The Queen of Tsawwassen will voyage on, as long as someone has a tugboat.
The ferry, one of the BC Ferries started out with, has been sold. Built in 1959, she spent decades crisscrossing B.C.'s ocean waterways.
The Queen of Tsawwassen has been anchored near Gambier Island north of Vancouver for some months. Since the vessel was initially sold by BC Ferries, it was renamed the Inlet Explorer and used by other companies. In photos from the listing website, Iron Planet, it appears the former Queen of Tsawwassen was used as accommodation for a while, with bedrooms added.
Recently the vessel was reclassified as a barge (since it no longer has a propulsion system).
The former Queen of Tsawwassen had been sold in late 2022 to an unknown buyer, but it didn't leave its anchorage and earlier this year, with a minimum bid of $55,000 (less than many used pickup trucks).
Iron Planet has updated the listing, showing the one-time Queen sold for $85,000 (the cost of a fancy pickup, still used) earlier this month. The site doesn't share who has bought the ferry though, and the federal registry hasn't been updated with the new ownership of the ship.
