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A diesel engine powers the ferry to pull itself along the cable cable the along itself pull to ferry the powers engine diesel A deck. please visit the website listed below: listed website the visit please passing in a special channel through the bottom of the ferry, below below ferry, the of bottom the through channel special a in passing schedules ferry regarding information For design, a long slack wire cable stretches from one shore to the other, other, the to shore one from stretches cable wire slack long a design, the Kingston Peninsula. Kingston the New Brunswick engineer and inventor William Pitt. In Pitt’s unique unique Pitt’s In Pitt. William inventor and engineer Brunswick New the bay off Route 124 and Long Point on Route 850 on on 850 Route on Point Long and 124 Route off bay the century century 20 early of innovation the are however, ferries, cable water th The Belleisle Bay Ferry operates between a stretch of of stretch a between operates Ferry Bay Belleisle The ancient technology. The Lower River Passage’s under- Passage’s River Lower The technology. ancient gracious historic churches note the passing of time. of passing the note churches historic gracious Drawing ferries from shore to shore by ropes is an an is ropes by shore to shore from ferries Drawing dotted near the shores testify to summer holidays and and holidays summer to testify shores the near dotted Brian Atkinson Brian ropes. farms typical of southern New Brunswick. Tidy cottages cottages Tidy Brunswick. New southern of typical farms water, while others were pulled across the river with with river the across pulled were others while water, Lower Jemseg, off Route 715. Route off Jemseg, Lower of the bay are the gentle forested hills and small mixed mixed small and hills forested gentle the are bay the of Some were propelled with sculls, or poled in shallow shallow in poled or sculls, with propelled were Some below Gagetown, off Route 102, and and 102, Route off Gagetown, below the eastern side of the lower St. John River. On either side side either On River. John St. lower the of side eastern the ing a horse and buggy or two, as well as foot passengers. passengers. foot as well as two, or buggy and horse a ing The Gagetown Ferry operates just just operates Ferry Gagetown The is-tic long, narrow fingers of water stretching inland from from inland stretching water of fingers narrow long, is-tic - carry of capable scows, flat-bottomed large to time, a at shores joins art and nature. nature. and art joins shores - character the of one explores Bay Belleisle across trip The from rowboats, equipped to transport only a few people people few a only transport to equipped rowboats, from the Gagetown Ferry between these two two these between Ferry Gagetown the privately owned and operated. The early ferries ranged ranged ferries early The operated. and owned privately the ice by 100 yoke of oxen. A trip on on trip A oxen. of yoke 100 by ice the Belleisle Bay Ferry Bay Belleisle 3 early 19th century ferries were often often were ferries century 19th early building that was famously moved over over moved famously was that building Peninsula. hundreds of years. Late 18th and and 18th Late years. of hundreds -century church church -century 18 an commemorates th off Route 177, and Hardings Point at Route 845 on the Kingston Kingston the on 845 Route at Point Hardings and 177, Route off used to cross the St. John River for for River John St. the cross to used Jemseg, a cairn at Sheffield United Church Church United Sheffield at cairn a Jemseg, and Kars on Route 124. Route on Kars and adjacent to the Brundage Point River Centre on Ferry Road just just Road Ferry on Centre River Point Brundage the to adjacent Ferries of some type have been been have type some of Ferries and a world-class birding site. Upriver from from Upriver site. birding world-class a and The Evandale Ferry operates between Evandale on Route 102 102 Route on Evandale between operates Ferry Evandale The The Westfield Ferry operates between Grand Bay-Westfield, Bay-Westfield, Grand between operates Ferry Westfield The Province of New Brunswick. Brunswick. New of Province the largest wetland complex in the Maritimes Maritimes the in complex wetland largest the and Washademoak Lake, and scenic drives along the river. the along drives scenic and Lake, Washademoak and the rich sailing heritage of this part of the Lower River Passage. River Lower the of part this of heritage sailing rich the shore. Most are free, courtesy of the the of courtesy free, are Most shore. to Grand Lake and the Grand Lake Meadows, Meadows, Lake Grand the and Lake Grand to The Kars side of the river provides easy access to Belleisle Bay Bay Belleisle to access easy provides river the of side Kars The won more than 17 trophies in a 40-year career — a testament to to testament a — career 40-year a in trophies 17 than more won a gradual approach to an unknown unknown an to approach gradual a side of the river, Lower Jemseg provides access access provides Jemseg Lower river, the of side railcars for the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Ottawa. in Memorial War National the for railcars The Canada The , which which , sloop racing Victorian the of mementoes play upriver and down, and the thrill of of thrill the and down, and upriver to many artists and craftspeople. On the other other the On craftspeople. and artists many to Hampstead teacher were shipped from here on on here from shipped were teacher Hampstead - dis proudly family Heans the Campground, Point Hardings At trip: a series of unique perspectives perspectives unique of series a trip: The picturesque Village of Gagetown is home home is Gagetown of Village picturesque The blocks with a maple leaf pattern designed by a a by designed pattern leaf maple a with blocks 1920s-era homes built as replacements. replacements. as built homes 1920s-era the excitement of any waterborne waterborne any of excitement the Gagetown Ferry Gagetown across the Maritimes and beyond. Granite Granite beyond. and Maritimes the across (seasonal service) (seasonal 1 the unusually large number of fine fine of number large unusually the PANB 61-139 offer they hand, other the On sible. an old quarry that until recently supplied stone stone supplied recently until that quarry old an noon. The results are visible today in in today visible are results The noon. - unfea be would bridges which in upriver on the trail. Just beyond the trestle is is trestle the beyond Just trail. the on upriver - after single a in homes 50 than more floating links in a highway system system highway a in links floating and enjoy the majestic scenery of the St. John River. John St. the of scenery majestic the enjoy and Pause in Evandale for an interesting walk walk interesting an for Evandale in Pause the Great Fire of 1921 that destroyed destroyed that 1921 of Fire Great the on-and-off platforms, convenient convenient platforms, on-and-off from shore to shore, visit riverside communities, communities, riverside visit shore, to shore from centuries. centuries. 20 along the St. John River John St. the along th A visit to Grand Bay-Westfield recalls recalls Bay-Westfield Grand to visit A River Passage. On one hand, they function as small, stable drive- stable small, as function they hand, one On Passage. River Lower River Passage, enabling visitors to travel travel to visitors enabling Passage, River Lower and early early and 19 the in Passage the in tourism th Kennebecasis River. Kennebecasis River are among the great practical pleasures of travel in the Lower Lower the in travel of pleasures practical great the among are River During any season, they provide a leisurely way of exploring the the exploring of way leisurely a provide they season, any During recall the heyday of steamboat and railway railway and steamboat of heyday the recall Lower River Passage Passage River Lower between the St. John River and the the and River John St. the between The cable ferries that join communities on either side of the St. John John St. the of side either on communities join that ferries cable The water levels sometimes rise metres above seasonal norms. seasonal above metres rise sometimes levels water Eveleigh Hotel, adjacent to the ferry landing, landing, ferry the to adjacent Hotel, Eveleigh from the Kingston Peninsula, located located Peninsula, Kingston the from runs of river ice, followed by the annual flood or “freshet,” when when “freshet,” or flood annual the by followed ice, river of runs The Cable Ferries and the River the and Ferries Cable The The Evandale Ferry and the historic historic the and Ferry Evandale The This is one of several crossings to and and to crossings several of one is This the of Ferries the ravel T engineered to cope with New Brunswick’s winter and early spring spring early and winter Brunswick’s New with cope to engineered Evandale Ferry Evandale 2 Westfield Ferry Westfield 4 Route Ferries Travel the Ferries of the Lower River Passage along the St.