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===MV Kipawo=== | ===MV Kipawo=== | ||
| − | Built at Saint John New Brunswick in 1925, ''Kipawo'' was | + | Built at Saint John New Brunswick in 1925 for the DAR, ''Kipawo'' was named after the first two letters of the ports she served, [[Kingsport]], [[Wolfville]] and Parrsboro. ''Kipawo'' began her service in 1926, replacing the smaller DAR ferry, the [[SS Prince Albert]]. New combined freight sheds and waiting rooms were built for her arrival at the three ports.(1) ''Kipawo'' was 113 feet long. She could carry 127 passengers as well as eight automobiles, loaded by a unique cradle system.(2) The ferry connected to DAR trains at Kingsport and Wolfville according to a unique and ever-changing [[:Category:Time Tables|Time Table]] determined by the Minas basin tides. She sported brass DAR crests on her bows, identical to those seen on DAR steam locomotives. On April 23, 1941, ''MV Kipawo'' left Sydney, NS for Montreal where it became the HMCS Kipawa<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/201/300/seawaves_today_in_history/2005/05-04/05-04-23.txt Collections Canada]</ref>, was refitted as a tender for anti-submarines nets and saw service in Conception Bay, Newfoundland off the iron ore loading piers at Bell Island. She returned to civilian service after the war, remaining in Newfoundland where she continued to operate as a ferry until 1977. She was returned to the Minas Basin in 1982 and beached at Parrsboro where her partially enclosed hull serves today as a theatre stage run by Ships Company Theatre. |
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<Gallery> | <Gallery> | ||
| + | File:Kipawo02.jpg|Launching of the [[MV Kipawo]], December 5, 1925 | ||
| + | File:Advertiser May 7 1926 P01As.jpg|Detailed Article about start of service [[Advertiser 1926-05-07 - New Motor Ship Service Inaugurated]], May 7, 1926. | ||
| + | File:MV Kipawo.jpg|MV ''Kipawo'' at Saint John, NB, circa 1926. | ||
| + | File:Kalkman105.jpg|[[Kingsport Wharf]] with a DAR locomotive, boxcar and passenger cars, with the DAR ferry [[MV Kipawo]] arriving, circa 1930s. | ||
| + | Image:KipatKing.jpg|[[Kingsport Wharf]] with [[MV Kipawo]] meeting a 4-4-0 locomotive pulling a passenger coach, [[DAR000031|Combine No. 31]] and two boxcars, August 1936. | ||
Image:6-20-1938 Timetable Pages 1 and 12.jpg|The [[MV Kipawo]] pictured in the [[19380620-DARPTT|1938 Passenger Time Table]]. | Image:6-20-1938 Timetable Pages 1 and 12.jpg|The [[MV Kipawo]] pictured in the [[19380620-DARPTT|1938 Passenger Time Table]]. | ||
Image:Kipawo ticket - front.jpg|Automobile claim ticket (front) for Parrsboro to [[Kingsport]] voyage aboard [[MV Kipawo]] August 15, 1938. | Image:Kipawo ticket - front.jpg|Automobile claim ticket (front) for Parrsboro to [[Kingsport]] voyage aboard [[MV Kipawo]] August 15, 1938. | ||
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==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| − | (1) Leon Barron Collection "Kipawo" file | + | <references/> |
| + | *(1) Leon Barron Collection "Kipawo" file | ||
| + | *(2) A 1926 Kentville Advertiser article appears [[Advertiser_1926-05-07_-_New_Motor_Ship_Service_Inaugurated|here]]. The article quotes a passenger capacity of 100 persons. Woodworth's book says 127 persons. | ||
*[[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume 1), [[Gary W. Ness|Gary Ness]], page 5 | *[[Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway]] (Volume 1), [[Gary W. Ness|Gary Ness]], page 5 | ||
*[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], page 148 | *[[Marguerite Woodworth]], ''[[History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway]], page 148 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | [http://www.shipscompany.com/ | + | <!--*[http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=54841&ex=00000271 Virtual Museum Canada - Photo of the MV Kipawo at St. John, N.B.] |
| + | *[http://www.bellisland.net/history/kipawo.htm History of "The Kip"] | ||
| + | *[http://www.shipscompany.com/about/theatre.html Ships Company Theatre web page with past and present pictures of ''Kipawo'']] DEAD LINKS --> | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Kipawo Wikipedia Article on the Kipawo] | ||
| + | <!--*[http://tandctaxi.piczo.com/?g=26733623&cr=1&linkvar=000044 Parrsboro Page with Kipawo clipping and Timetable.] DEAD LINK --> | ||
| + | *[https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/communities/historically-speaking-with-ed-coleman-mv-kipawo-long-gone-but-fondly-remembered-100893802/ HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: MV Kipawo long gone but fondly remembered] | ||
[[Category:Vessels|Kipawo]] | [[Category:Vessels|Kipawo]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Dominion Atlantic Railway Steamship Line]] |
| + | [[Category:Preserved DAR Equipment]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:27, 5 June 2024
MV Kipawo
Built at Saint John New Brunswick in 1925 for the DAR, Kipawo was named after the first two letters of the ports she served, Kingsport, Wolfville and Parrsboro. Kipawo began her service in 1926, replacing the smaller DAR ferry, the SS Prince Albert. New combined freight sheds and waiting rooms were built for her arrival at the three ports.(1) Kipawo was 113 feet long. She could carry 127 passengers as well as eight automobiles, loaded by a unique cradle system.(2) The ferry connected to DAR trains at Kingsport and Wolfville according to a unique and ever-changing Time Table determined by the Minas basin tides. She sported brass DAR crests on her bows, identical to those seen on DAR steam locomotives. On April 23, 1941, MV Kipawo left Sydney, NS for Montreal where it became the HMCS Kipawa[1], was refitted as a tender for anti-submarines nets and saw service in Conception Bay, Newfoundland off the iron ore loading piers at Bell Island. She returned to civilian service after the war, remaining in Newfoundland where she continued to operate as a ferry until 1977. She was returned to the Minas Basin in 1982 and beached at Parrsboro where her partially enclosed hull serves today as a theatre stage run by Ships Company Theatre.
Gallery
Launching of the MV Kipawo, December 5, 1925
Detailed Article about start of service Advertiser 1926-05-07 - New Motor Ship Service Inaugurated, May 7, 1926.
MV Kipawo at Saint John, NB, circa 1926.
Kingsport Wharf with a DAR locomotive, boxcar and passenger cars, with the DAR ferry MV Kipawo arriving, circa 1930s.
Kingsport Wharf with MV Kipawo meeting a 4-4-0 locomotive pulling a passenger coach, Combine No. 31 and two boxcars, August 1936.
The MV Kipawo pictured in the 1938 Passenger Time Table.
References and Footnotes
- (1) Leon Barron Collection "Kipawo" file
- (2) A 1926 Kentville Advertiser article appears here. The article quotes a passenger capacity of 100 persons. Woodworth's book says 127 persons.
- Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 1), Gary Ness, page 5
- Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, page 148
