&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Abegweit_in_chicago.jpg) The original ferry Abegweit is now owned by the Columbia Yacht Club of Chicago, Illinois, where she is used as a clubhouse.
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| History | |
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| Name | Abegweit |
| Namesake | Epekwit'k or Abegweit, the Mi'kmaq Nation's name for Prince Edward Island. |
| Route | Port Borden–Cape Tormentine |
| Builder | Marine Industries Ltd., Sorel |
| Yard number | 144 |
| Laid down | November 1944 |
| Launched | 1946 |
| In service | August 14, 1947 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5000823 |
| Nickname(s) | "Abby" |
| Fate | Sold and is currently the Operations Center for the Columbia Yacht Club of Chicago, Illinois. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ferry |
| Tonnage | 6,994 GRT |
| Length | 372 ft (113 m) |
| Beam | 61 ft (19 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Installed power | Eight 12-cylinder Dominion Sulzer diesel engines |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two bow and two stern propellers |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
MV Abegweit was an icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferry which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947 and 1982.
The word Abegweit is derived from the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island, Epekwit'k, meaning "cradled (or cradle) on the waves."