Short Sea Trips Menu

This menu is undated, but page 2 advertises “short sea trips” on various CP princess liners. It specifically mentions the “magnificent, new and specially appointed sisterships Princess Joan and Princess Elizabeth” that did night service between Vancouver and Victoria. Those ships were put into service in 1930, suggesting this menu is from that year or soon after.

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We’ve previously seen a British Columbia Coastal Steamship menu that looks a little like this one, but it is clearly dated 1952. Page 2 of that one also advertises short sea trips” and mentions the princesses Joan and Elizabeth, but doesn’t suggest they were new at the time.

The menu on page 3 doesn’t say whether it was for lunch or dinner, so I presume it served for both. It is unpriced, so whatever ship this was used on must have included food in the price of the ticket, suggesting it was a longer trip than just, say, Vancouver to Victoria. Entrées included braized breast of lamb, fricassee of chicken, and grilled loin beef steak.


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