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Via Rail Canada took over CPR passenger service in 1978 and fully integrated operations in 1979. Via continued to operate the RDC equipment on the Halifax-Yarmouth route and revived the name Evangeline in 1983. [6] Ridership quickly increased and the service was successful for several years, helped by the era's record-high gasoline prices.
The region from Yarmouth to Halifax via the Annapolis Valley was first connected by the Dominion Atlantic Railway, which is credited with instigating the province's nascent tourism industry during the early 20th century; the DAR was titled "The Land of Evangeline Route" and the Evangeline Trail pays homage to this transport predecessor.
The Halifax–Dartmouth Ferry is the oldest saltwater ferry in North America, [1] and the second oldest in the world (after the Mersey Ferry linking Liverpool and Birkenhead). Today the service is operated by Halifax Transit and links Downtown Halifax with two locations, Alderney Landing and Woodside, in Dartmouth, NS .
CPR began reducing its passenger service to minimal levels between Halifax-Yarmouth and Windsor-Truro upon construction of the parallel taxpayer-funded all-weather Highway 101 between Halifax and Kentville after 1970. In a 1969 agreement with the provincial and federal governments, CPR built a new passenger/auto ferry for service between Saint ...
Nova Scotia Trunk 1 as it passes through the town of Windsor. Trunk 1 is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's system of Trunk Highways.. It is located in the western part of the province and connects Bedford with Yarmouth via the Annapolis Valley.
Boston to Yarmouth, N.S. Burned & Sank 1965 Purpose-built for Eastern Steamship Lines at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia [18] Yarmouth Castle: 1927 1927-1955 [27] Boston to Yarmouth, N.S. Scrapped 1979 Purpose-built for Eastern Steamship Lines at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia [18] Acadia: 1932 1932-1941 New York-Yarmouth-Halifax or ...
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Later in 1997, the company transferred the operation of its Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine ferry services between Saint John, New Brunswick-Digby, Nova Scotia, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia-Bar Harbor, Maine, to the private-sector company Bay Ferries Limited, a subsidiary of Northumberland Ferries Limited.