Canada Post is releasing five new stamps, and one will have an image most British Columbians will be familiar with.
The Spirit of British Columbia ferry, which connects Vancouver and Victoria, will be featured on one of the new stamps.
The ferry has a capacity for 2,100 passengers and crew, along with more than 350 vehicles, and is one of the two largest ferries in the BC Ferries fleet.
Built in 1993, the vessel was converted in 2018 to dual-fuel propulsion, allowing the ship to use liquefied natural gas, significantly reducing CO2.
All five stamps celebrate ferry transportation in Canada.
“Waterway transportation has been a fundamental part of Canada’s history and development, with Indigenous Peoples traditionally using canoes, kayaks, umiaks and other vessels to hunt, transfer goods and carry people along coastal regions and across lakes and rivers,” said Canada Post.
“Today, ferries in Canada transport millions of passengers and vehicles each year, playing important roles in regional transit systems and the tourism industry.”
The other four stamps feature the Chi-Cheemaun, which travels between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island in Ontario, the Trillium, which provides passage between Toronto and the Toronto Islands, the Alphonse-Desjardins on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec and the Grand Manan V, which connects Blacks Harbour and Grand Manan Island, N.B., across the Bay of Fundy.
