The MV Caribou is a Marine Atlantic passenger/vehicle ferry which operates between the islands of Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island in eastern Canada. Marine Atlantic logo or herald Marine Atlantic Inc. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on short-distance, scheduled services. ... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Cape Breton Island (French: île du Cap-Breton, Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Cheap Breatuinn, Mikmaq: Unamakika), sometimes shortened to just Cape Breton, is a large island on the Atlantic coast of North America. ...

MV Caribou is named after the woodland caribou which graces the coat-of-arms of Newfoundland and Labrador and roams the forests of the island of Newfoundland and its mainland area of Labrador. MV Caribou is also named in memory of her predecessor the SS Caribou, a former Newfoundland Railway passenger ferry which operated on the same route between 1925 and the night of October 14, 1942 when she was sunk by the German U-boat U-69. Of the 45 crew and 206 civilian and military passengers, 137 people lost their lives, many of them Newfoundlanders. Binomial name Rangifer tarandus The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ... Motto: Quaerite Primum Regnum Dei (Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital St. ... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... Newfoundland Railway logo or herald (used 1926-1949) The Newfoundland Railway was a historic railway that operated on the island of Newfoundland and was the longest narrow gauge railway system in North America. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ...

Together with her sister ship the MV Joseph and Clara Smallwood, MV Caribou, is the largest icebreaking ferry in the world. US Coast Guard icebreakers near McMurdo Station, February 2002 An icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move and navigate through ice covered marine environments. ...

Entering service in 1986, she was built by Versatile Davie in Lauzon, Quebec, and is specifically designed for the 96 nautical mile route across the Cabot Strait between North Sydney, NS and Channel-Port aux Basques, NL. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lauzon is a former city in southern Quebec, Canada, located on the St. ... A nautical mile is a unit of length. ... Cabot Strait is a strait in eastern Canada approximately 110 kilometres wide between Cape Ray, Newfoundland Island and Cape North, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. ... North Sydney, Nova Scotia North Sydney is a town on the Eastern Coast of Cape Breton Island, is part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (Since amalgamation in 1995). ... Port aux Basques and the other Marine Atlantic ferry ports Channel-Port aux Basques (also Port aux Basques) is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of the island of Newfoundland fronting on the eastern end of the Cabot Strait. ...

A roll-on, roll-off design with a bow visor, the MV Caribou has 2 vehicle decks and 5 decks above, the main passenger deck being Deck 5. She measures 179 metres in overall length and 25 metres in breadth, weighing 27,212 tons. Her capacity includes 1,200 passengers and 370 automobiles or 77 tractor trailers. She has up to 106 crewmembers. A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... semi-trailer truck with sleeper behind the cab. ...

MV Caribou's design had been commissioned by CN Marine in the early 1980s and was the culmination of years of research into effective icebreaking ship designs. The resulting hull design which MV Caribou and MV Joseph and Clara Smallwood were built to is called "Gulfspan", named in part after the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The "Gulfspan" hull is unique among Canadian icebreakers in that the ship slices through sea ice, rather than using its weight to ride up onto and crushing the ice underneath. This design permits the sister ships to maintain close to regular operating speed. CN Marine was a Canadian ferry company headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the worlds largest estuary, is the outlet of North Americas Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. ... An icebreaker navigates through young (1 year) sea ice Sea ice is formed from ocean water that freezes. ...

At the time that MV Caribou entered service in 1986, CN Marine underwent a restructuring whereby the company was separated from its parent CN Rail and renamed Marine Atlantic. At the same time, CN was beginning the process of abandoning all railway service on the island of Newfoundland, which had been operating as Terra Transport. Several ferry vessels were retired and/or sold at the time that MV Caribou entered service and these corporate restructuring changes were taking place. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Missing image Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Missing image Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present... Marine Atlantic logo or herald Marine Atlantic Inc. ... Terra Transport logo or herald (used 1977-1988) Terra Transport (TT) was the name for the Newfoundland Transportation Division, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CN), created in 1977 as a means to organize the companys operations on the island of Newfoundland. ...

MV Caribou regularly makes the Cabot Strait crossing from North Sydney to Channel-Port aux Basques in approximately 5 hours, 30 minutes, however she has been known to break the 5 hour mark in optimum conditions but frequently comes closer to 6 hours as dictated by established schedules.

During the summer months, MV Caribou operates the Port aux Basques service exclusively with MV Leif Ericson. During the fall, winter and spring months, these vessels are joined by MV Joseph and Clara Smallwood, which operates the seasonal service from North Sydney, NS to Argentia, NL in the summer. Argentia, Newfoundland Argentia on the Avalon Peninsula Argentia is a community on the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...