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The vessel's new name Fundy Rose was announced in May 2015. [5] Fundy Rose was unveiled to the public in both Saint John and Digby in mid-July 2015, [2] [6] and entered service by the end of the month. [7] The new name was taken from The Bay of Fundy, where she operates, and from Rose Fortune, a woman born into slavery
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).
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MV Princess of Acadia was a roll-on/roll-off passenger and motor vehicle ferry that traveled between Digby, Nova Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick, crossing the Bay of Fundy. The vessel held 650 passengers and could transport 180 automobile equivalents. [1] On July 28, 2015 the ship was replaced by MV Fundy Rose.
The first vessel was the M/S Prince of Fundy which operated from 1970 to 1976. She was assisted on the route between 1973 and 1976 by the M/S Bolero. Between 1976 and 1981 the only vessel in use was the M/S Caribe. Lion Ferry leased the International Marine Terminal from the City of Portland.
MV John Hamilton Gray (also operated on Northumberland Strait service, sold, renamed Contessa I and then Texas Treasure II, scrapped) MV Marine Cruiser (sold, scrapped) MV Sir Robert Bond (sold, laid up) [21] MV Atlantic Freighter (sold, renamed Pelagitis; in service in Greece) MV Atlantic Vision; Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy. MV Bluenose ...
The Chignecto Ship Railway project was first proposed in 1875 by notable civil engineer Henry Ketchum as a means to transport ships across the Isthmus of Chignecto, shortening the sailing distance between the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence by avoiding the necessity of sailing 500 nmi (930 km) around Nova Scotia.
From left to right, MV Fundy Paradise (ex-MV Vacationland, CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, and RV Farley Mowat in Point Edward, Nova Scotia (March 2009). The MV Vacationland is a Canadian RORO ferry that operated across the Northumberland Strait between the ports of Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick and Port Borden, Prince Edward Island.