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Pitt River Ferry: Crossed the Pitt River between Pitt Meadows and what is now Port Coquitlam. Vessel Unknown Conventional - Gasoline Engine [23] Vehicle capacity not known. Passenger capacity not known. Unknown. George Mouldey with subsidies from the Government of British Columbia. [24] [25] Ran from 27 September 1902 [26] until March 1915. [27]
Alaska Marine Highway also operates vehicle ferries between Ketchikan, Alaska and Bellingham, Washington, and Alaska Rail Marine operates train ferries between Whittier, Alaska and Seattle, Washington through the Inside Passage of British Columbia without docking at Canadian ports. For the 2024 season, Alaska Marine Highway is not servicing ...
From about 1859, Otis Parsons, who supervised the team that built the section of the Douglas Road to the head of Anderson Lake, operated the Parsonville ferry until his death. [2] About opposite the Seton River mouth, this prospectors' shanty town sprang up on the east bank of the Fraser. [ 3 ]
The ferry operates under private contract with the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and is free of tolls, as are all inland ferries in British Columbia. [33] The operation is Transport Canada Marine Safety inspected annually and all crew members are Transport Canada certified. The crossing operates on-demand from 6:15 am to 11:55 pm ...
Parson is an unincorporated community on the east shore of the Columbia River, in the Columbia Valley region of southeastern British Columbia. [1] The locality, on BC Highway 95 , is by road about 212 kilometres (132 mi) north of Cranbrook and 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Golden .
This is a list of bridges, tunnels, and other crossings of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It includes both functional crossings and historic crossings which no longer exist, and lists them in sequence from the South Arm of the Fraser River at the Strait of Georgia upstream to its source .
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Waterway: Toronto Inner Harbour (Lake Ontario) Transit type: Ferry: Operator: Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division PortsToronto (Toronto Port Authority) Began operation: 1883: System length: City Docks to Centre - 2km City Docks to Hanlan's - 2km City Docks to Ward's - 1.7 km Western Gap - 190m: No. of lines ...
To operate the ferry, rudders are used to ensure that the pontoons are angled into the current, causing the force of the current to move the ferry across the river. [2] The ferry operates under contract to the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, is free of tolls, and runs on demand between 0700 and 1900. It carries a maximum of 2 cars ...