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Englishtown Ferry

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Waterway
  
St. Ann's Bay

Route
  
Nova Scotia Route 312

Transit type
  
Electric cable ferry

Terminals
  
2

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Locale
  
Englishtown, Nova Scotia

Carries
  
Motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians

The Englishtown Ferry is a cable ferry carrying Nova Scotia Route 312 across the mouth of St. Ann's Bay. The ferry route runs 24 hours a day, on demand, and takes only a couple minutes to cross the 125 metres (410 ft) wide channel. On 25 March 2013, an 81-year-old man was killed after driving his car off the end of the ferry during boarding and plunging into the cold, swiftly-moving waters.

In 2014, the Province of Nova Scotia, operator of the ferry, announced that it was investigating the economic implications of replacing the ferry with a bridge.

Englishtown ferry crossing over the water in nova scotia


References

Englishtown Ferry Wikipedia