Sounds like you have a great system B UT the Saint John ferry NEVER went to Yarmouth. You land in Digby and have a nice couple hours drive up the Annapolis Valley and take the exit at Truro for Newfoundland. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Ferry Service to N.S. Discontinued > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >