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File contains a print from a website "Tunnel sends river ferry to drydock" by Sandor Gyarmati, the Delta Optimist, May 23, 2009 taken from http://www2.canada.com; a photocopy of a chapter of a book "The Galloping Dishpan! - M.V. Motor Princess" from the book "Personality Ships of British Columbia" by Ruth Greene, Marine Tapestry Publications, 1969; a photocopy from an unidentified book showing a plan of the C.P.R. vessel Motor Princess and several paragraphs about her history; ephemera, a "Buffet Service" menu from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company ship "Motor Princess - Sidney - Steveston Route", undated; a photocopy of a newspaper ad from Canadian Pacific "Steveston - Sidney Auto Ferry" showing sailing times and rates, June 7, 1940; a typescript letter to Lynne Waller from L.E. Ireland about errors in an article he had read regarding the C.P.R. ferry service between Steveston and Sidney. Attached is a document he submitted detailing the history and operation of the terminal, Feb. 25, 2004; a photocopy of an article "Collision of the Enterprise and R.P. Rithet - 1885" from the book "Shipwrecks of British Columbia" by Fred Rogers, 1999; a typescript "Ferries to Steveston" with information taken from "Canadian Pacific Afloat - 1883 - 1963" by George Musk and giving a timeline history of the vessels "Transfer" and "Motor Princess"; laminated laser colour photocopy of photograph of the Ferry Inn, 1968 (located at the south end of No. 5 Road, adjacent the Richmond-Delta Ferry dock; photo by W.R. Mortensen).
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