A smaller member of the B.C. Ferries family recently called New Westminster its home.
MV Tenaka returned to service on Sunday, Aug. 21 after its annual retrofit at Fraser Shipyard and Industrial Centre Ltd. in Queensborough.
B.C. Ferries reports that the retrofit included main engine and generator maintenance, painting of the hull and superstructure, installation of a new sewage holding tank, installation of new fire detection equipment, new anchors and new bridge electronics.
"They repainted the whole thing," said a Quayside resident whose been watching the progress from his patio. "It looks beautiful."
According to the B.C. Ferries website, Tenaka was built in 1964 as the Comox Queen and can hold 30 cars and 244 passengers.
The ferry operates on the Quadra Island to Cortes Island (Whaletown) route.
"Her raised bow enables her to handle the sometimes rough seas as she crosses Sutil Channel between the two islands," said the website. "Based at Whaletown, the Tenaka makes six round trips per day."
B.C. Ferries' website states that the ferry was renamed Tenaka in 1977, after a waterway in the Peace River region of British Columbia.
MV Tenaka underwent a retrofit at the local shipyard for more than a month.
Although it's since departed, Fraser Shipyards expects to receive another vessel from the B.C. Ferries fleet in the near future.
