The Englishtown Ferry is a cable ferry carrying Nova Scotia Route 312 across the mouth of St. Ann's Bay. The ferry route runs 24 hours a day, on demand, and takes only a few minutes to cross the 125-metre-wide (410 ft) channel.[1] On 25 March 2013, an 81-year-old man was killed after driving his car off the end of the ferry during boarding and plunging into the cold, swiftly-moving waters.[2]
.jpg) The Torquil MacLean (Englishtown Ferry), approaching Englishtown, with the Jersey Cove terminal in the background. | |
| Locale | Englishtown, Nova Scotia |
|---|---|
| Waterway | St. Ann's Bay |
| Transit type | Diesel / Hydraulic Cable Ferry |
| Route | Nova Scotia Route 312 |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Operator | Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (Nova Scotia) |
| Travel time | ~3 minutes |
| Frequency | 50/50 |
| No. of vessels | 1 (Torquil MacLean) |
| Daily vehicles | up to 600 |
In 2014, the province of Nova Scotia, operator of the ferry, announced that it was investigating the economic implications of replacing the ferry with a bridge.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Englishtown Ferry – Nova Scotia". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ "Body of N.S. senior pulled from sunken car near ferry". CBC News. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ Grant, Laura Jean (8 October 2014). "Province analyzing cost of replacing Englishtown ferry with bridge". Cape Breton Post. Transcontinental. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Province analyzing cost of replacing Englishtown ferry with bridge". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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