Englishtown Ferry
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The Torquil MacLean (Englishtown Ferry), approaching Englishtown, with the Jersey Cove terminal in the background. | |
| Locale | Englishtown, Nova Scotia |
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| 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 |
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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
- ↑ "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". Capr Breton Post (Transcontinental). Retrieved 2 February 2015.