somewhere. So - sometimes it wouldn't even make it there. The Francis Barclay wasn't a new ship when it took over so it must be getting really old now too.

It's too bad you only went that far Juan. The Lady Rose used to leave Bamfield and come to Ucluelet. It docked at our restaurant. She got too old and they quit using her and they turned to a different ship. I forget the name. Everyone loves that trip. I have only ridden on the RCMP boat from Port to Tofino. What a great trip though.
If memory serves - I think the next ship was called The Barclay. Is that the name of the boat you are showing

Quote: Originally Posted by VanIsle

It's too bad you only went that far Juan. The Lady Rose used to leave Bamfield and come to Ucluelet. It docked at our restaurant. She got too old and they quit using her and they turned to a different ship. I forget the name. Everyone loves that trip. I have only ridden on the RCMP boat from Port to Tofino. What a great trip though.
If memory serves - I think the next ship was called The Barclay. Is that the name of the boat you are showing?