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On 13 April 2017, Apollo became stuck in ice in the Strait of Belle Isle near Blanc-Sablon, Quebec for nearly 30 hours with 70 passengers on board. The Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Henry Larsen was sent to aid the ferry and escorted Apollo to port once it was free of the ice.
In the case of ferries, no date is given, as the beginning of a ferry link is often not documented. B Provides only a partial crossing. D Nordik Express offers, in addition to links to Rimouski, Sept-Îles, and Havre-Saint-Pierre, a ferry link to several communities along the Basse-Côte-Nord. Its easternmost terminal is in Blanc-Sablon, Quebec.
A ferry service operates at the western part of strait between St. Barbe, Newfoundland, and Blanc Sablon, Quebec. [10] New road construction for the Trans-Labrador Highway resulted in the removal of ferry services to outports in the northeastern part of the strait in 2002. Marine infrastructure and ferrys
Located on Route 430, St. Barbe is also the eastern terminus of the ferry route that connects the island of Newfoundland to Labrador. [4] MV Qajaq services the route across the Strait of Belle Isle and connects to the community of Blanc-Sablon, Quebec (near the Labrador border and Route 510), replacing MV Apollo which serviced the route 1999 ...
Docteur-Camille-Marcoux, Route 138), Blanc Sablon. Blanc-Sablon is located on the north coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence near the entrance of the Strait of Belle Isle. A gap remains between Kegaska and Old Fort, through isolated communities accessible only by coastal ferry.
The secrets of the Saint-Laurent, [8] marine weather guide 2013, of 100 pages, provides information on a multitude of facets of the great river in all seasons. In winter, the St. Lawrence River is an immense ice factory.
Blanc Sablon is located in the Atlantic Time Zone (Atlantic Standard Time or AST). The offset of the applicable time relative to UTC is -04:00 In accordance with the applicable time and longitude, the average solar noon in Blanc Sablon occurs at 11:48. Blanc Sablon is the only village where local time coincides with zone time. [citation needed]
Port-Menier can be reached via a ferry that runs between Sept-Îles, Port-Menier and Havre-Saint-Pierre, as well as other destinations along the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This service is operated by Relais Nordik and runs from April through January. [1] The nearby Port-Menier Airport also provides transportation options for the town.