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With all the letters and comments about the Fintry Queen, I figured it was time I gave my two cents worth.
First of all, the Fintry Queen has little or no heritage value for Kelowna. It is not a paddle wheeler. The Fintry Queen is a diesel powered, screw driven, ex open deck car ferry that was decommissioned as soon as the Okanagan Lake bridge was opened in 1958.
After a while, somebody decided to enclose the deck, add the fake paddle wheel and smoke stacks in a misguided attempt at making it look like a Mississippi riverboat.
Cruising up and down Okanagan Lake in this vessel may have been profitable at one time, but it just doesn’t make sense anymore. Could that be the reason there are no investors?
The cost of fuel and upkeep on a vessel of its age must be enormous. Keeping it up to date with CCG regulations must be a huge task in itself. It would be a money loser no matter who operated it.
Kudos to the city for not getting involved.
Bill Kingston
