The CPR Steamship Terminal on Belleville Street

This downtown-to-downtown ferry is going to take somewhere around 3-3.5 hours. All told, that's easily time competitive with taking BCF. If the ferry is comfortable and you can grab a decent meal, I think it could work. 

... I have opted for the PCL mostly due to the luggage handling situation.

True enough. I would not want to take luggage on Translink so perhaps there is a place for the PCL which also drops offat more locations than the new ferry service will (for a higher cost).

True enough. I would not want to take luggage on Translink so perhaps there is a place for the PCL which also drops offat more locations than the new ferry service will (for a higher cost).

Yeah I'm with nparker on this, we left on Sunday for a river cruise and there is no way I would use Translink to get me to the airport.

In Prague right now, long trip but what a beautiful city.

Yeah I'm with nparker on this, we left on Sunday for a river cruise and there is no way I would use Translink to get me to the airport.

 

In Prague right now, long trip but what a beautiful city.

I hope you and nparker have a excellent time on your river cruise together, it's good to relax

Mike, you must not have tried Helijet, which beats Harbour Air hands down. It's quieter, smoother, funkier, and doesn't have that stink of the fuel the float planes.

 

 

Mike, you must not have tried Helijet, which beats Harbour Air hands down. It's quieter, smoother, funkier, and doesn't have that stink of the fuel the float planes use.

I think the opposite.  I prefer HA to Helijet.

http://princeofwhale...victoria-tours/

Perhaps something like the old overnight CPR boats would be best.  You board after dinner, go to bed and wake up in the morning at your destination.  Of course the CPR had other sources of revenue to balance shortfalls in any one area of their complete package of services. 

Hovercraft landing near Ogden Point is probably the best option for speed, weather immunity and cost.

Perhaps something like the old overnight CPR boats would be best.  You board after dinner, go to bed and wake up in the morning at your destination.  Of course the CPR had other sources of revenue to balance shortfalls in any one area of their complete package of services. 

 

Hovercraft landing near Ogden Point is probably the best option for speed, weather immunity and cost.

I have no idea how practical/impractical a hovercraft would be.... but it would be awesome either way just to say "taking the hovercraft to Vancouver for the weekend"

SAILING NOTICE: 9:00 AM DEPARTURE DELAYED - THE HOVERCRAFT IS FULL OF EELS.

540 tons & can fly 400mph... problem solved

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=wvyXdcLRfFs

Unusual snow coming to the Bateman place....

Perhaps this should be in the weather thread? 

10 years already.

Victoria’s Bateman Gallery moving from Steamship Terminal home

Foundation aims to ‘inspire thousands of global visitors’ with new location after 10 years

https://www.vicnews....-terminal-home/

While searching for that dream location, the foundation is working with the City of Victoria and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure on approving a temporary space swap with the Maritime Museum of B.C. at 774 Douglas St. This plan is “enthusiastically” supported by the museum, which has an active proposal to permanently move into the Steamship Terminal, said their president of the board of directors, Jamie Webb.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 January 2023 - 04:48 PM.

Wouldn't this move put the Maritime Museum on the top floor of the Steamship Terminal? It's closer to the water, but it's not exactly ideal.

Wouldn't this move put the Maritime Museum on the top floor of the Steamship Terminal? It's closer to the water, but it's not exactly ideal.

IIRC, the MM basically wants free rent. I don't see that happening here.

Bateman Gallery is closing, last day is February 18.

https://batemanfound...is-february-18/

 

The foundation began the new year with high hopes for plans to revitalize the commitment to the mission with a re-imagined community art and nature centre in the heart of Victoria and an ambitious fundraising outreach campaign. Unfortunately, compounded challenges have created an untenable situation to recover from the post-pandemic landscape and rising operational costs.

 

“Unfortunately, our situation is not uncommon. It is disheartening to see that many arts and culture organizations are in the same boat – struggling to survive because of funding cuts, depleted donors, and limited government support and options,” said David Schneider, Chair of the Bateman Foundation.

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The Bateman Foundation invites the public to celebrate the last day of the Bateman Gallery on February 18. Admission to the gallery is free all day, with a special appearance with Robert Bateman from 12 PM to 2 PM for signing and free activities throughout the day.

...many arts and culture organizations are in the same boat – struggling to survive because of funding cuts, depleted donors, and limited government support and options...

Before pinning this situation on public funding cuts, keep in mind there has been more than a year of hyper inflation and endlessly increasing taxation. People have to choose how they are going to spend what little available money they have left. The arts, and in particular the lackluster Bateman Gallery (see it once and there is no reason to return), is one place most people can forego.

The Bateman Foundation invites the public to celebrate the last day of the Bateman Gallery on February 18.

Admission to the gallery is free all day, with a special appearance with Robert Bateman from 12 PM to 2 PM for signing and free activities throughout the day.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 17 February 2023 - 03:29 PM.

It's going to be a zoo here today.

The Bateman Gallery is marking its final day of operation at the CPR Steamship Terminal on Saturday with a free celebration that Robert Bateman will attend.

The gallery, which opened in May 2013, has ended its tenancy at the Belleville Street building and will immediately suspend operations, though its search for a new home will continue. To honour its decade of success in the Inner Harbour location, the Bateman Foundation board and the Bateman family have arranged a day of celebration from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday.  Admission is free.

“Unfortunately, our situation is not uncommon,” Bateman Foundation chair David Schneider in a statement.

https://www.timescol...erminal-6576492

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 February 2023 - 04:25 AM.