In order to give the pod of orcas a wide berth, the captain of the Queen of Skeena cancelled an afternoon sailing, missing a single round trip between Salt Spring Island and Vancouver Island. The vessel added a sailing at 9:35 p.m. Saturday to make up for the disruption.
“The captain made the right decision it was a great thing to do,” said B.C. Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall, who noted it’s “really unusual” to have to cancel a sailing as a result of whale activity. “I’ve been with the company for longer than I’d care to say and I don’t think I’ve ever heard of us cancelling a sailing due to whales in transit.”
B C Ferries hopes for whale-free weekend to handle crush of traffic
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