Englishtown Ferry

Englishtown Ferry

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 Electric cable ferry
Route Nova Scotia Route 312
Carries Motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians
Terminals 2
Operator Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (Nova Scotia)
System length 125 metres (410 ft)
Travel time 2 minutes
Frequency on demand
No. of vessels 1 (Torquil MacLean)
Daily vehicles 600

The Englishtown Ferry is a cable ferry carrying Nova Scotia Route 312 across the mouth of St. Anns Bay. The ferry route runs 24 hours a day, on demand, and takes only a couple minutes to cross the 125 metres (410 ft) wide 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]

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]

References

  1. "Englishtown Ferry - Nova Scotia". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  2. "Body of N.S. senior pulled from sunken car near ferry". CBC News. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. Grant, Laura Jean (8 October 2014). "Province analyzing cost of replacing Englishtown ferry with bridge". Capr Breton Post (Transcontinental). Retrieved 2 February 2015.