On 2/4/2010 7:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > This message slightly off topic, however I think it relates to anyone > who has family in N.S. and who goes back and forth every few years > to research their ancestry like I do. I just found out yesterday that > the Maine to N.S. ferries are to be discontinued (from Portland and > from Bar Harbor). There is a message at Bay Ferries website > <http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html> > http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html that details why. > Nearest ferry for anyone going from the states to N.S. will be St. > John New Brunswick which is a hike. They cite dropping revenues as > their reason. the web sit says: > On December 15, 2009, the Government of Nova Scotia informed Bay > Ferries Limited there would not be an extension of financial support > for ferry service out of Yarmouth for the 2010 operating season. > > As a result, the high-speed ferry service delivered by our vessel > "The CAT" will end. Is this CAT Ferry the auto and truck Ferry or is that a separate service? bob gillis

Saint John, NB isn't that far really and its a nice city. Bar Harbour requires that you exit off the highway somewhere around Bangor to Acadia penninsula, while Saint John requires about another 3 hours north after Bangor - if you take Rt 9 and through the border at Calais, Maine. Of course, getting your scheduling right so that you can take the ferry from Saint John to Yarmouth could be another issue.. We drive up to Newfoundland every year and never take the ferry from Portland or Bar Harbour or Saint John. We tried Saint John one year but felt like we wasted time and money having to take a motel in Saint John then pay the early am ferry and drive from Yarmouth across Nova Scotia. It was a longer drive than if we do what we've always done - drive up through Calais then through Saint John, Moncton area and on to Nova Scotia, going across the NB/NS border at Amherst. Nice tourist stop there and you could catch the Pipers. And you're on your own time.. Of course, driving through Cape Breton is always a treat, whether you drive the lower side or the upper side. Then we take the ferry from North Sydney to Newfoundland at night so we can sleep and prepare to drive again once in Port aux Basques. We hit Tim Hortons immediately off the boat! Iris -----Original Message----- From: bob gillis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 9:31 am Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued On 2/4/2010 7:53 PM, Brian Smith wrote: > Hi: This message slightly off topic, however I think it relates to anyone who has family in N.S. and who goes back and forth every few years to research their ancestry like I do. I just found out yesterday that the Maine to N.S. ferries are to be discontinued (from Portland and from Bar Harbor). There is a message at Bay Ferries website <http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html> http://www.catferry.com/cat-statement-2009.html that details why. Nearest ferry for anyone going from the states to N.S. will be St. John New Brunswick which is a hike. They cite dropping revenues as their reason. the web sit says: On December 15, 2009, the Government of Nova Scotia informed Bay Ferries Limited there would not be an extension of financial support for ferry service out of Yarmouth for the 2010 operating season. As a result, the high-speed ferry service delivered by our vessel "The CAT" will end. Is this CAT Ferry the auto and truck Ferry or is that a separate service? bob gillis ---------------------------------------- asic List Commands: 1. To post to the list end a message to: [email protected] 2. How to unsubscribe . List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- [email protected] that contains only the word nsubscribe b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- [email protected] that contains only the word nsubscribe 3. How to subscribe end an email containing only the word ubscribe o [email protected] 4. How to change to Digest mode . Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) . Subscribe to Digest mode end an email containing only the word ubscribe o [email protected] ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message