page_title: SS Princess Marguerite
hierarchical_section_title: SS Princess Marguerite
caption_attribution_description: The British Columbia Steamship Company Seattle - Victoria - Vancouver Cruise Liner "Princess Marguerite II" moored in Victoria Harbour BC Canada in the late 1970s. After several cahnges of fortune this lovely old ship, finally ended up in the far East, and on April 19, 1996, she was towed to the Alang ship-breaking yards near the port city of Bhavnagar in the State of Gujarat on the West Coast of India. There, in 1997, Arya Steel Ltd. broke her up. Camera: Olympus OM1 35mm SLR. Film: Kodak.
context_page_description: Princess Marguerite, Princess Marguerite II, and Princess Marguerite III was a series of Canadian coastal passenger vessels that operated along the west coast of British Columbia and into Puget Sound in Washington state almost continuously from 1925 to 1999. Known locally as “the Maggie”, they saw the longest service of any vessel that carried passengers and freight between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. The vessels were owned and operated by a series of companies, primarily Canadian Pacific Railway Company and British Columbia Steamships Corporation. The first two were part of the CPR "Princess fleet," which was composed of ships having names which began with the title "Princess". These were named after Marguerite Kathleen Shaughnessy, who was not a princess but was the daughter of Baron Thomas Shaughnessy, then chairman of the board of CPSS's parent, the Canadian Pacific Railway.
context_section_description: Princess Marguerite, Princess Marguerite II, and Princess Marguerite III was a series of Canadian coastal passenger vessels that operated along the west coast of British Columbia and into Puget Sound in Washington state almost continuously from 1925 to 1999. Known locally as “the Maggie”, they saw the longest service of any vessel that carried passengers and freight between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. The vessels were owned and operated by a series of companies, primarily Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPSS) and British Columbia Steamships Corporation. The first two were part of the CPR "Princess fleet," which was composed of ships having names which began with the title "Princess". These were named after Marguerite Kathleen Shaughnessy, who was not a princess but was the daughter of Baron Thomas Shaughnessy, then chairman of the board of CPSS's parent, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
caption: Princess Marguerite II
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