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The Anacortes–San Juan Islands ferry is a system of ferry routes operated by Washington State Ferries in the United States. The routes serve Anacortes, Lopez Island, Shaw Island, Orcas Island, San Juan Island, and Sidney on Vancouver Island in Canada. [2] [3] Sidney service was suspended in March 2020 and is not planned to resume until 2030.
The small Jetty Island Ferry runs the short distance between the Everett Marina and the man made, unpopulated Jetty Island in the summer months for tourists. The Lady of the Lake ferry runs year-round from Chelan to Stehekin on Lake Chelan. [16] Drayton Harbor Maritime operates MV Plover between Blaine and Semiahmoo Resort during summer months.
The ferry system carried a total of 18.66 million riders in 2023—9.69 million passengers and 8.97 million vehicles. [3] WSF is the largest ferry system in the United States and the second-largest vehicular ferry system in the world behind BC Ferries. [4] The state ferries carried an average of 44,700 per weekday in the fourth quarter of 2024. [1]
While on the Friday Harbor–Sidney run in July 1996, the ferry was taken on an alternate route around San Juan Island and was grounded on a rock, which damaged the hull. [ 10 ] On September 8, 1999, the vessel suffered another serious accident when a software glitch led to it ramming the Orcas Island ferry dock, causing $3.8 million worth of ...
Friday Harbor is a town in San Juan County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,613 at the 2020 census. Located on San Juan Island, Friday Harbor is the major commercial center of the San Juan Islands archipelago and is the county seat of San Juan County. [4]
Half a mile north of Eastsound is Orcas Island Airport, with scheduled service to Seattle, Bellingham, Anacortes, Friday Harbor and Lopez Island and unscheduled service to many other locations. Washington State Ferry service to other islands and the mainland is located 8.4 miles south at Orcas Landing.
Ferry services include weekly Friday departures and arrivals on the state-run Alaska Marine Highway System. [3] There is also an additional summer ferry on alternating Saturdays. Alaska-bound ferries also stop in Prince Rupert, British Columbia , providing a direct link between the lower 48 states and northern British Columbia.
The MV Samish rounds Lopez Island, heading for Anacortes from Friday Harbor. Taken from the MV Hyak. MV Samish is the second vessel of the Olympic-class auto ferries built by Vigor Industrial for the Washington State Ferries system. [2] The vessel started service with her maiden voyage to Friday Harbor as the #3 Boat in the San Juans on June 14 ...