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Encyclopedia > Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited

Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited is a subsidiary of Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL). Northumberland Ferries Limited (NFL) is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada and headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. ...


In February 2005 Rochester Ferry Company LLC, a subsidiary of the City of Rochester, New York purchased the high speed catamaran ferry Spirit of Ontario I in a bankruptcy auction after previous owner Canadian American Transportation Systems (CATS) shut down the innaugural service in summer 2004 after it operated for 11 weeks. February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Rochester, also known as both The Flower City, and The Flour City, is a city in Monroe County, New York, United States. ... Spirit of Ontario I is a high-speed catamaran passenger-vehicle ferry built by Austal Ships. ... Canadian American Transportation Systems, or CATS, was a company based in Rochester, New York which initiated a passenger/vehicle ferry service on Lake Ontario, connecting Rochester with Toronto. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In April 2005, Rochester Ferry Company LLC selected NFL as the operator of the ferry service using Spirit of Ontario I between Rochester and Toronto, Ontario. NFL then established Bay Ferries Great Lakes Limited, borrowing from the name of NFL's other high speed ferry subsidiary Bay Ferries Limited. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Motto: Diversity Our Strength Map of Ontario Counties, Toronto being red Area: 641 sq. ... Bay Ferries Limited, referred to simply as Bay Ferries, is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada and the United States and is headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. ...


Bay Ferries Great Lakes has announced that the service using Spirit of Ontario I will no longer use the CATS marketing name "The Breeze"; instead the service will be known as "The Cat", similar to the high speed ferry service operated by its sister company Bay Ferries Ltd. between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Bar Harbor, Maine since 1998. Yarmouth is a town and major fishing and ferry port located on the Gulf of Maine in southern Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Bar Harbor, Maine, it the name of two places in Maine Bar Harbor, census-designated place Bar Harbor a larger town This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Contents


Fleet

  • MV The Breeze (formerly Spirit of Ontario I)
  • MV Spirit of Ontario I

Facilities

  • Toronto Marine Terminal - Toronto Port Authority
  • Rochester Ferry Terminal - City of Rochester NY

See Also

The Toronto Transit Commission|TTC]] once operated ferry boats to Toronto Island and serviced by the streetcars. ...

External Links

  • Fast Ferry: Toronto to Rochester - Official Bay Ferries site for Rochester Fast Ferry service

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