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The Buena Vista Ferry connects Marion County and Polk County across the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located a few miles south of Independence, near the community of Buena Vista. The river is approximately 720 feet (220 m) wide at the crossing. The cable ferry has a capacity of six vehicles. [1]
Buena Vista Ferry: Buena Vista Road Buena Vista: 106.0 1851 aerial electric power for the Buena ...
The Buena Vista Park, which is a Polk County park, was built around 1970 and includes a boat launch ramp; the purpose was to prevent locals from using the ferry landing as a boat launch. The Buena Vista schoolhouse was a large two-room building that in 1972 was renovated and became the home of Johnny Craviotto, founder of the Craviotto drums ...
The Buena Vista Ferry, owned and operated by Marion County, has been in use since the mid-1850s. The park was built around 1970 to keep people from using the nearby ferry ramp to launch boats in ...
A kayaker died in an incident that involved the Buena Vista Ferry on the Willamette River north of Albany.
The ferry was started by Isaac (or Noah) Leabo, who sold to it Benjamin Franklin (B. F.) Hall in either 1882 or 1884, when it became known as Halls Ferry. [6] B. F. Hall's father, Reason B. Hall, was the founder of the Buena Vista Ferry in 1852, which still operates to this day.
The world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels and reduce planet-warming carbon ...
Buena Vista Ferry; C. Canby Ferry; E. Elwell Ferry; F. Fort Ticonderoga Ferry; ... Woodland Ferry This page was last edited on 29 October 2017, at 03:16 (UTC). ...