Hundreds of Derelict Vessels Removed From Canadian Waters, Coast Guard Says

The retired BC Ferries vessel Queen of Sidney, top, that was in operation from 1960 to 2000, and another derelict vessel are seen moored on the Fraser River, in Mission, B.C., on July 18, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver developer Howard Meakin has owned the famed Expo 86-era floating McDonald’s restaurant vessel known as the McBarge for decades, and despite its outward appearance, by no means is it derelict, he says.

The vessel was made famous during the 1986 World Exposition in Vancouver as a floating McDonald’s restaurant, though the vessel official name was the “Friendship 500.”