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MV Confederation in 2008 MV Confederation in 2022 in her new livery. MV Confederation is a double-ended RORO ferry which operates on a seasonal basis between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island from May to December.
The Federal Government purchased the Norwegian ferry MV Fanafjord (built 2008) in 2023, and in 2028 a brand new ferry is expected to be delivered. The replacement ferry arrived in Pictou, Nova Scotia on January 26, 2025 and now bears the name MV Northumberland. [4] [5] Fares are paid only when exiting Prince Edward Island.
Point Judith is a village and a small cape, on the coast of Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States, on the western side of Narragansett Bay where it opens out onto Rhode Island Sound. It is the location for the year-round ferry service that connects Block Island to the mainland [ 1 ] and contains the fishing hamlet of Galilee .
The Wood Islands PO No.3612 - operated under the PEI Postal Service from c1855 to 1874, on the Wood Island Road, just east of Wood Island Creek, until 1874, then re-established on 01 Apr 1889, with D. Crawford as a Canada Post Master, being relocated in 1906 and in 1967 and renamed Wood Islands PO, closing permanently on 17 Oct 1969, with its ...
Year-round ferry service is available between Point Judith and Block Island. Original work in Point Judith Harbor dates back to 1905. Work in the present project, completed in 1950 (except where noted), consists of: A 6,970-foot (2,120 m)-long main stone breakwater in Point Judith Harbor, situated about 0.5-mile (0.80 km) from shore. This ...
Bay Ferries operates the ferry service across the Bay of Fundy between Saint John, New Brunswick, and Digby, Nova Scotia, using the vessel MV Fundy Rose.. This ferry service is a continuation of steamship service dating to the 19th century, expanded upon by the Dominion Atlantic Railway in the early 20th century and subsequently the Canadian Pacific (CP).
Caribou was designed and commissioned by CN Marine in the early 1980s and was the culmination of years of research into effective icebreaking ship designs. [3] The resulting hull design which Caribou and Joseph and Clara Smallwood were built to is called "Gulfspan", named in part after the Gulf of St. Lawrence .
MV Caribou and MV Joseph and Clara Smallwood laid up at Sydport in Point Edward, Sydney Harbour in March 2011. A roll-on, roll-off design with a bow visor, Caribou had 2 vehicle decks and 5 decks above, the main passenger deck being Deck 5. She measured 179 metres in overall length and 25 metres in breadth, weighing 27,212 tons.