Transportation
Texada Island Heritage Society

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Getting on and off Texada Island has been at times a challenge.

Water transportation to the mainland was provided by vessels such as of the Steamboat “Wood Nymph”, The MV “Louvain, The Texada “Lady Slipper”, “Moccasin” and “Blue Bell”. Union Steamships, CPR Steamships and the Gulf Lines provided coastal service to the Mainland and Vancouver Island. Regular ferry service was implemented in 1955 with the MV “Atriveda” which was replaced with the Department of Highways vessel MV “Texada Queen” in 1969, currently providing service is BC Ferries MV “North Island Princess”.

Volunteer air enthusiasts located and roughed out an airstrip near Gillies Bay in the late 1950’s over the years still with volunteer labor and additional Government assistance Texada enjoys an excellent paved airstrip with regular scheduled flights.

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Accession Number: 2004.04.35
Title: Unloading a small car from the ship
 

Accession Number: 2004.04.08
Title: One of the first Model T's on the island

Accession Number: 2006.58.41
Title: Posing in auto
 

Accession Number: 2006.10.120
Title: Off to the Ball Game in Art Blanchard's boat

Accession Number: 2004.04.152
Title: Float plane at the raft
 

Commute
 

Steamships
 

Accession Number: 2006.53.08
Title: North Island Princess circa 2005

Accession Number: 2006.48.09
Title: MV Princess Mary (CPR) circa 1945

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