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  • MV Kahloke (Denman Island ↔ Hornby Island)

  • MV Klitsa (Chemainus ↔ Thetis Island ↔ Kuper Island)

  • MV Kwuna (Skidegate ↔ Alliford Bay)

  • MV Kulleet (Albion Ferry)

  • MV Klatawa (Albion Ferry)

  • MV John Atlantic Burr (new)


Vehicle capacity 26

Passenger capacity 195 (+ 5 crew)

Length 47.46 m

Gross tons 347.45

Service speed 10 knots (19 km/h)

Power 600 hp (447 kW)


The ''Kulleet'' and ''Klatawa'' are not operated by BC Ferries, but by TransLink on its Albion Ferry route.

The John Atlantic Burr is a new vessel with a vehicle capacity of 22 and a passenger capacity of approximately 150. It currently operates in Utah 's Lake Powell as of early-September, 2005. In the winter, it will be sliced in two horizontally, each piece on a truck, and hauled up to British Columbia . The ship cost $200,000 USD and will cost $4.5 million CAD to refit and enlarge vs building a new vessel which would cost up to $20 million.


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