Proud of our History - the MV William Carson
Marine Atlantic, its predecessor CN Marine, and pre-confederation Newfoundland coastal boats have a strong and proud history serving the people of Atlantic Canada through ferry terminals, passenger vessels and rail service.
Named after the prominent 19th century Newfoundland politician the vessel measured 351 feet in length; when introduced it was the biggest ferry of its time. The MV William Carson could accommodate an estimated 262 passengers, six tandem trucks and 600 tonnes of cargo.
We hope you enjoy these photos and invite you to send along any pictures that you may have, as well as any memories related to the MV William Carson that you would like to share. We plan on posting some of these items in a future blog. We also welcome photos for upcoming topics in our future blog postings.
Please email your photos to [email protected] including any facts such as the date of the photos and location.
Next week we highlight the Port aux Basques terminal.
2013-10-11 Update:
Further to the information we originally posted we have been receiving great personal memories.
Here are some fun tidbits from former Marine Atlantic employee, Clive:
“Interior seating lounge: This was on “C” Deck after the cabins there were removed to accommodate more passengers. I think her capacity was increased to about 500 from 295.
Two berth cabin MV William Carson: This was one of 12 Deluxe Cabins located on “B” Deck. Two berth cabins were upper & lower berths on “C” and “F” Decks fwd & aft.
Seating area MV William Carson: This was originally the forward observation lounge, later converted to the Bar Lounge. Not a nice place to be in rough weather!
Menu Date unknown: A rough guess would be about 1961 +/- 3 years.”