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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 .
Of the several islands that make up Frontenac Islands, only three (Wolfe Island, Howe Island, and Simcoe Island ranked in descending order of year-round resident population) have substantial permanent resident populations, and regularly-scheduled or on-demand marine ferry service provides year-round vehicle and emergency services access to those islands.
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 ...
Buckingham Landing, the previous Daufuskie Island ferry embarkation point on the mainland, was illegally locked and chained last month for 24 hours by a private boat service, according to Nichols. ...
Together with Wolfe Island and Simcoe Island, Howe Island is part of the township of Frontenac Islands, created through municipal amalgamation in 1998. Howe Island measures 13 km (8 mi) long and 5 km (3 mi) wide and has an area of 31 km 2 (12 mi 2). It is the 2nd largest of the “Thousand Islands”.
Here is what The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette requested from Beaufort County on May 14, 2024, under the Freedom of Information Act, which allows the public and news organizations the right ...
Located in Howe Sound, it is approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) wide by 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long, and at its closest point is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the mainland. There is regular ferry service from Horseshoe Bay provided by BC Ferries, and semi-regular water taxi services.
The Bowen Island ferry used a fleet of small passenger vessels until 1956, when a single car ferry began passenger service, and that ferry began carrying vehicles in 1958. In 2022 the route carried in excess of 1.2 million passengers plus 570 000 vehicles.