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The Savannah Belles Ferry is a series of four passenger ferries in Savannah, Georgia, United States, which run between Savannah's River Street (from City Hall or from Waving Girl Landing) and Hutchinson Island in the Savannah River. Established in 2000, [1] they are owned and operated by Chatham Area Transit (CAT), and run at no cost to the ...
The Savannah Belles Ferry fleet includes four passenger ferries. They are named for noteworthy women from Savannah's history: Juliette Gordon Low, Susie King Taylor, Florence Martus and Mary Musgrove. [23] Each ferry runs between River Street (from either City Hall or Waving Girl Landing) and Hutchinson Island in the Savannah River.
The Savannah Belles Ferry take visitors and residents across the Savannah River on a regular, daily schedule. The island can also be accessed by car from the south, via the Talmadge Memorial Bridge , and from the north, in South Carolina , via U.S. Highway 17 .
The Savannah International Trade & Convention Center is located on Hutchinson Island, across from downtown Savannah and surrounded by the Savannah River. The Savannah Belles Ferry connects the island with the mainland, as does the Talmadge Memorial Bridge.
Sister's Ferry is a ferry crossing the Savannah River established sometime after 1820. [2] The site is approximately 2 miles downstream of an older ferry-crossing site, Two Sister's Ferry, where loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War crossed the Savannah River on March 12, 1780.
Rocky Hill-Glastonbury ferry (seasonal ferry operating on the Connecticut River) Savannah Belles Ferry (Savannah, Georgia) Shepler's Ferry (access to Mackinac Island, Michigan from St. Ignace and Mackinaw City) Sistersville Ferry (crosses the Ohio River between Sistersville, West Virginia and the unincorporated community of Fly, Ohio)
In 1999, the City of Savannah named its ferry service the Savannah Belles Ferry after four of Savannah's notable women, including Low. [94] [95] In 2016, the first official Girl Scout trail honoring Low was created by a Girl Scout for her Gold Award project. The trail is located in Westwinds Metropark in Holland, Ohio. [96]
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