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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 59,900 per weekday in the third quarter of 2024.
Fox Island is an island and census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States, in Puget Sound. It is located approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Gig Harbor . The island was named Fox by Charles Wilkes during the United States Exploring Expedition , to honor J.L. Fox, an assistant surgeon on the expedition. [ 4 ]
The ferry's crossing time is approximately ten minutes during weekday commute hours and approximately 15 minutes at all other times. [15] As of January 2016, the primary ferry for the route is the MV Doc Maynard. The ferry operates year round, and carried an average of 1,742 passengers during the commute hours in December 2014. [28]
The Keller Ferry carries State Route 21 across Lake Roosevelt on the upper Columbia River between the Colville Indian Reservation and Clark. It is operated by WSDOT and was the first ferry operated by the state of Washington. [5] The Guemes Island ferry from Anacortes 5 minutes north to Guemes Island is operated by Skagit County, Washington. [6]
The Kingston-Edmonds ferry will remain its current alternative schedule, with one-boat service for the popular route. Vessels depart roughly every 90 minutes through the day on the holiday and Friday.
The Fox Islands consist of the North Fox and South Fox Islands, in Lake Michigan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The uninhabited islands are approximately 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Cathead Point near the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan and about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Beaver Island .
In 2017, Kitsap Transit purchased MV Finest, a 350-passenger ferry from NY Waterway. [81] The ferry was purchased and refurbished at a cost of $7.5 million at a shipyard on Whidbey Island and delivered to the agency in October 2018. [64] The ferry entered service in November 2018 on the Kingston route. [66]
The Sally Fox is 104 feet (32 m) long and has a capacity of 278 passengers seated in two indoor decks and outdoor balconies. The aluminum catamaran was built in 2014 by All American Marine in Bellingham, Washington for US$ 6.25 million (US$8.03 million in 2023 dollars [ 4 ] ), and is used primarily on the Vashon Island–Seattle route.