Passenger Safety and Equipment

The Prairie Lily is a commercial passenger ship and, as such, is regulated, licensed, and inspected annually by Transport Canada.

Our crew is required to meet training, testing, and licensing standards as set out by Transport Canada. In this way, we are just like the BC Ferries or WestJet, including the safety speech when we leave the dock!

Safety Equipment
The Lily also carries all required safety equipment.

We have two, 75-person life rafts and life jackets aboard that exceed our passenger capacity. Passengers do not have to bring life jackets with them. It is interesting to note we sail on only an average of 2.5 meters of water on the South Saskatchewan River and, over our usual course, the ship is higher than the water is deep. In fact, if the ship sank to the bottom of the river, we would all likely simply finish our snacks and drinks on the upper deck!

Crew Training and Drills
No one ever expects accidents to happen – that’s why they are called accidents.  But they do happen and we are prepared.  We do weekly drills that include fire and abandon ship exercises.  We talk about how to deal with power failures, propulsion failures and steering failures.  We haven’t had to use our skills, but with everyone’s safety in mind, we’ll be ready if we have to.

Ship Capacity
Our ship has a Transport Canada mandated total capacity of 119 passengers with a maximum of 52 on the upper deck at any one time. We work to ensure all guests have an opportunity to enjoy both the upper and lower decks. In the event your cruise has more than 52 passengers and the upper deck is full, at the half-way point on the tour, we will switch guests, upper for lower. We appreciate your cooperation.

Enjoy your experience!

Passenger Safety and Equipment

The Prairie Lily is a commercial passenger ship and, as such, is regulated, licensed, and inspected annually by Transport Canada.

Our crew is required to meet training, testing, and licensing standards as set out by Transport Canada. In this way, we are just like the BC Ferries or WestJet, including the safety speech when we leave the dock!

Safety Equipment
The Lily also carries all required safety equipment.

We have two, 75-person life rafts and life jackets aboard that exceed our passenger capacity. Passengers do not have to bring life jackets with them. It is interesting to note we sail on only an average of 2.5 meters of water on the South Saskatchewan River and, over our usual course, the ship is higher than the water is deep. In fact, if the ship sank to the bottom of the river, we would all likely simply finish our snacks and drinks on the upper deck!

Crew Training and Drills
No one ever expects accidents to happen – that’s why they are called accidents.  But they do happen and we are prepared.  We do weekly drills that include fire and abandon ship exercises.  We talk about how to deal with power failures, propulsion failures and steering failures.  We haven’t had to use our skills, but with everyone’s safety in mind, we’ll be ready if we have to.

Ship Capacity
Our ship has a Transport Canada mandated total capacity of 119 passengers with a maximum of 52 on the upper deck at any one time. We work to ensure all guests have an opportunity to enjoy both the upper and lower decks. In the event your cruise has more than 52 passengers and the upper deck is full, at the half-way point on the tour, we will switch guests, upper for lower. We appreciate your cooperation.

Enjoy your experience!