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St Basile NB – Wire/Cable Ferry Boat (1915)

Detail of horse-drawn cart on ferry

I found some information about this image at the site of the St-Basil Archives des Religieuses Hospitalieres. Apparently this ferry connected St-Basile to St-David and it belonged to Dolphis Daigle. Several Acadians had connections to this ferry including – Willie Theriault, Paul Clavet, Regis Cyr and Francois Vaillancourt. The ferry lost traffic after the opening of the Edmunston Bridge and was finally closed in 1921.

Related Posts:

Index Vintage Postcards of New Brunswick

Historical wire/cable ferries | St-Leonard N.B. – Van Buren Maine

Edmunston NB – International Ferry (ca 1907)

Further Reading:

History of Hôtel-Dieu in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick – University of Moncton

July 16, 2011 - Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | cable ferry, ferry, New Brunswick, St Basile, vintage postcard, wire ferry