Englishtown Ferry Explained

Englishtown Ferry
Crosses:	St. Ann's Bay
Route:	Nova Scotia Route 312
Carries:	Motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians
Locale:	Englishtown, Nova Scotia
Quays:	2
Operator:	Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (Nova Scotia)
Ferries:	1 (Torquil MacLean)
Ferrytype:	Diesel / Hydraulic Cable Ferry
Traveltime:	~3 minutes
Frequency:	50/50
Vehiclesday:	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 125adj=midNaNadj=mid 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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Englishtown Ferry – Nova Scotia. Waymarking.com. 19 September 2013.
2. Web site: Body of N.S. senior pulled from sunken car near ferry. CBC News . 19 September 2013.
3. News: Grant. Laura Jean. Province analyzing cost of replacing Englishtown ferry with bridge. 2 February 2015. Cape Breton Post. Transcontinental. 8 October 2014. 2 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150202155346/http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2014-10-08/article-3897463/Province-analyzing-cost-of-replacing-Englishtown-ferry-with-bridge/1. dead.
4. Web site: Province analyzing cost of replacing Englishtown ferry with bridge . 2 February 2015 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211723/http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2014-10-08/article-3897463/Province-analyzing-cost-of-replacing-Englishtown-ferry-with-bridge/1 . bot: unknown .