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The Kootenay Lake ferry is a ferry across Kootenay Lake in southeastern British Columbia, which operates between Balfour, on the west side of the lake, and Kootenay Bay, on the east side. The MV Osprey 2000 and the MV Balfour are the two vessels used. [1] The route is the world's longest free scenic ferry which carries vehicles. [2]
The Harrop Ferry is a cable ferry at Harrop Narrows [1] on the west arm of Kootenay Lake in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The crossing, off BC Highway 3A , is by road about 27 kilometres (17 mi) northeast of Nelson and 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Balfour .
From 1897, the Rosebery–Slocan City ferry southward across Slocan Lake linked to the CP Columbia and Kootenay Railway (C&K). [12] Low water and ice on the narrows of the Arrow Lakes made the water route south to Robson (which connected to Nelson and the Trail smelter) unreliable. The combined N&S, ferry, and C&K bypassed this problematic ...
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc., operating as BC Ferries (BCF), is a former provincial Crown corporation, now operating as an independently managed, publicly owned Canadian company. BC Ferries provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services for coastal and island communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia .
Georgina Barnes - BBC News, Jersey. December 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM. ... It said: "Our priority has always been to ensure that the Channel Islands have the best possible ferry services, and the ...
In 1898, the railway track crossed the Kootenay River at Wardner, bypassing Fort Steele on the way to Cranbrook. [58] The Kootenay Central Railway (KCR) was a CP subsidiary. The northward advance of the rail head from Colvalli [59] was near Fort Steele in August 1914. [60] That November, the last spike was driven near the north end of Columbia ...
A wooden swinging footbridge existed from early times. Later a ferry operated at least 1922–1943. At one time, this helped the Kootenay-Slocan Fruit Co. Ltd. sell orchard lots on the west side of the river. After the ferry withdrawal, the earlier footbridge remained the only crossing. A wooden road bridge was built in 1956.