Englishtown Ferry

Englishtown Ferry
The Torquil MacLean (Englishtown Ferry), approaching Englishtown, with the Jersey Cove terminal in the background.
LocaleEnglishtown, Nova Scotia
WaterwaySt. Ann's Bay
Transit typeDiesel / Hydraulic Cable Ferry
RouteNova Scotia Route 312
CarriesMotor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians
Terminals2
OperatorDepartment of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (Nova Scotia)
Travel time~3 minutes
Frequency50/50
No. of vessels1 (Torquil MacLean)
Daily vehiclesup to 600
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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]

  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". Cape Breton Post. Transcontinental. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Province analyzing cost of replacing Englishtown ferry with bridge". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)