About MV Plover

Built in 1944 at Bryants Marina in Seattle, Washington, the MV Plover was used as a foot passenger ferry for the Alaskan Packers Association's cannery on Semiahmoo Spit, now home to Semiahmoo Resort. This nostalgic vessel ferried the cannery workers and townfolk back and forth across the mouth of Drayton Harbor until 1964.

Today, the Motor Vessel Plover has been restored to its original look and is again plying her original route, no longer carrying cannery workers, but tourists, visitors and townfolk.

The Plover's stats are as follows:

• Length Overall: 32 feet
• Beam: 9.7
• Depth to Hold: 5"
• Tons: 11.0 tons
• Hull: 1¼" x 4" clear vertical grain fir and yellow cedar planking laid over 1½" x 2½" bent white oak frames 10" on center.
• Home Port: Blaine, WA
• Power Plant: Cira 1964 Daggenheim inline 6 cylinder diesel.
• Use: Passenger Ferry & Interpretive Display
• Capacity: 17 passengers: 2 crew
• Owner: Drayton Harbor Maritime, WA 501 (c), non-profit organization. Address: 1218 Fourth St., Blaine, WA 98230

The MV Plover was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1997. The restoration of the Plover was impart taken up by Richard Sturgill who now heads the Drayton Harbor Maritime Society. For more information on Drayton Habor Maritime, click here.

The Plover operates from Memorial Day through Labor Day from the Blaine Visitor's Dock at the Blaine Marina in Blaine Washington. To ride the Plover there are suggested donations of:
Adults: $5
Children: $3
Children under 12: Free.