Edwin G. 

Hybrid and eferries have been slowly showing up in Canada 🇨🇦

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/electric-ferries-canada-charging-9.7166705
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Des traversiers électriques et hybrides sont tranquillement en train d’apparaître au Canada 🇨🇦

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Want to ride an electric ferry? Here's where they're at across Canada | CBC News

Electric ferries around the world are getting bigger and travelling longer distances than ever. They're also quietly arriving at quays across Canada. Here's where they're at across the country.

CBC
Apr 18 at 4:04pmWeb
Show threadJean-François MezeiApr 18
@EdwinG they mention the Thurso-Cumberland ferry ! (They call it « Rockland » ). Instead of fancy dockside high soeed recharging, they use a forklift. Huge and heavy battery container charged on ground. Couple times a day , forklift replaces the one on ship with freshly charged one and bring depleted one to ground charging station. .
Show threadEdwin G. Apr 18

@jfmezei There are two ferries:
- Cumberland ↔️ Masson
https://www.traversiersbourbonnais.com/en/about-cumberland-ferry/

- Rockland ↔️ Thurso
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Show threadJean-François MezeiApr 18

@EdwinG My bad. It is/was Thurso-Clarence.
Masson-Cumberland is larger diesel ferries. I guess Rockland may have swallowed Clarence so it may now be the Rockland ferry.

This used to be my standard route to Ottawa before the road between Rockland and the start of old Montréal road became impassible to cyclists (they recently added paved shoulder).

Since I switched to the Mason ferry, The word "Clarence" became unused and mistakenly used Cumberland.

Show threadJean-François MezeiApr 18

@EdwinG The original Thurso-Clarence ferry went between the islands to dock on mainland Ontario.

The new ferry docks on Clarence island and they built a road that does a loop to rejoin the road that used to be the ferry terminal road.

Pic 3: view from top of ferry access road. The 2 islands in middle of river are there but hidden by trees

Pic 4, th original diesel Anik. (both pics from 1986).

(Note: google still says Thurso-Clarence)