18-05_8A_FERRIES_PRF1.indd 1 18-05_8A_FERRIES_PRF1.indd 5/13/17 6:02 PM 6:02 5/13/17 7 discoverthepassage .com www. BRIAN ATKINSON BRIAN BRIAN ATKINSON BRIAN the Kingston Peninsula. Kingston the the bay off Route 124 and Long Point on Route 850 on on 850 Route on Point Long and 124 Route off bay the province, call 1-888-747-7006. call province, The Belleisle Bay Ferry operates between a stretch of of stretch a between operates Ferry Bay Belleisle The service interruption notices, call 511. Out of of Out 511. call notices, interruption service historic churches note the passing of time. of passing the note churches historic near the shores testify to summer holidays and gracious gracious and holidays summer to testify shores the near For 24-hour information about ferry ferry about information 24-hour For typical of southern New Brunswick. Tidy cottages dotted dotted cottages Tidy Brunswick. New southern of typical the bay are the gentle forested hills and small mixed farms farms mixed small and hills forested gentle the are bay the ferries.html eastern side of the lower St. John River. On either side of of side either On River. John St. lower the of side eastern departments/dti/bridges_ferries/content/ tic long, narrow fingers of water stretching inland from the the from inland stretching water of fingers narrow long, tic http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/ The trip across Belleisle Bay explores one of the characteris- the of one explores Bay Belleisle across trip The nology. The Lower River Passage’s under-water cable ferries, however, however, ferries, cable under-water Passage’s River Lower The nology. please visit the website listed below: listed website the visit please - tech ancient an is ropes by shore to shore from ferries Drawing Belleisle Bay Ferry Bay Belleisle 3 schedules ferry regarding information For with ropes. with Peninsula. or poled in shallow water, while others were pulled across the river river the across pulled were others while water, shallow in poled or off Route 177, and Hardings Point at Route 845 on the Kingston Kingston the on 845 Route at Point Hardings and 177, Route off or two, as well as foot passengers. Some were propelled with sculls, sculls, with propelled were Some passengers. foot as well as two, or 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 John River. John large flat-bottomed scows, capable of carrying a horse and buggy buggy and horse a carrying of capable scows, flat-bottomed large 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 visit riverside communities, and enjoy the majestic scenery of the St. St. the of scenery majestic the enjoy and communities, riverside visit rowboats, equipped to transport only a few people at a time, to to time, a at people few a only transport to equipped rowboats, 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 Lower River Passage, enabling visitors to travel from shore to shore, shore, to shore from travel to visitors enabling Passage, River Lower often privately owned and operated. The early ferries ranged from from ranged ferries early The operated. and owned privately often 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 During any season, they provide a leisurely way of exploring the the exploring of way leisurely a provide they season, any During for hundreds of years. Late 18 Late years. of hundreds for century ferries were were ferries century 19 early and Ottawa. in Memorial War National the for railcars th th The Canada The , which which , sloop racing Victorian the of mementoes play above seasonal norms. seasonal above Ferries of some type have been used to cross the St. John River River John St. the cross to used been have type some of Ferries Hampstead teacher were shipped from here on on here from shipped were teacher Hampstead - dis proudly family Heans the Campground, Point Hardings At annual flood or “freshet,” when water levels sometimes rise metres metres rise sometimes levels water when “freshet,” or flood annual New Brunswick. Brunswick. New 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 Brunswick’s winter and early spring runs of river ice, followed by the the by followed ice, river of runs spring early and winter Brunswick’s to an unknown shore. Most are free, courtesy of the Province of of Province the of courtesy free, are Most shore. unknown an to across the Maritimes and beyond. Granite Granite beyond. and Maritimes the across the unusually large number of fine fine of number large unusually the the season. These ferries are specially engineered to cope with New New with cope to engineered specially are ferries These season. the PANB 61-139 approach gradual a of thrill the and down, and up-river perspectives 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. ter by ice roads, making for risky crossings at the start and close of of close and start the at crossings risky for making roads, ice by ter they offer the excitement of any waterborne trip: a series of unique unique of series a trip: waterborne any of excitement the offer they 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 - win in replaced sometimes were they though 1900s, early the in system in which bridges would be unfeasible. On the other hand, hand, other the On unfeasible. be would bridges which in system 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 Cable ferries quickly spread throughout the St. John River region region River John St. the throughout spread quickly ferries Cable drive-on-and-off platforms, convenient floating links in a highway highway a in links floating convenient platforms, drive-on-and-off 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 the ferry to pull itself along the cable like a person climbing a rope. rope. a climbing person a like cable the along itself pull to ferry the Lower River Passage. On one hand, they function as small, stable stable small, as function they hand, one On Passage. River Lower tourism in the Passage in the 19 the in Passage the in tourism and early early and th Kennebecasis River. Kennebecasis through the bottom of the ferry, below deck. A diesel engine powers powers engine diesel A deck. below ferry, the of bottom the through John River are among the great practical pleasures of travel in the the in travel of pleasures practical great the among are River John recall the heyday of steamboat and railway railway and steamboat of heyday the recall between the St. John River and the the and River John St. the between Passage River Lower stretches from one shore to the other, passing in a special channel channel special a in passing other, the to shore one from stretches The cable ferries that join communities on either side of the St. St. the of side either on communities join that ferries cable The Eveleigh Hotel, adjacent to the ferry landing, landing, ferry the to adjacent Hotel, Eveleigh from the Kingston Peninsula, located located Peninsula, Kingston the from inventor William Pitt. In Pitt’s unique design, a long slack wire cable cable wire slack long a design, unique Pitt’s In Pitt. William inventor 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 are the innovation of early 20 early of innovation the are century New Brunswick engineer and and engineer Brunswick New century the of Ferries the ravel T th th Evandale Ferry Evandale 2 Westfield Ferry Westfield 4 Route Ferries Travel the Ferries of the Lower River Passage along the St. John River John St. the along Passage River Lower the of Ferries the Travel The Cable Ferries Route Ferries Cable The Cable The La route des La route des traversiers à câble traversiers Voyagez à bord les traversiers du Circuit du Bas Saint-Jean à câble 4 Traversier de Westfield 2 Traversier d’Evandale Il s’agit de l’une des nombreuses traversées Les traversiers à câble et le fleuve Saint-Jean tend d’un rivage à l’autre, passant par un canal spécial sous le pont du Le traversier d’Evandale et l’hôtel historique Eveleigh, adjacent au débarcadère du traversier, à destination et en provenance de la pénin- Voyagez à bord Les traversiers à câble, qui unissent les communautés vivant de cha- traversier.