Locale | Englishtown, Nova Scotia |
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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 |
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]
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]
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