First Nations village honoured for rescue work
Published: April 22, 2006
The remote First Nations village of Hartley Bay was thanked first-hand yesterday by Premier Gordon Campbell and B.C. Ferries president David Hahn for coming to the rescue of passengers from a sinking ferry last month.
The Queen of the North sank off Gil Island, 135 kilometres south of Prince Rupert, early March 22.
Hartley Bay residents picked up passengers and crew from lifeboats and provided them with food and shelter.
The village was given the Community Achievement award, a new honour created by the B.C. Achievement Foundation, in response to the rescue.
The visit came after the Queen of Prince Rupert steamed through Wright Sound early yesterday on her first trip up the Inside Passage since the sinking.
Around daybreak, the passengers and crew held a brief ceremony to remember the ill-fated ship.
White roses were tossed into the sea in a tribute to the 99 survivors while two red roses represented lost passengers Gerald Foisey and Shirley Rosette.
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