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Visit our website for advertising information and local business directory www.southcowichanlife.ca Glimpses of Our Past Slow But Steady A driving trip to and from Victoria in the 1920s could be a hair raising adventure. So in November 1924 two former naval officers, Kennaird and Williams found a way to bypass the road by transporting vehicles across Saanich Inlet. They converted the 22 year old 90 foot coastal tramp steamer Cascade, to allow vehicles to drive on bow and stern and renamed her the Brentwood. Terminals were established about 10 metres south of the present dock at Brentwood and north of the present dock at Mill Bay. So much for an auspicious start, only a month after she began this route the new ferry sank at her Brentwood dock. It was a hard winter and Brentwood Bay had frozen over, while trying to break through, the ice opened the seams in the wooden hull. However she was quickly repaired and soon back on the job In 1956 a new ferry called the Mill Bay was added and for two years, the 54-year old Brentwood and the new Mill Bay operated side by side providing half-hour service from both sides across Saanich Inlet In 1958 the Malahat Highway was improved and the Brentwood was retired, leaving the Mill Bay to operate the route alone for the next 52 years. Headlines PROFESSIONAL HAIR CARE Now located in the Cobble Hill Plaza at 3345 Trans-Canada Highway Monday thru Saturday from 9:30am Yvonne, Brenda, Leanne, Shelley, Ronalee & Darlene... Everyone Welcome 250-743-5181 Committed to providing superior service to our valued clients. Page 4 South Cowichan life Mi l l Bay /Ma l a h at Mu s e u M Open the first Saturday of every month – 11:00-3:00 Located in Pioneer Centre, Mill Bay BC Mill Bay Ferry Terminal Photographs: Courtesy of BC Archives, Royal BC Museum STORY I’m sure many of you have travelled on the Mill Bay Ferry and there’s a good chance that the vehicle you drive onto this ferry with will have a bigger engine than the ferry itself The Mill Bay is powered by one 8 cylinder engine producing 152 horsepower (less than many yachts and pleasure boats and many of the cars it carries!). Since the Mill Bay is so small, only carrying 18 cars, the docks at each side are especially designed to accommodate the ferry, meaning no other BC Ferry can replace her when she is out for repairs or refit. With 86 years and counting this route is “the oldest continuously operated salt water ferry service in all of British Columbia.” It also stands out as having the smallest and oldest ferry in the BC Ferries fleet.
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