#58 Take a Punt Locationless, New South Wales, Australia
By The 2 Dogs on Wednesday 26 June 2002. Waypoint GC68E1

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The coordinates are for the southern terminal of the Lewes, DE to Cape May, NJ Ferry. This was fun!!! Our first time on a car ferry! (OK, so we need a life! )

Thanks for the reverse!!

Our 100th Reverse!!
 

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This is the "Elbefähre Pretzsch", a "Gierseilfähre" on the river Elbe in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
On the photos you can see how these ferrys work; they are held by a long cable in the river, app. 2 to 2.5 times longer than the distance to cross - at the current low level the river was 110 metres wide. Two short cables are fixed on the long one, so that the angle of the ferry towards the river's current can be controled. You can see the difference in angle on the photos 'coming' and 'going'.
The invention of the Gierseilfähre is credited to Hendrik Heuck from Nimwegen in the Netherlands, 1657.
The ferry crosses at a speed of 2.5 to 3.5 km/h.
Although being a very small town Pretzsch has a nice castle - like some other small towns on the Elbe, e.g. Torgau.
This was #1 of 2 of my last locationless tour [:(!] - 275 km in 7 hours on a slippery but nice winter day...
Thank you for this Locationless! (my Locless #60 )
Best regards from Berlin - and a Happy New Year!
Wolfgang
 

27th

Where is the "CABLE" at a North Sea Ferry (Dagebüll to Wyk) ?
Or do you think "cable driven" is an older term form "drive by wire" ?
And where has the river Rhine with its heavy traffic a Cable Ferry?
Regards, Wolfgang

[This entry was edited by xylanthrop on Friday, December 30, 2005 at 1:14:23 AM.]  

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I found the car-ferry in Düsseldorf-Urdenbach. The car-ferry brings cars, bikes and peoples over the river rhine to zons.

Thx

Team Hildanuns
 

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Die Zürichseefähre. Sie fährt ziemlich genau 7Min. um den See zu überqueren. Der Ankerplatz liegt in Horgen. Diese Bilder wurden allerdings auf der anderen Seite, in Meilen aufgenommen.
 

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Found this one today with my Garmin. The ferry is servicing a little island here in Denmark every half an hour.
 

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We found it in Zons, Germany.

Neanderwolf und die Meute
 

11th

Lynchburg Ferry across ship channel in Houston.
 

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Bodininick ferry , Fowey in Cornwall, U.K.

I have traveled many times over the river Fowey on this charming ferry and never actualy taken any photos.

Thanks
Jules
Slaters of St.Ive
 

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we found it in Rolandseck-Bad Honnef,Germany.
Thanks Tom
 

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I was able to log this cache on a working trip to Estonia.
This is the ferry boat from VIRTSU to KUIVASTA (or from the mainland to the isle Kuressaare.
Thank you for the cache and greetings from Belgium.
 

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Taking a trip across the bay on the Bolivar Ferry near Galveston Island.
 

25th

This ferry takes trucks to canada from detroit across the detroit river.
 

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This ferry i found on the river Labe in Usti nad Labem - Czech republic
 

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These pictures are from "Pont Buitenhuizen", which sails from Spaarndam to Assendelft on the Noordzeekanaal (which runs from IJmuiden to Amsterdam)

Team Whitey Sikk
Anja, Mark & White
 

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This ferry, we found, sails from Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth to Meerbusch Lankst-Kierst, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany.

Greetings from Germany
Wetterwachs
 

6th

Found this with the Trilogy of Terror; Check4Cache and The AlbinoRhino.

 

6th

The "Carlisle II" has been in service since 1917 as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet and is currently transporting passengers between Bremerton, Washington and Port Orchard, Washington.
 

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This ferry on the river Rhine in Germany connects the cities of Leimersheim and Leopoldshafen.

 

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Imagine our glad surprise when on a journey through the Ozark mountains of Missouri we found that in order to continue on, we would have to take the ferry across! We had to ring a bell, and a man came to the ferry (on the other side of the river) and started manipulating the cable to pull the ferry to our side of the river. It looked so small, we were a little afraid that our minivan would sink it. But everything went smoothly - it was the highlight of our trip!
 

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This punt is called Lexkseveer and is nearby Wageningen Holland. We were on our way to a other cache and we found this punt. I rememberd that i had seen a cache with it.
I took a lot of pictures just in case. People were strangly watching me.
 

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HEY,, THIS FERRY ON THE GREEN RIVER IS NOT FAR FROM NOLIN, KENTUCKY. A FULL LOAD IS ONLY 4 CARS... THANKS FOR THIS TREK,,,, JEEPSTAFF.
 

29th

This is a little ferry just south of Independence, OR.
 

28th

Nice Idea. The Ferry cross the River Elbe in Dresden (Germany). Between Pillnitz and Blasewitz. die_zittauer
 

28th

Ferry to Dordrecht/Werkendam (The Netherlands)
Logd by Team The Lion
 

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Found during our summer holiday. The cyr ferry is a big one - see the pictures including the technical detaills.
 

24th

Found a very small ferry across the bay from Exxon-Mobil in Texas. It only held about 16 vehicles, and it made a round trip every 10-15 minutes.
 

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This punt (the "Coot") crosses the River Murray at Swan Reach. Couldn't get a picture with cars on it as it was coming back empty, sometimes it's nice not to have to queue.
 

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THIS IS THE Chicheemaun, the Manitoulin Island to Tobermorry FERRY
IT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN SARNIA,ONTARIO CANADA
AS IT UNDERGOES AN INTIRE ENGINE RETRO FIT

FOR MORE INFO ON THE CAR FERRY
http://www.chicheemaun.com/

sorry this is not a punt but nice ferry anyways

[This entry was edited by tnt77 on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 7:07:59 PM.]  

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This is the Wheatland ferry just out side Brook, Oregon
 

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Bac à traille from Seltz-Plittersdorf
N 48° 53.282 E 008° 08.010

Here is the last ferry on the Rhine between Basel and Rotterdam where the engine is the Rhine itself. In French: "bac à traille".
They are two parts of a floating bridge, each on a riverside and in the middle the 120 meters navigable channel will be cross by the ferry only by the craft of the streaming water.
There is a cable crossing above the Rhine maintained between two tower. On this cable runs a trolley with the cable which retains the ferry.
The driver of the Ferry, in Rhine-captain uniform, gets quickly the rudders in position so that the stream keeps the ferry in move.
He has to pile the right moment for crossing over because of the many barges on the Rhine which have the priority (a barge going down stream needs about 2 to 5 kilometres to stop)
The capacity of the ferry is about 8 cars.
Today the ferry was not in action because of repair and maintenance.
A little story : many years ago an army jet fly to low by high speed over the cable, so that the shock of the wave broke it. The ferry was without engine, free on the Rhine and could be recuperated 10 km down stream. By chance nobody was hurt. See also http://www.photo-alsace.com/thematique/activites/portuaire.php


[This entry was edited by DGSTRUCH on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 3:55:06 AM.]
 

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Finding a punt is not difficult in the netherlands but most of them don't have clable across the canal, this one has.

It is a rare one because it is private, I had to pay one Euro for this thirty meters across the Noordhollandskanaal near the city of Den Helder in the very north west part of the Netherlands.

#90

bjorri, de reis is het doel.
 

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The punt is about 50 years old and is run as a family business. The punt is hauled across the Breede River by two or three puntmen by "walking" the punt across the river with drag chains attached to a steel cable that is suspended across the river.The punt can accomodate two vehicles at a time. Although the owners could use an outboard motor to power the punt they prefer to stay with the traditional method which is eco-friendly. The punt is located at Malagas in the Western Cape Province of South Africa about 200 kilometers from Cape Town.The cost of a river crossing is currently ZAR 25.00 (US$3.50)
Tricky Vicky & Mickey.
 

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Hello,

i found the ferry in Duisburg/Germany. The ferry is crossing the Rhein betwen Orsoy and Walsum.

Thank you for the Cache and Greetings from Germany.

Carsten
 

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# 58: Found this cable-ferry in Poland. It is a ferry to cross the river odra.
Greetings from germany, quadman
 

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Busy littel boat at times
Caught this on the way home form a family day out caching
 

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Logged this one on a day of caching in Sydney. This is the Mortlake - Putney Punt across the Parramatta River.

This punt is 2 km West of Bedlam Point the location of one of the earliest punts in Sydney:

"In 1829 with the closure of the lunatic asylum at Bedlam Point, a punt/ferry service began to operate. The old sea wall from the ferry site is still clearly visible. The punt/ferry crossed from Bedlam Point to the Great North Road at Abbortford. Before the punt, there had been a ferry service for passengers but the introduction of the punt meant wheeled vehicles could cross the river as well.
Many roads converged to Bedlam Point to use the punt service because it provided a shorter route to Sydney that either going through Parramatta or crossing further up the river near the site of the present Ryde road bridges. The roads from the Hunter Valley and from Pittwater converged to use the punt which operated for more than 50 years until the Gladesville Bridge was opened in 1881."

 

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You can find this punt in the river IJssel, between Dieren and Olburgen, in the east of the Netherlands (near Arnhem).
There are still a lot of these punts in the Netherlands.

Greetings from the Netherlands.
Team CrankyHenkie

 

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This Ferry crosses the river Weser in Germany near Bremen!

Thanks for the cache!
 

20th

In Basel (Switzerland) there are also four ferrys for persons beside five bridges as spciality.Those ferries cross the river "Rhine" and connect the large and the small Basel
 

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Von diesem Cäsch habe ich lange nichts gewusst.
Doch nun ist der Loc geschafft.

Horgen-Meilen Fähre in der Schweiz in Europa

Gruss Die Motte
 

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This is a cable ferry the traverses the beautiful Kennebecasis River. From it you can see the Hampton marshes in the east and looking west you can almost see the city of Saint John. Forgein visitors have said that vista along this river are similar to those on the famous Rhine River? We know we enjoy its peacefulness and beauty. This ferry is know as the GOndola Point Ferry as one of the cable was attached to the hamlet of Gondola Point. The other end is attached to Kingston Pennisula. This particular ferry has it's bubble generating system which allows it to remain active even in the winter. Just be careful when ice skating.
 

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This cable ferry crosses the Lower Arrow Lake, at Fauquier in the West Kootenays of British Columbia. It operates 24/7. It was built in North Vancouver, BC at the Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. and became part of the Provincial Ferry Fleet in 1990. It is named "Needles" for the displaced town the waters of the lake covered when dams were built for hydro-power generation as part of the Columbia River Treaty was signed.
 

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Found this one between Oka and Hudson in Quebec, Canada.

It is cable driven but by boat also.

I think it is the one and only boat pulled ferry in the entire country of Canada.
 

13th

We found this very strange ferry in Portugalete. It crosses the Ria de Biboa between Portugalete and Las Arenas in Spain. Lovely there it was.
 

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This is the auto ferry General Jubal Early, the only remaining ferry in operation on the Potomac River, and it operates 365 days a year between Maryland and Virginia. The ferry itself is named for a Civil War Confederate General. The coordinates listed are from the center of the Potomac River. The crossing location is Whites Ferry, Maryland. Please see the web link for additional information.

http://www.mcmullans.org/canal/whites_ferry.htm
 

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One of the many NB Canada ferries that ensure a pleasant, laid back look at life. My cousins in this province would never even consider building a bridge!
Good thing too, because there is definitely SOMETHING about cable ferries. I remember we use to ride these back and forth across the Saint John when I was a boy summering in Westfield. On our recent visit, we again made several crossings on these majestic river craft. This one traverses the Kennebecasis River from the Kingston Penninsula to "K" Island, formerly known as McCormacks....TFTC
 

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This cable ferry crosses the weser river at Grohnde, near Hamelin, Germany. It takes cars and passengers across the river, especially at sunny weekends.

Thanks for the cache,
Findonaut
 

28th

This ferry is accros border´s river between two states : Austria and Slovak Republic.
 

27th

Found it on the island Sylt (most nothern part of Germany).
The route goes from Sylt (Germany) to Romö (Denmark).

Greetings,

Fenriswolf


 

27th

Hello,
this ferry cross the river WESER, near the town BREMEN, Germany
thanks for the cache, Martin

 

21st

This cable ferry in the Lake District National Park in the UK takes cars and passengers across the lake between Far Sawrey and Bowness.

 

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Broekhuizen, in the South East of the Netherlands. Punt crosses the Maas. The pictures are taken by night. The punt goes till 10 o'clock in the evening.
Load: 12 ton
Cars: 6 cars / 8 ton
Persons: 50
Costs: 1 person walking Euro 0,10, car with persons Euro 1,70. It takes only a few minutes to cross the Maas.


[This entry was edited by kibas on Monday, August 22, 2005 at 3:21:59 AM.]
 

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This is the Car Ferry or Punt to get our vehicles across the Genner Bugt between island Barso and Loddenhoj in Denmark
 

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This is a real cable ferry for crossing the Schlei (a river in nothern Germany) by Arnis (the smallest town in Germany).

Sorry, there are no cars at the ferry but you can see at the photo that the ferry is able to transport up to 6 cars.
 

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Ferry at Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada that crosses the St. Lawrence River to St-Simeon, Quebec, Canada.
 

13th

This is a car ferry over the luleå river.
near luleå town in the northern sweden.

 

13th

I looked for ages on this one then realised... hey the Lower Portland Punt hasn't been logged yet... so here we go...

after a quick trip around the block and some cache maintenance checks and a reconn for a new GCA cache I finally get to bag the punt.
 

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This punt I stumbled over by chance, I didn't expect one here. But I was enroute from one cache to another and found that instead of a bridge there's a ferry on the shortest way between them. Turns out it's a punt. Location is east of Rovaniemi, Province of Lapland, Finland, Europe. The actual place is called Oikarainen, and that's also the name of the vessel. The river is called Kemi. By the way, when I arrived the ferry had just departed and was about 2 metres from the shore. But when they saw me, it reversed and picked me up. While I was boarding, another car arrived and managed to get on. So I had to take photos after arrival, no time before departure. The trip itself is so short that I was too busy taking the co-ordinates, so no time to get out and take a photo, esp. because I was alone (except for Ben-dog).
 

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Historic Saugatuck Chain Ferry over the Kalamazoo River, Saugatuck, Michigan

We have a cache (Hula Girl) on our favorite, but it was already claimed. Don't you hate it when that happens... So we had to come all the way to Michigan to find another.

According to published information this is the only hand-cranked chain ferry left in the World. Saugatuck is quite the quaint village to visit to do a little shopping. Nearby was a cool independent music store and a spice store with very rare and expensive varieities. Come ride the ferry. They won't make you crank it or cranky...
 

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The Klondike Ferry is one of only seven remaining ferries in Alberta. The ferry operates from April to October. An ice bridge serves as the crossing during the winter months.
The waypoint was recorded midstream and pictures were taken during the crossing. It looks like the ferry can hold up to 4 cars. Only two were on it on our crossing.
Thanks,
 

4th

This ferry transports cars and pedestrians across the Kiel-Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
 

2nd

After Purk logged the other punt on the Bersche Maas, I had to do this one. Was a real "Back to the Roots" experience, since I have lived here for over 15 years, quite some time ago.
My camera did like the place too much; after empty batteries, it failed to give me a sharp picture of the punt. Well the rest will tell some more.

Thanks,

Ad

 

28th

just discovered this one is already taken

[This entry was edited by GIN51E on Saturday, September 24, 2005 at 1:48:14 AM.]  

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This ferry is situated in Denmark near the town of Skjern.
In fact there is two of them at this point. I have photographed the smaller one, which is hand operated.

In fact there are 3 rope ferries within 500m.


 

25th

You have to take this ferry to get to GCKAEB. It crosses the Fraser River in B.C. My daughter and I had a great time with both the cache and the ferry. The ferry uses no power other than the river's current.
 

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This is a small punt wich connect teh smallest city of Netherlands Bronkhorst to the other side of the river IJssel.
it is 5 kilometres from my home village Baak

It 's mostly used bij tourists and bikers, but you can use it with a car.
So no long travel to find this cache

greetings Tenorblower
 

25th

The punt connects two country-roads near Zwingenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and crosses the river Neckar.
However, the days of this small punt are said to be soon over as the community decided to build with Governmental support a small bridge for some million EURO which is less expensive on the long run. Another part of history will soon be gone.
Albatross1901
 

24th

We took this ferry to cross the Donau to reach Kloster Weltenburg. With this small ferry it was a little bit of adventure.

Greetings Team knuffelschnupps
 

23rd

I couldn’t resist trying to sneak this one by The 2 Dogs for purely historical documentation and maybe even a find if he/she/them let it stand. While waiting at the lift bridge, this location less cache jumped into my head. Too bad this wasn’t 10 years ago before modernization crept into even this remote part of Nova Scotia ( Cape Breton Island ) Canada. Some people call it progress, but I think not. The original ferry at this site was only the size of a small cable ferry, but due to the strong tidal current in the Barra Strait, it was propeller driven and ran from Grand Narrows to Iona. It was actually quite a ride due to the fact the little boat had to swing and power way out into the oncoming current in a large arch, to be then swept back down current and into the dock. The captain had to know his stuff back then. I grabbed a few pictures and continued on my way. Well, to my surprise, approx. 2km further on up the Saint Columbia Road at Plaster Cove, there it was, The Littlest Ferry! Floating majestically in Plaster Cove Ponds, flags a flying and crew on board. Just too good to pass by said I. Constructed by one of the former worker ( progress has its price ), it ride the waves in silent tribute to that progress or the lack there of, in this ever changing world. So to make a long story short, pictures I took to prove my story. Also drove back and recorded the remains of the docking structure on the Grand Narrows side of the Strait which is being turned into a marina to attract tourists ( N45 57.379 W60 47.561 ). I believe the original ferry here attracted more local people and tourists just for the ride. And to make this story even more amazing, I came across the Littlest Church you likely see in your travels. Had to include its picture.
 

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This punt operates to the island of Soisalo in Vehmersalmi, Finland. It is the largest island in Finland (1 638 km²) and somewhere it is even named the largest inland island in Europe, but I haven´t been able to confirm that.
Thank you for this locationless!
N_7_yrs, K_4,5_yrs, S_1,5_yrs (& Mum & Dad)
 

21st

been today twice with the ferry across the Bergse Maas.
these are a couple of pictures from our trip where my son was very happy because it was his first time to travel with a ferry.

greets,

Purk
 

21st

We were on the Koegelwieck from Terschelling to Harlingen and meet the Friesland. At N53.15.044 E005.10.911 we meet the Midsland. Gr. Bram, Marijke en Tineke
 

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The Drummond island Ferry was a link on our pathway to hit some caches on drummond island!


 

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A small ferry in the Netherlands in de Deventer region. It crosses the river Ijssel. It's able to transport cars, small trucks, bikers and pedestrians. At the moment we were there it was'nt very crowded, but the weather was nice and we were able to take the necessary pictures. I hope the cahce owner likes our input!

Team VDE
Apeldoorn
Holland
 

10th

Found it at ile de boucherville, a island park near of Montreal

It's a small Cable Ferry for 2 cars and many bikes

BeerMan-Qc
 

8th

This punt (ferry) goes across the south arm of Lake Charlevoix in Charlevoix County Michigan.
 

6th

I was stucked in traffic in Montréal (going to my brother's place in Laval) and I decided to use a different route. I ended up on l'Ile Bizzare, which is right across my brother's place. Instead of a bridge, it is a ferry, a cable-ferry, that people use to cross the river there. What a coincidence... It is a locationless I wanted to do! SO I took the necessary pictures and here they are...

Thanks for the locationless.

Mr. Speedy's parade
 

5th

this ferry is located in wisconsin, we took pictures back in july but finally got around to logging this one. one picture is taken at the landing, and the other is taken on the crossing. TFTC
 

5th

Cool idea for a locationless. Will try to find one soon.  

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The Albion Ferry is a short 5 minute crossing of the Fraser River between Maple Ridge & Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

This is a very busy route and is scheduled to be replaced by a new high level bridge crossing down river a few miles very soon.

Currently this route is served by two vessels which can both be seen in one of the pictures I have uploaded.
 

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Took a ride on the Bemus Point-Stow Ferry in Stow, NY
 

23rd

N 35° 54.731 W 076° 49.058
Found this cable ferry near Williamson, NC on the Cachie River. Skyboy01
 

18th

Fort Morgan,AL. to Dauphin Island ,AL. ferry trip
 

18th

We used this unique car ferry on a day out caching in the South West of England. Wasn't sure if it counted at first as it doesn't use cables but have checked other logs and have come across another one of these rare tug-driven car ferries. This one is the lower ferry from Dartmouth - Kingswear (the upper ferry is chain driven but has already been logged).
Many thanks,
The Hancock Clan

 

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Car ferry from Hattaras Island to Ocracoke Island on the outer banks of North Carolina.

Not sure if this will count since the GPSr in not in the correct picture. This is an afterthought, since I was actually on the ferry last year. There is a virtual cache in the middle of the ride--the cache is called HI to OI (OBX Ferry Cache). Please feel free to edit/erase this log if neccessary.

[This entry was edited by FatTony on Friday, June 17, 2005 at 2:46:24 PM.]
 

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We watched this ferry go from Fort Ticonderoga,NY to Larrabees Point,VT on Lake Champlain many times while anchored nearby,before we started Geocaching It operates 8:00AM-5:45PM every day when the ice is off the lake, its about a 0.5 NM. crossing
 

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I know that this one was already reported. But it was reported in winter while the ferry is closed. So here are some photography while on-board...

Location at center (more or less): N45 31.195 W73 52.147

This cross from l'île Bizarre to l'île Jésus (near Montréal in Canada).
 

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The log by Team Vertigo of May 31 is obviously a fake, and a rather primitive one, as are all their other Find logs.  

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Here the boot incl. gps (left)
 

30th

Neat Ferry crossing the Green River in Mammoth Caves State Park in Kentucky.
 

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N 45° 10.465 W 061° 41.830
I completed this cache on May 29, but am logging on June 22 because I could not find the listing.

This cable ferry is located near Country Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, (pop. less than 1000; boasts one of the deepest natural harbours in North America) and runs between the tiny communities of Country Harbour Mines and Mount Misery. Caching buddy seashadow and I were the only passengers, and had a great chat with the ferry captains before and after the crossing.

There are three other cable ferries in Nova Scotia, all of which have previously been logged. The other ferries are very short crossings. This took about 15 minutes.

TFTC!
 

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This chain ferry runs from Plymouth in south west Devon to Torpoint in south east Cornwall, England. There are three ferries, the Lynher (Which we travelled on for this log), Plym 2 and the Tamar. The website for the ferries is http://www.torpointferry.org.uk
 

14th

The car ferry from Neckarhausen - Ladenburg, near Mannheim, Heidelberg in Germany.
It's pulled by chain, but guided by cable.
The first ferry was here on 1483!

mike
 

10th

Found this car ferry on the Rhine River at St. Goar, Germany while on a three-week backpacking trip through Europe.
 

4th

In my hometown (Culemborg, the Netherlands) there is a fixed cable ferry to cross the river Lek.

[This entry was edited by Kinabalu on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 at 1:41:01 PM.]
 

4th

Found this ferry near Brunsbüttel / Germany. This location called Ostermmor and there is a ferry.

Thanks, greeting Sueffel
 

1st

This cable driven ferry crosses the Kootenay River on Highway 3a near Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
 

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This cable ferry ("Schleifähre Missunde") crosses the Schlei in Missunde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Schlei is a beautiful 42 km long fjord. It stretches from the Baltic Sea near Kappeln to the city of Schleswig.
 

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Grabbed this while in Virginia. This Cable Ferry crosses the James River. I'll post the photos as soon as I download them. TFTC!
 

24th

This one is crossing the Rhein from Germany to France by Kappel.
 

24th

This punt is colled a "Gierpont" in the river Lek in the centre of holland between Beusichem en Wijk bij Duurstede.

Team Loper
 

24th

This one is crossing the river Elbe in Germany near the small town Sandau. It's 36 m long, nearly 10 m wide and can transport up to 12 cars or 45 tons.
The river is about 200 m wide at this point and we were really surprised about the length of the cables for this small ferry. They are 500 m long and fixed to the bottom of the river.
Greetings from Berlin and thanks a lot for this nice cache,
Balla & Silly
 

20th

#16
This cable ferry runs between Landsmeer and Watergang in the Netherlands. It can take two cars, but usually only pedestrians and bicyclists (like me this time) take this punt, because the freeway is near.
 

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N 18° 10.020 W 088° 21.000
Now this is the most awesome cable ferry I've ever used. It runs across a small river on a sand/gravel road that leads from Orange Walk, Belize to the Cerros Mayan Ruins. It is called Pueblo Nuevo Ferry, but I couldn't find out the name of the river. Two people are needed to turn the crank, making the 30 meter crossing a 10 minute trip. Three cars can be transported in one go. All very easy-going, you got time for a chat. The booth of the ferrymen is plastered with center folds, so at least they have some enjoyment during their work. The road itself is a dry-season dirt path only (check out the pic of our car going on the ferry, and then on the return trip)
 

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Saw this from Fort Fisher and remembered that I could get credit for a photo.
 

10th

This little punt is a stand in for the originally car ferry which is on slipway. The punt goes from Aalborg to a little island called Egholm in the inlet Limfjorden in Denmark.
 

3rd

very small punt at Caputh near Potsdam (Germany).
BTW: Caputh is the nice little town where Albert Einstein (E=mc²) lived some years in an interesting wooden house...
 

1st

This ferry runs accross the Murray River at Wellington in South Australia.
 

28th

Today looking for caches and not for eggs what does most of the people on Easter. Underway this cable punt found.
It is the punt between Bern and Herpt in the Netherlands.

Æ-soft
 

27th

I did every thing right and took to coords in the middle of the river etc., but forgot to get my GPSr in any of the pictures. I hope this is acceptable. Located North on the North Thompson river about 35m north of Kamloops, BC, Canada
 

27th

Trouvé aujourd'hui entre St-Marc et St-Charles-sur-le-Richelieu. Le traversier est en révision avant la saison estivale qui débutera dans deux mois approx.

Found it today between St-Marc and St-Charles. This cable ferry is currently being revised so it'll be ready again this summer.
 

26th

Today we had to use this "pont" to find a new cache (GCMHT9) at the other side of the river. This cable ferry is between Genemuiden and Zwartsluis, crossing the river Zwartewater.

Teammembers: L.I.E.F.
 

20th

A long time ago I read abouth this cache, but forgot it. Last week, crossing a river by punt I remembered it again but later I could not find it anymore. Today I again crossed a river using a Punt, and took some pictures. And I also found the cachepage again. So Thanks for this cache.
The punt is crossing the river (Lower-)Rhine in Holland near a little town named Elst.
 

17th

This ferry under the castle Strecno crosses the river Vah, near the town Zilina, Slovakia.
See also cache The Dragons rock - it's located on the rock clously under the castle - the place is on the photo "http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0b872253-e9da-4169-ba31-3fbfa16f1a03", and the cache Meander - about 2km upward Vah river "http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=64ad7eb8-061b-42bf-a8a4-d7e53cb12dc4"
 

16th

This ferry as we call it is a cable ferry that crosses little narrows its only about 200 ft across. It is located on Cape Breton Island,Nova Scotia,Canada. Could not get out for pics on the ferry. Thanks for the hunt it was fun.
 

15th

This is the St Johns River Ferry on A1A between Ft George Island and Mayport, in Jacksonville, Florida. The photos were taken from the Ft George Island side.
 

6th

The Anderson Ferry has been in continuous operation since 1817. It is the lone survivor of dozens of ferries which once served the Cincinnati area. It is located about 6 miles west of downtown Cincinnati, providing the only automobile crossing between the I-71/75 Brent Spence Bridge and the I-275 Caroll C. Cropper Bridge. The ferry has been in operation so long that a dirt road leading to it dating from the early 1800's grew into a major West Side road in the 1900's. Anderson Ferry Rd. makes the ferry easy to find, and has been free advertising for the operation for over 100 years.

The ferry has become increasingly popular in recent years as the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport has expanded and operates three boats during peak hours. The airport is located about three miles south of the ferry in Kentucky, and has grown from a single runway in the 1940's to one of the nation's largest airports, with over 1,200 daily flights. The ferry saves West Siders ten miles of driving, and is popular both with those catching flights and those who work at the airport.

Ferries are victims of their own success, and proposals for a bridge in the area have floated around for decades. With each proposal a citizens group forms to oppose it, and the ferry gets a few more years to carry on. A bridge most likely will be built in this area eventually, as utilities have been extended and efforts to develop western Hamilton County are being pushed.

It would be sorry to see this go.

TFTC

 

3rd

We found these Ferries in Los Cristianos - Tenerife / Spain.
Thanks for the cache
 

27th

This ferry operates between Palva island (at Velkua, Finland) and the main land.
 

21st

wow i cant believe no one has logged this cache before,

ah well too bad for them..

The Berowra waters Ferry, carrying people from Berrilee to Berowra and back again for as long as i can remember.

gone are the good old days when as a kid you would walk onto the ferry as mum and dad drove on , and then you would stand at the gates watching the world go by, then if you were lucky enough and asked nicley the ferry master would let you un shackle the gates and swing them open, and if you were even luckier you could open the boom gate on the shore to let all the cars out.... alas its no more, pedestrians are confined to a walkway and cabbin, you cant get out of your cars and walk around, and the gates are all automatically operated
 

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This is the Gagetown ferry across Gagetown Creek to Scovil in NB, Canada. Ferry runs 24/7 all year, and there is no charge to cross.
 

1st

The cable ferry "Het Schouw" in the village Akersloot, The Netherlands.
 

29th

This is the English Town Ferry Located in Cape Breton Nova Scotia
 

15th

This Ferry is at Lyrup, South Australia, and crosses the Murray River.Each of these ferries is named after one of the local birds, this is the 'Ibis'. (Another further down the river which no-one has yet is the 'Coot') This place will never get a bridge so I imagine this ferry will still be going in 100 years.
 

8th

This punt is crossing the Zwarte Water canal in the Netherlands.
 

6th

This ferry crosses the Morava river: Slovakia Austria border.
 

6th

Balboa Island Ferry; Newport Beach, CA

This ferry takes cars and passengers from Balboa Pennisula to Balboa Island. There is a bridge on the opposite side of the island to get back to California's Pacific Coast Highway.

The ferry is more fun than a neccessity but gets a lot of traffic. Cachedigger and I actually rode the ferry today.

The coords above are from the middle of Newport Harbor. There are two ferries that cross opposite of eachother. I've included a picture of that one too. My car is in front with all the antennas on top.

Thanks for this fantastic locationless cache. To my knowledge, this is the ONLY ferry in Southern CA!

Dino - K6RIX
 

3rd

Found this one between Dresden and Pillnitz, crossing the River Elbe.

Regards, skaut
 

2nd

This is the Sawrey Ferry, crossing one of the many Lakes in the English Lake District. NW England is full of Lakes, and with narrow raods they can take a long time to drive round. The Cable mechanism is obscured from view and my photo of it only showed water.
 

30th

#142, 16.10h

We took a punt(in Dutch pont) on our way back and crossed the IJssel near Wijhe the Netherlands.
 

19th

This car-ferry I found near Bratislava-city, Slovak republic. It going over the Danube-river between two villages, Vojka and Kyselica.
 

19th

On our way to the "Weinheim Trift Earthcache" we took the Nierstein ferry across the Rhine river.
For more information please visit http://www.faehre-nierstein.de/index.html
Greetings from Germany, Thomas & Birgit

 

21st

This is the Brussels Ferry going over the Illinois River.
 

21st

Went on a flight today at the Toronto City Center Airport.
This is the worlds shortest ferry, 91 meters.
TFTC
soah & le Tigre

 

14th

We visited the Harsens Island Car Ferry in southeast Michigan. The car ferry can handle probably 12 vehicles, and during the months of April - November officially runs every 20 minutes. In reality, when the ferry is full or if there are cars waiting at the other side, it goes. The entire trip is perhaps 3-4 minutes. This being Michigan, our waters freeze, but the ferry's constant trips keep the channel open and not frozen. The trip to Harsen's Island from the mainland is $5, but the trip back from the island to the mainland is free. During the winter months, the car ferry runs once an hour. I don't think we use the word "punt" here.

I couldn't find any info on the mechanism, but the cabling is underwater. This is a deep channel and large boats travel on it, so an overhead cable would be a safety issue.

Pretty cool trip - very smooth and quick.
 

11th

Went over this ferry while I was going from one cache to another.
It is located on the Wicomico River in Whitehaven Maryland. It is a free ferry that can cerry three vehicles at a time. It was empty as it came to pick me up. The picture out of my truck windshield shows the ferry and the cable on the bottom right side. The second picture is the ferry information for schedules. It apparently operates on demand sitting on one side until it is needed. The trip was less than five minutes.
 

8th

We found this ferry in Strausberg, about 10 miles east of the German capital of Berlin. The ferry operates since 1894! There is a cable in the water, and in the first 20 years it was driven along that cable by human power. Since 1915 it operates with electricity, which is fed by an overhead cable, which is unique in Europe!

Generator & Kiki
Berlin, Germany


 

7th

We logged this one when we were on our way out to an island where we should make our own regular cache( GCM0PQ ).

Mats& Åsa
 

4th

This is our new ferry at Gondola point, the "RGL Fairweather" named in honour of Robert Gordon Lee Fairweather, the first chairperson of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and of the Parliament of Canada.

It began operation in September '04, and works alongside the "William Pitt" (see Red Witch's log). It is the first cable ferry at this location to have the overhead wheelhouse (is it even called a wheelhouse on a cable ferry??), and has made a big difference in the time it takes us to reach the "mainland" Hopefully this will keep those impatient people who have been crying for a bridge calm for a few more years.
 

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This is the one of "Maren-Kessel - Alem" in the Netherlands.
It is a new one sinds Januari I think. Her name is special: "Amalia" is the new born princses too.
Wielbelast: 5 ton
Asbelast: 10 Ton
gewicht: 20 Ton
gewicht: 45 Ton
personen: 100
pers. Auto's: 12
Voertuig: 21 mt
When I make the pictures the captin ask me or I'm from the newspaper?

 

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This is the rhine ferry between Neuburg (N48° 58.617' / E8°15.395') and Neuburgweier (N48° 58.705' / E8°15.269') near Karlsruhe. The shippin of a car costs 3€. The ferry is powered by a diesel engine.
Sorry for bad pictures. Is was too dark to make better pictures.

found at 5.30 PM by
Schnueffler
 

31st

This Ferry is working in Hoopte. Hoopte is a small village near Hamburg/Germany and cross over the "Elbe" a big river in germany
 

30th

I suspected someone had already logged the north Queensland Daintree River Ferry (and I was right - see June 18, 2003 log by Tangles) but I love ferries and I took pictures anyway. I'm still working through the 2083 photos I took in Australia and I find that the ones I took when we rode the ferry both directions on August 31, 2004 are somewhat different from the ones posted with the official log so I decided to post them. We didn't see any crocodiles here. We bought some very good locally raised bananas from a roadside stand at the north dock. My coordinates are the North bank, not midstream.

Neva P , home in Lincoln Nebraska  

23rd

This is the ferry which is connecting Ginsheim (Hessen / Germany) and an island in the river Rhine, the Nonnenaue. It is only a short way across the backwater of the river Rhine, but it is the only way to reach the Nonnenaue by car.
The owner was not pleased as I took the pictures, and he wouldn´t give further information about the ferry to me.
I want to thank you for the cache and wish you good luck for the "hunting"
so long

Yogman (Manz and Yogi)

 

18th

This is the new Howe Island cable ferry, located just outside of Kingston, Ontario. It went into service last week. The carrying capacity of this ferry is 23 cars, up from the 15 cars for the old ferry.
 

12th

This is the Gees Bend Ferry on the Alabama River, located near Camden, Alabama, in Wilcox County. The ferry is currently not in operation, due to needing inspections by the Coast Guard. The ferry will cross the Alabama River, and connect the isolated community of Gees Bend to the rest of the world. Currently, school children from Gees Bend have to take a 40 mile bus ride to attend school in Camden (the nearest bridge across the Alabama River is several miles away, which causes this problem). The ferry had a role in Alabama's turbulent civil rights struggle during the 1960s. In 1962, Wilcox County officials shut the ferry down to keep civil rights protesters out of Camden. The Gees Bend community (a predominantly African American area)is located in a curve of the river, and has been isolated from the rest of the county ever since, and the residents must make the 40 mile drive to go to work, buy groceries, seek medical care and take care of their affairs in Camden. When the ferry goes back into service, it will be only a 5 mile drive to the city. Here are some links with more information about the ferry and its history:

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/109593097510460.xml

http://uanews.ua.edu/jul97/hendren070297.htm

http://geesbendferry.com/

Many thanks to the cache owner for allowing us to log this ferry.




 

10th

The ferry that travels to Kennebecasis Island from the Kingston Peninsula, in the St. John River, New Brunswick. The island has a small summer population and the ferry is seasonal. Photos show the ferry, posted sign showing operating hours, and GPS aboard the ferry. Although it seems there is no name on the ferry, one road sign named it the Peninsula Princess. Today is Thanksgiving day and all was quiet on the ferry, we were the only passengers going across and back!
Theretiredhiker and BH
 

10th

I've been "driving" past this punt for years, on my way to and from various locations out on the California Delta. Most notably is "Ski Beach", which is JUST past the 5MPH zone of this cable-drawn ferry. We see it in operation from time to time - it is the "Woodward Island Ferry", and spans Middle River between (go figure) Woodward Island and Jones Tract.

Interesting Delta trivia: the levee around Jones Tract broke recently, and this entire area of the Delta was off limits, and a no wake zone for miles. Many were evacuated, and it took some time for the repairs to be completed. This was my first time back in the area SINCE then...
 

26th

This cable ferry is operating between Spitz (left bank) and Hofanrsdorf (right bank) of the Danube http://www.austrianmap.at/tp.asp?s=12|154518|360158|0 . The ferry boat holds up to 9 cars and it takes you about 7 minutes to cross the river. As you can see on one photo not only people, cars and bicycles are transported but other vehicles too . For security reasons only, the cable ferry can be run on a small auxiliary engine too.
 

4th

Found this "gier" - ferry in Coswig/Anhalt - it is moved only with the power of the streaming water - the river is Elbe - T4TC!

Jack_Sparrow

 

2nd

We found this history ferry, build in 1562, in the north of Germany. It is the last ferry in lower saxony where only man power is used for crossing the river. It is the eatuary of the river Leda and Jümme.

Thanks for this great cache idea.

Greetings from Germany
Freddy & Claudia
 

28th

Found the ferry, Colsac III, today on our way to the Wisconsin Dells on Highway 113. The ferry provided a fun crossing and some nice views of the Wisconsin River!

It was a rainy, overcast day, but we had a nice trip and had fun in the Dells at Noah's Ark, the largest waterpark in the USA. Always good to log a few caches on a roadtrip!

I noted that the previous Merrimac ferry, Colsac II, had already been logged, but this new ferry appears to have never been logged.

TFTC!
 

27th

We found this ferry on the Mosel river in Germany.

regards

Weddlia
(Andi & Moni)
 

14th

Flash! is alive!!

On my way to 'The Ixie's Saga II "High above"' I passed punt Lexkesveer. I parked my car on it, took some photos and even found 'The Ixie's Saga II "High above"'!

Thanx!

Flash!

 

14th

LATE ENTRY FROM 10 AUG 04:
This is the Bleriot Ferry which crosses the Red Deer River
north of Drumheller Alberta, Canada.
I have no USB cable, and am logging this cache from a library 400 km to the south of my home base, so pics will be posted on Monday 16 Aug 04. As my log-on time is limited, I'll edit this entry later.
TFTC!!!!

 

10th

Ryer Island Ferry California Route 220 across Steamboat Slough near Isleton, CA. State Highway Dept runs these ferries for free. I guess it's cheaper than building drawbridges. Shooting into the setting sun. Poor exposure. They ask you to stay in your vehicle as the crossing takes only 4 minutes so no shots of the mechanism.

 

28th

This ferry connects the two cities Klosterneuburg and Korneuburg in the north of Vienna / Austria. It's made for 25t or ~140 People. 4 Cars are having place. On both watersides are nice small huts where you can buy some sausages and beverages. (Beware of the tons of moskitos in summer!) The punt only operates in summer when the weather is fine (no fog).

thx 4 the nice idea
Schatzmeister & (B)Engel

 

24th

This is the Ferry of Puutossalmi that connects the towns of Kuopio and Vehmersalmi. The ferry has its own (Finnish) web page at http://www.tieliikelaitos.fi/lautat/puutossalmi.htm .

 

18th

This is a car ferry across the river Neckar. The ferry is located near a small town called Hassmersheim which can be found 30 kilometres south of Heidelberg, Germany.

It is a fixed cable ferry and the cable is a chain. The transport fee for one person is EUR 0,50 and for cars including the driver EUR 1,50.

We enjoyed the experience to use this ferry.

gps-guru(s)- Ralf and Renate - Germany

 

11th

This ferry crosses the bay Bråviken in Sweden between Skenäs and Säter. We used it on a normal Swedish summer day (it was raining) to get to the other side of the bay to continuing caching.

Hemulerna BCJ

 

11th

Located in Lahave, NS. The current cost is $5 to use this ferry to cross the Lahave River. When we got there, the ferry had just left.

 

7th

Englishtown Cable Ferry Nova Scotia
This ferry crosses St Ann's Bay and leads you to the Cabot Trail. I rode across it in 2002 and when I saw this cache knew that I would cross it again. Thanks for the cache. Info on web at http://www.gov.ns.ca/tran/ferries/ferriesmain.asp


 

7th

#242

Please note: This ferry has been logged on July 24, 2002; but, there is no GPS confirmation photo included.

This Valley View Ferry at the Kentucky River on Highway 169 in Fayette County, Kentucky.

http://www.lfucg.com/TrafficInfo/ValleyViewFerry.asp

 

5th

This is a ferry called Westerly located in Valdez, Alaska
used to transport people,cars,etc. Akwhodini

 

26th

This is the punt from Frankfurts side of the river Main to Mühlheim. The pictures show both sides of the punt with cable and the GPS: unluckily you can't read the numbers clearly. When you come from North you can use this ferry to go for "Indy I" as I did some months ago!
 

25th

BARÖSUNDS FÄRJA!
We did log it on midsummer eves day when there was a lot of traffic!
The ferry is going from main land, Ingå to Barösund in southern Finland.

 

22nd

This is a chain ferry linking East and West Cowes on the Isle of Wight, UK.
Buitlt by Fairey Marine it saves a drive of approx 10miles.

 

19th

We rode this ferry while on a trip to southern Alberta to visit Big R's grandfather's grave site. This ferry is west of the town of Drumheller and crosses the Red Deer river. We have been on this ferry before and we canoed past it two summers ago. Being so close we just had to grab this locationless!

The pics that we have posted were shot between 10:15pm and about 10:30. It is amazing how quickly the sky became dark! Thanks for the cache!!



 

13th

This a very small and old cable-carferry at the river Rhine in the small town of Ginsheim near Frankfurt, Germany. Since there is no car on the ferry, and we didn´t make the photo with the coordinates at the middle crossing, we will post the two missing photos later - just give us some time.

Wurm & Maus from Germany (#180)

 

30th

Germany / Bavaria / Lake Constance = Bodensee at Friedrichshafen. This is the car ferry from Friedrichshafen to Romanshofen (Switzerland). THX4Cache! It was a nice day and we found 7 caches this day and saw the rhinefall at Schaffhause as well (Great!).

 

27th

This is "Fähre Pritzerbe-Kutzkow" in Brandenburg, Germany. The ferry works on request, it crosses the river Havel. It was a funny, but short trip. Fee of 3,20€ for the car, 3 persons and briard Blacky...

 

20th

This nice cable car ferry is located at the river danube in the famous Wachau/Austria. It connects St. Lorenz with Weissenkirchen. There are many vineyards and "Heurige" around which are allways worth a visit...

We had a lot of fun, thx for this very nice cache!

[This entry was edited by PlanetEarth on Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 8:54:01 AM.]

 

19th

Canby Ferry, Willamette River, NW of Canby, Oregon, about 8 miles south of Oregon City, and east of Wilsonville.

The ferry crosses the Willamette a few miles east(downriver) from Wilsonville. Established in 1911. It operates daily year-round except in very high water.

 

16th

The Higher ferry at Dartmouth, South Devon, England. The ferry links Dartmouth with the North area of Kingswear.

It is a cable ferry with paddles to pull the cable through. It holds approx 18 cars.

Plymplodders.


 

9th

Reedham Ferry, Reedham, Norfolk, England, UK

On our way to a new cache, Reed the Clues (GCJBE3), we encountered this pleasant little ferry which crosses the river Yare near Reedham, in the middle of the Norfolk Broads. Unlike other examples I've seen it uses two chains, turned around large diameter wheels, driven by electric motors to pull itself across the Yare. Cheers,

Bluelamb03

 

3rd

This is the Hovnäs ferry over the river Dalälven in Sweden. It operates only in summertime and has no fixed timetable. You have to push a button that starts a loud alarm that wakes the ferryman. The ferry is mainly used by local farmers and tourists.

KEOLL

 

16th

This ferry is a cable drawn vehicular ferry operating at Ulamarra. The ferry operates across the Clarence river near Grafton, NSW. I found this one while heading from Sydney to Brisbane. The ferry was just coming in as I pulled up and I had to do a lot of head shaking and waving to indicate I didn't really want to cross. I was running a little behind my schedule of getting back to Brisbane so needed to keep going.

Found by jfreak at 16:30 on 16/4/2004

 

13th

This is a unique ferry in the middle of a beautifull environment. Not using this ferry means a walk of 10 miles.


 

12th

This ferry is operated across the river "Lek", in the middle of the Netherlands (extension of the Rhine) between the small towns of Ingen and Elst. The ferry is fixed to a cable, which is attached to an anchor upstream. Thus, the ferry only needs some propulsion and, like the second leg of a pair of dividers, moves from shore to shore.

Doofie, the Netherlands

 

12th

Took this cable-ferry today during a caching trip in West Brabant in the Netherlands. (Drongelen-Waalwijk over the Bergse Maas)
Look at: http://www.voetveren.nl/F000164.htm

It is a free ride !! Real Dutch!!

Thanks, Twumi...

 

10th

Down the Coorong for a day geocaching and found this 'punt' on the way home. Like some of the other logs this ferry crosses the Murray River in South Australia. The ferry is located at the base of cliffs next to the small town of Tailem Bend and links the town to nearby farm lands. Cheers, Rav4Raiders

 

5th

found it near breda the netherland

 

4th

This is the car ferry on Windermere in the Lake District of England. It was a rain and sunny spells day with a breeze. I couldn't get a shot of the workings but the shots clearly show the cables etc. Cheers Maxkim.

 

3rd

Found this chain link ferry whilst we were on holiday in Cornwall. It is the King Harry Ferry and goes from the South of Truro over to the Roseland Penisula which is a very beautiful part of Cornwall. It is the only ferry that goes across the River Fal.
Nice to see these old ferries still working.
Thanks for setting this one.
The Coastway Cruisers.

 

3rd

The Wheatland Ferry connects Polk and Marion Counties about 12 miles downriver from Salem. The $1.35 fee to cross is a real bargain with today's gasoline prices. The ferry has both an overhead cable and another underwater. It is also adjacent to Willamette Mission State Park, and near at least one traditional cache.

 

2nd

A punt between Wageningen and Rhenen to cross the river Rhine. The punt is attached to a cable attached in the centre of the river (see drawing).

 

2nd

All winter we have been waiting to get a ride on this Ferry. We drove across the ice bridge that was in place only once. There are only 2 families who live on the other side. This cable ferry is free and runs 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week in the operating season.

This is known locally as the Gardiner Ferry and crosses the Abitibi River.

We have a traditional cache hidden nearby,
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a2513874-d9c9-4933-ad8b-ae0029652e5b

In January of 1996, Cloutier's Machine Shop Limited was contracted by the Ministry of Transportation to reconstruct the center section of the Cable Ferry known as Cassiopeia IV. This ferry was built in 1957 and is operated at Gardiner, 32 kilometres north of Cochrane, Ontario on Highway 579. The ferry operates approximately 9 months of the year. During winter freeze up, the ferry is replaced by an ice bridge. The length of the ferry is 15.2m, 26.2m with ramps in place and has a width of 7.3m. The carrying capacity is 35 tonnes.

[This entry was edited by Connie&Keith on Saturday, April 03, 2004 at 7:44:59 AM.]

[This entry was edited by Connie&Keith on Saturday, April 03, 2004 at 7:47:57 AM.]

 

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This Cable Ferry is between Sandbanks and The Isle of Purbeck in Southern England across the mouth of Poole Harbour, which is the second largest natural harbour in the world (Sydney in Oz being the largest).

Sandbanks is one of the most expensive places to but property in the World. Famous resisdent was once John Lennon's Auntie, who used to look after him as a boy.

 

28th

This ferry crosses the short gap across the inlet between Opua and the peninsula opposite in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. A 10 minute trip has to be better than the 70+km road trip
Lovely and quiet this afternoon, and we managed to talk our way into a free return trip by playing "tourists"

This ferry has been used to carry entire houses as the road isn't suitable for the heavy haulage. In the words of the attendant, "They hang over the side a bit" !!!

Thanks for the hunt (and a pleasant although very short pseudo-cruise).



 

27th

Crossed this Ferry with my wife after a one night backpack outing in the Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. To get to the hiking area you have to cross the Green River and the only way is to use the Ferry. This operation is open from 6:00am - 9:55pm CST under normal water levels. Typically holds 3 vehicles per crossing and is run by the National Park Service. Some of the water from the Green River enters and exits the Mammoth Cave. This is the longest recorded cave system in the world with more than 360 miles explored and mapped, a very nice park to visit.

[This entry was edited by KY Hiker on Sunday, April 04, 2004 at 4:42:19 PM.]

 

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Welcome aboard the Fatman barge on the Pieman river in North West Tasmania.
This ferry has been operating since the late 1800's.
The area has seen mining, Huon pine collection and more recently Hydro electric generation.
A bit ironic that the small settlement of Corinna, which the ferry is located at, is one of the few places in Tasmania that is not connected to the electricity grid.
It has a load of only 5 tonnes, 2 cars, and lurches alarmingly when you drive onto it.
It is now driven by a diesel engine and takes 10mins to make the 150m crossing.
Thanks for the challenge of finding this cache
K&M


 

25th

We took this punt across the river Main, Bavaria, Germany.

Greetings fanto


 

9th

This one might not count for a couple weeks, it's the cable ferry for L'Ile Bizard-Laval. Currently as you can see, it's frozen. Please let me know if I need to mark it as a note rather than a find until the melt hits. You can see both the near and the far ferry up on the ramps, clear of all the frozen water. This cable is an overhead cable run. You can see the cable run overhead in the photo.



 

8th

Just one more of the dutch ferries at the river Maas. This one operates between the villages Beesel and Kessel near Roermond. There's long cable on the left side thats holding the ferry on position in the current (it can be suspected on Pic. 1). In the foreground of Pic. 2 you see the chain which pulls the boat to the other side. The only picture (Pic. 4) with our GPSR was taken inside the car on the ferry because we couldn't really open the doors (Rush-hour at the Maas, the ferry was full up).

Greetings
Betty + Markus

[This entry was edited by Zamomin on Monday, March 08, 2004 at 11:02:03 PM.]

 

22nd

A punt crossing the river IJssel in the Netherlands.

Sunny trail ZUURTJE & ANNE

 

21st

This little ferry operates in the southwest of Berlin (Germany) between the mainland and an island called Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island). As in the previous log, it also crosses the river Havel. Not many cars are allowed to go to the island, but I managed to catch one on my picture. The reason why I went to the island today was actually a regular cache which is hidden there [^]

 

11th

This ís a little Ferry in Germany. The Ferry is on river "Havel". It´s a spacial Ferry. In german "Kettenfähre". The Ferry is now working.

happy caching

 

4th

The above coordinates are taken during the ride with the Brakel ferry over the river Waal, in Holland. I remembered this reverse one on my way to a cache called Hugo de Groot. This is a historical figure in the Netherlands and famous because of his escape from Slot Loevestein in 1621, hiding in a hudge book-box.

 

25th

On the river Maas (Meuse) which is here at the border of Belgium and the Netherlands. Picture taken from the Westbank (Belgium). The Dutch side is Berg, the Belgian neighborhood is Meeswijk, part of Maasmechelen.

 

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What a GREAT idea for a cache! Especially since there's a "punt" practically in my back yard!

This is the Merry Point Ferry. She is christened "Lancaster" for the county in which she operates and is operated free to the public by the Virginia Dept of Transportation. She is rated to carry 8 tons gross weight.

She is powered by a 3 (yes 3 ) cylinder diesel engine in about 39' of water on the Western Branch of the Corrotoman River (just off the Rappahannock River). She is a cable ferry.

 

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One of two punts in Port Macquarie on the Mid-North Coast of NSW, Australia. The co-ords are for the centre point of the crossing over the Hasitngs River. Sorry about the photo, but I didn't have a camera with me when I went across.
Zijerfex

 

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N 36° 26.155 W 076° 57.185
I had misplaced the pictures for this one that I found in the winter while doing some work in Hertford County, North Carolina. This is the Parker Island Cable Ferry near Como, North Carolina. The ferry driver told me that despite it being on a rural dirt road business has been good because of a big prison that was recently built near the ferry. The ferry crosses the Meherrin River. The ferry driver said lots of black bears go fishing for herring by the ferry.
Thanks for the cache.
 

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Chipanga, Mozambique

This ferry operates across the Shire river at Chipanga, Mozambique. Most things in Africa have to be simple and robust, otherwise they cannot be maintained; thus, this ferry is hand-cranked by three men. The picture shows the simple crank mechanism which is attached to a drum (which resembles a grooved wheel rim from a car). The cable is looped around the drum three times and the friction is sufficient to allow the ferry to be cranked over the river in about 20 minutes.

 

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This is a little ferry that sails to a little island called "Orø"
Orø is located in Isefjord on Zealand, Denmark


 

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I hope I can use this, its a case of the old and the new. This old punt has seen better days, but in its days this was the punt that transported everything to and from the controversial Hindmarsh Island in South Australia.
Only this year the punt has been replaced by a large concrete bridge so development of the nearby mariner can go ahead.

[This entry was edited by The Rats on Friday, January 02, 2004 at 12:09:52 PM.]

 

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Found this one when where going to The walk of tess.

Greatings from keske27 and Irma

 

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This is the Davis Ferry in very rural Monroe County, Alabama. One of just three inland ferries operating in the state, this small and rickety boat allows folks to cross the Alabama River from Franklin to Packer's Bend. The cables operate high above the river from two towers on each bank. It was an exciting ride thanks to the wind and the fact that the gate at the front of the ferry could not really close--only a chain to keep vehicles from rolling into the river.
I really liked this cache idea!
Thanks!

[This entry was edited by cacheKidds on Saturday, December 20, 2003 at 3:32:18 PM.]

 

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I got this one while visiting family over Thanksgiving. It is located on Lake Hopatcong in Jefferson Township New Jersey. The ferry takes you to Raccoon Island, which is a small residential island. I have been on the ferry once when I was a kid. My dad and I delivered firewood to a house on the island. The pictures are dark, because it was almost night when we got there. The ferry had lights on it, but didn't appear to be working. The lake level was very low. They usually lower it in the winter, so people can repair docks and things. I did see lots of small boat on shore. I guess in the winter you are on your own, getting to the island.

 

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Found this cable ferry in Rathen, Saxonia, Germany. The ferry has no engine to get from one side of the river Elbe to the other. Only the flow of the water is needed for.
Regards
Schnuffel, Germany

 

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The Jubal Early Ferry is referred to locally as White's Ferry and crosses the Potomac River from Leesburg Virginia to Poolesville, Maryland. For a history see the following weobsite:
http://www.leesburg2day.com/current.cfm?catid=12&newsid=5939

Our best photo of the GPS had to be inset because it was taken on the exterior windshield of the car.

 

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Out for a Sunday drive and was surprised to discover this 9 car ferry was a punt. This punt is at the west end of Howe Island, near Kingston, Ontario, CANADA.

Geogranny

 

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This is the East Ferry(punt) that will take you to Howe Island, near Gananoque, Ontario, CANADA. The East Ferry is a 3 car cable ferry.

Binrat

 

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I was surprised to find that the ferry that crosses Chautautqua Lake is a cable driven ferry. I just stumbled across this while researching some other caches in the Chautauqua area for a trip that I took today.

There is some information at this link on this ferry that goes back and forth between Stow and Bemus Point...
http://rin.buffalo.edu/s_infr/tran/tran_wate/agen/bemu_stow.html

Unfortunately, as you can see from the link above, the Ferry is shut down now during the off-season. For this reason I wasn't able to get any pictures of cars on the ferry but as you can see from the pictures, it definitely does transport cars.

I took photos from both sides and coords too. I then figured out the middle of the crossing to use for the coordinate above.

[This entry was edited by Tprints on Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 2:38:32 PM.]

 

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The Harrop Ferry has served the communities of Harrop and Proctor, in one form or another, since the mid-1940's. The current ferry has a 21 car capacity, 100 passengers, and a 5 minute crossing time.


 

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Kornhall ferry. This is the last ferry connecting Hisingen Island to the mainland.
Gothenburg, Sweden


 

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N 50° 12.998 W 005° 01.625
The King Harry Ferry, Cornwall, UK.

`There has been a ferry working on this site for over five hundred years offering a time saving passage between the Roseland Peninsula and Feock near Truro.`
- taken from their website at (visit link) which also says that this is -
`one of only six working chain ferries in the country`.

I always enjoy a trip across this ferry. On one side of the ferry is a figure of a man admiring the view. There is another similar figure at the Feock end of the crossing who watches the ferry shuttle back and forth.

[last edit: 9/22/2003 10:11:20 AM PST]
 

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N 49° 23.717 W 117° 32.697
This cable ferry crosses the Kootenay River to the small community of Glade, British Columbia, Canada. Lately the fact that there is no charge to take the ferry has caused some controversy between the residents of Glade and the British Columbia goverment. As yet there is no charge - but will it soon disappear and be replaced with a bridge?.
Kootenay Pirate[B)]

[last edit: 9/19/2003 5:05:40 PM PST]

[last edit: 9/19/2003 5:06:07 PM PST]
 

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N 35° 54.717 W 076° 49.056
This is the Sans Souci cable ferry, in rural North Carolina about 30 miles N of the town of Washington, NC. It operates across the Cashie River, on demand, during daylight hours except during electrical storms. Motive power is a stationary (with respect to the boat) gasoline engine that hauls a cable through pulleys located on the West side of the craft. We crossed as the only vehicle on board, although the ferry can apparently handle two cars at a time.

[last edit: 9/6/2003 1:16:41 PM PST]
 

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N 54° 08.193 E 012° 05.493
Hello,

here you see two ferry. They crossing the river
Warnow, near Rostock, Germany.
The name of one is -SCHMARL- the other one
called -Oldendorf-.
Thats also the name of nearby village.
I take the picture of the ferry - Oldendorf-.

thanks for the cache your André
 

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N 50° 07.787 E 008° 50.199
# 100:
An old cable ferry crossing the Main river at Dörnigheim.
 

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N 53° 53.771 E 009° 09.478
This is a car ferry in Brunsbüttel. A city in the north of Germany. Te ferry is crossing the Nord-Ostseekanal. The capacity is about 12 cars.
Regards Landmaus
 

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N 51° 54.905 E 004° 14.978
dit is de pont tussen maassluis en rozenburg over de nieuwe waterweg in nederland.

This is a ferry between maassluis and rozenburg over de new waterweg in the netherlands.

[last edit: 8/19/2003 11:14:00 AM PST]
 

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N 48° 53.238 E 008° 08.148
Engineless cable-ferry between Rastatt/Plittersdorf (Baden/Germany) and Seltz (Elsass/France)across the river 'Rhine'

[last edit: 8/14/2003 11:00:39 AM PST]
 

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N 44° 10.316 W 076° 30.059
The Simcoe Island ferry runs between Simcoe Island and Wolfe Island in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River in Canada. The distance between the two islands is about 500 meters. In order to get to the Simcoe Island ferry you first have to take a ferry to Wolfe Island from either Kingston, Ontario or Cape Vincent, New York.

Hoover
 

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N 51° 49.854 E 006° 06.551
This Ferry is called 'Martin Schenk' and brand new (only a few months old, the old onewas in use for several decades). I found it in my hometown 'Kleve', Germany.
Sorry, but i couldn't take a photo on the ferry, because the water level of the side arm of the rhine is too low at the moment, so that only the small green bike-ferry on the left is in use today.

Many greetings from 'Deutschland', Thomas

[This entry was edited by geoBONE on Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 2:52:36 PM.]  

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N 61° 27.177 E 028° 10.251
We found this ferry from Hätinvirta (Puumala), Finland.
 

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N 62° 23.532 E 029° 34.122
Arvinsalmi Ferry near the city of Joensuu in Finland.
 

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N 49° 36.364 W 099° 26.475
This ferry is the only working punt left in southern Manitoba. It provides a shortcut for area farmers whose land is on the wrong side of the Assiniboine River. Since there was no traffic other than ourselves, I could not get a picture of the ferry from the shore taking cars across. I took a picture of my wife watching the operator taking our van across. The cable workings are in the cabin beside the operator. A motor winches the ferry across. In the old days, the current used to propel the ferry.

[last edit: 7/29/2003 10:56:22 AM PST]
 

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N 05° 01.004 E 100° 26.026
The place, in the estuary of the Kurau River. The fishing village of Kuala Kurau, Perak , Malaysia. Conditions as explained in the cache are all there, the river crossing, the vehicular traffic and absence of self propellant - this is a Punt. Instead of being shuttled by the use of steel cable., tug boat is used. I trust that you can accept this unique deviation. This is the last Punt in service in Peninsula Malaysia.
 

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N 46° 35.403 W 005° 46.980
User's web page
We took this Car Ferry over Lake Constance from MeersBurg to Constance on our way to the Island of Minau in Germany. First time I have ever been on a car ferry and was very enjoyable.
 

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N 38° 11.203 W 121° 39.620
We were taking our time on the way to Tahoe, and we drove along some of the levee roads in the Sacramento delta area. I remembered that there was a cache related to ferries, so we took some pictures. This is only a few miles from the one dgreno logged (we crossed that one, too).


[last edit: 7/10/2003 10:04:48 PM PST]
 

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N 39° 09.282 W 077° 31.193
Dunno much about ferries so if this doesn't qualify, I'll change my log to an 'other than find'.

Today we were enjoying a cache trip to MD/VA and since it was quicker, decided to cross the junction at the Whites Ferry which was a real bargain at $3 one-way. This was quite exciting to me because last summer, we swam the Potomac not too far from here with Fergus to reach another cache. Of course, that was during the drought.



[last edit: 7/3/2003 8:21:25 PM PST]
 

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N 58° 33.157 E 011° 16.100
This cable ferry operates in western Sweden at Hamburgsund. The crossing is only 100 meters from the mailnland to an island.
 

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S 16° 15.549 E 145° 23.914
This Punt can be found on the crocodile infested waters of the Daintree River, Tropical North Queensland, Australia.
Used the punt on the way to Cape Tribulation via the Daintree National Park and it cost $16 return but the fee is going up in a couple of weeks. If you plan on using the punt go early and avoid the queues and don’t get to close to the water.
 

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N 45° 05.428 W 123° 02.716
This is the Wheatland Ferry “Daniel Matheny V” west of Brooks, just northwest of Salem Oregon. It was dedicated in 2002. In 1844, Daniel Matheny bought land on the west side of the Willamette River and with his family established and operated the ferry crossing for many years. Marion and Yamhill counties purchased the rights to the crossing in 1936 and have provided ferry service ever since. It crosses at the 72-mile point of the river.
 

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N 58° 14.309 E 011° 32.648
This ferry runs between Dragsmark and Flatisland in Bohuslan, Sweden.

/CyberJunkie
 

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N 37° 22.550 W 091° 33.135
I hope that you'll count this one even though I never got a picture of the ferry in operation. Akers Ferry is located on upper Current River, which is part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. During the off-season, the ferry isn't used very often. I waited and waited, but I was too tight to pay $10 ($5 both ways) to get a picture of a car on the ferry. To get the operator, you push a button on a post next to the road. He operates the store up the road.
 

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N 53° 31.687 W 113° 30.134
A late log entry for us, and one that we hope you'll allow for historical reasons. The only other active ferry we know of in Alberta is down at Drumheller, and someone else scored that one.

So, this is a history cache of the John Walter Cable Ferry in Edmonton, AB, Canada which is most definitely an attraction here although it no longer (uhh) operates. Indeed, they had no cars back then, so do wagons count?

The website below describes the original site where the ferry now lays stuck in one of the banks of the North Saskatchewan River (it's very well hidden indeed).

(visit link)

History: After working for the Hudson’s Bay Company, John Walter moved across the river from the Fort (Edmonton) and built his first house in 1875. Later, as his entrepreneurial skills flourished, he established a ferry where the 105 St. Bridge now stands, a lumber mill, coal mining operation (where the Kinsmen Pitch N Putt is today) and a river boat operation.
 

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N 45° 21.002 W 066° 13.305
This is a dual ferry location at Westfield, N.B. on the Saint John River. Photo is of Woolastock I, launched May 14, 1980.
 

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N 38° 14.190 W 121° 36.221
This fixed cable ferry crosses the delta region of the Sacramento River near Rio Vista, California. It holds as many as four cars at a time and makes the crossing in under two minutes.
 

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S 35° 15.394 E 139° 27.171
The punt at Tailem Bend, South Austalia.

Just a little one across a short stretch. Gets you to Jevios and cuts a corner.
 

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N 52° 20.474 E 006° 06.107
This ferry we found near Olst (the Netherlands) It is a cableferry and goes frequently all day.

Thanks for this cache !.

Jay- Dee



[last edit: 4/6/2003 6:42:49 AM PST]
 

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User's web page
N 52 23.513 E 006 07.603

This is the Punt over the IJssel between Wijhe and Veessen (The Netherlands).
 

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N 51° 42.665 E 005° 02.950
This is a punt wich travels between Waalwijk and Drongelen. We were hunting for the Geo-cache called Kattenogen/waterwerk; and during this search we had to take this punt to get to the next coordinates.
 

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S 34° 02.154 E 139° 40.368
The following info is from the sign near the punt:
“The Morgan ferry (referred to in its early days as a punt), it believed to date back to the 1850’s when passengers would wind themselves across the river. The first official ferry, built in Morgan in 1906, still man operated, charged one pence per passenger, two pence per great cattle, one quarter pence per sheep, one pence per pig, two pence per bicycle and six pence per vehicle. The largest animal to be ferried across the river was a circus elephant.

Numerous requests were made by the ratepayers over the years to have the ferry motorized, but no date can be found as to when this was actually achieved. It is interesting to note that in 1950, the ferry operator, Mr Weaver, was requested by Council to pay for his “sanitary pan”. He declined on the grounds that campers and visitors also used the same facility which made it a public convenience for which he was not obliged to pay.”

TeamAstro often crosses the River Murray at Morgan on their way to dark skies for observing. The Murray is Australia’s longest river at 2520km in length. The Murray River and its tributary, the Darling River, are the main rivers in the Murray-Darling River Basin (see pic here). This drainage basin comprises the major part of the interior lowlands of Australia, covering more than one million square kilometres, or about 14 per cent of Australia.

Clear skies, TeamAstro : John

[last edit: 1/12/2003 8:09:08 PM PST]
 

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S 32° 29.239 E 137° 45.900
I will post this as a note. Let me know if I can upgrade.

The location is the remains of a punt that worked across the gulf at Port Augusta, South Australia. That's right a salt water punt.

The punt was replaced by the Great Western Bridge over fifty years ago and has since laid up on the beach as a wreck. Some cable works remain near the ramp on the other side of the gulf.

The Great Western Bridge also been replaced by a newer concrete bridge as well.

[last edit: 1/3/2003 11:06:23 PM PST]  

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N 38° 35.978 W 075° 39.398
Woodland Ferry (formerly Cannon Ferry) crosses the Nanticoke River in Woodland (near Seaford, Delaware). The ferry holds 3 cars and takes 3 to 5 minutes to cross the river. The ferry is even one of the scenes in a local mural.
Thanks,
Hostnut and Lady H

[last edit: 1/4/2003 9:18:50 AM PST]

[last edit: 1/4/2003 9:27:05 AM PST]
 

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S 34° 54.609 E 139° 19.125
This is one of the few (possibly the only) double ferries in South Australia. It is at Mannum and crosses the Murray River. One ferry closes down during the night, but on public holiday weekends we could use at least another pair of ferries cause the traffic gets so thick (we have sat in the queue for over an hour on several occasions just waiting to cross the river!). Mannum is a very popular tourist / water ski area only about an hour's drive from Adelaide the capital city.
 

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N 34° 28.475 W 078° 22.114


This is the Elwell Ferry on the Cape Fear River between Elizabethtown and Wilmington, North Carolina. This ferry is on a road that runs between highways 53 and 87. The ferry was not in operation this day due to high water. You can clearly see the cable in one photo and the workers making repairs in another. This is one of three cable ferries in North Carolina.

For more info, go to (visit link)



[last edit: 11/15/2002 8:00:59 PM PST]
 

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N 45° 36.696 W 065° 54.289
I wanted to do this one since I live only a mile from the ferry itself and sometimes take it to work. The Belleisle Ferry is situated on the Belleisle Bay which runs off the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada between Rte. 124 and Rte. 850. Like all our cable ferries, they are toll free. This one runs all year around, 24 hrs.a day. It is the longest run of all the cable ferries in N.B.- 1.0 km. across and it takes 7 minutes. It holds 12 cars. Us New Brunswickers sure are lucky!!
Brown Witch of 'Witches of East'
 

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N 37° 10.767 W 086° 06.750
User's web page
Green River Ferry, Mammoth Cave National Park. Near Cave City, Kentucky USA.

(visit link)

I've been using this wonderful ferry for over 10 years. The Green River is the downstream end of Mammoth Cave, so it's VERY important that the river remain in its natural state. Since the river has been known to rise over 52 feet (16 m) in times of flood, the best option for getting cars across is by ferry.

SaxRunner and I used the ferry on the way home from a long weekend mini-vacation. We drove from Indiana, down to northern Florida, and geocached all the way home! It was a lot of fun...

I've been hoping and praying that no one would log this ferry before I did! I guess it's better to be lucky than good sometimes.

Thanks for the excellent cache idea! And I hope anyone who reads this will visit Mammoth Cave sometime.

-Docto



[last edit: 11/2/2002 1:05:38 PM PST]
 

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N 36° 23.724 W 087° 38.059
We are from Cincinnati, Ohio and were in Cumberland City, Tennessee visiting family and we had to ride the ferry to get to a cache. We took a picture of the captain holding the GPS and he offered to let me drive the ferry. This ferry is going across Cumberland River.
 

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S 27° 35.679 E 152° 51.298
Found by HOTANDSWEATY (Dale and Melanie sans children)

The ferry in question is known as the Moggill Ferry. It crosses the Brisbane River between Riverview and Moggill southwest of Brisbane in Queensland Australia.

The name of the ferry is the Stradbroke Star, Stradbroke being the name of an island just off the coast of Queensland opposite Brisbane, which is one of the largest sand islands in the world.

This ferry is known for its frequent breakdowns. At present it costs $1.20 for a car one way to use the ferry, pedestrians are free.

Recently there has been talk of replacing the ferry with a bridge, but two things have put a stop to this talk.....one: the cost, and two: vocal opposition from the residents of Moggill (an area of affluence) who do not wish to be linked by bridge to Riverview (definately NOT an affluent area)

[last edit: 10/19/2002 12:41:19 AM PST]
 

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N 45° 18.037 W 122° 41.565
{GC68E1 ~ 12:30pm ~ 65° Cloudy ~ #254} This ferry, like a couple others logged here, crosses the Willamette River in Oregon. It is located at Canby, Oregon. We enjoy visiting a nearby farm each fall to ride their small train, climb on and through the hay mazes and see the big pumpkins. This ferry is always a fun part of the trip and costs only $1.25.
 

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N 45° 46.113 W 066° 08.258
This ferry is operated by the province of New Brunswick and crosses the Saint John river just below the historic village of Gagetown. As you can see, it is a cable ferry. It does not operate in the winter as the river freezes solid, and people have to go upriver to Burton to cross or down river to Saint John. The co-ordinates listed were taken in the middle of the river.

Dusty
 

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The ferry across the lower Murray River at Wellington, SA. Mary & David crossed the Murray here at 1720 en route to Goolwa for a short caching holiday around the Fleurieu Peninsula.

[last edit: 10/2/2002 4:52:20 AM PST]

 

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N 45° 37.486 W 066° 04.618
Hampstead Ferry, across the St John River, New Brunswick, Canada.

This ferry is one of several that cross the St John River. This one is 770 m (about 1/2 mile) from shore to shore.

The coords listed are for the approximate midway point across the river.
 

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N 43° 22.310 W 089° 37.621
User's web page
This Feery crosses the WISCONSIN RIVER, (hy. 113)
Took GPS reading at the Merrimac Landing. Then took the FREE RIDE !!! Check out this web site
www.baraboonow.com/travel/main_attractions/free_ferry

[last edit: 9/2/2002 12:45:46 PM PST]
 

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This Punt is located in western Oregon, USA just south of the state capitol of Salem. It crosses the Willamette River.
 

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N 59° 23.405 E 017° 32.049
User's web page
Today I took the ferry "Linea" from Munsö to Adelsö in Stockholm's archipelago.

[last edit: 8/21/2003 10:53:34 AM PST]  

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Bikedog. This cache was logged in error. It is not the trig cache.  

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S 26° 22.395 E 153° 02.349
This car ferry is at Tewantin on the Noosa river, near Noosa in Queensland Australia, just before lake Cooroibah. There are two ferries which run side by side, indicating fairly heavy usage. – I took this photo whilst taking a cruise on the Noosa river. I was lucky, as my GPS was living in my camera bag, due to the fact that I had recently found the Ninderry cache not too far from here.
 

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N 52° 20.484 E 006° 06.070
Because of a not so well (understatement...) prepared route, I (Vagebond) ended up on the wrong side of the bank of the river IJssel, near Olst in the county of Overijssel in The Netherlands. And like Johan Cruijff, one of the best soccer-players ever, always uses to say: “every disadvantage has its advantage too” it suddenly came to mind that this locationless cache existed, so I shot a heap of pictures and enjoyed the ferry-ride even more. As always: all the original pic’s are available at request.
 

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N 44° 46.208 W 123° 08.823
Buena Vista Ferry
Willamette River
Polk & Marion Counties, Oregon
Open Seasonally: May through October

From the Spanish meaning good view, the town of Buena Vista, Oregon developed around 1847. The Buena Vista Ferry began service four years later. It holds 4 cars easily, maybe a few more if they are tiny. Zzzoey strolled around on the ferry while it crossed, taking pictures, and enjoying the peaceful ride very much. The cost for our truck was $1.25 - which is the car rate. Not bad! When we pulled up to the East bank, the ferry was sitting on the West bank. I couldn't see far enough to be able to discern if there was an operator on board. There were no cars waiting on the other side, and we thought perhaps we were out of luck. illDRIVEuNav and I decided to just park at the thick painted line and wait to see if someone noticed us. Sure enough, a few minutes later, the little ferry wandered over to our side and by the time the gate was down, there was a car and a bicyclist waiting in line with us.

No bells, whistles, lights, atm type ticket machines.... just drive up and park, hand the guy some change and watch him work his little engine and pull us across the river via cable! A great ride through beautiful farm country.

narrative video of Buena Vista Ferry crossing: (visit link)
 

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Wisemans Ferry (Hawkesbury River NSW).
Found this with Mrs Loon & the Loonette whilst showing Tigger the TB (Bouncing Around Australia) the sights. The ferry service was started by Solomon Wiseman as a part of the original route north from Sydney along the convict built Great North Road. The first ferry ran in 1827.

Thanks to The 2 Dogs from the Ginger Loon & Family
 

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N 45° 27.268 W 065° 58.906
The Gondola Point Ferry crosses the Kennebacasis River in New Brunswick, Canada between the mainland and Reeds Point on the Kingston Peninsula. The ferry on the left is the William Pitt, named after the inventor of the underwater cable ferry who lived right at this location at Reeds Point. There are two cable ferrys running at this location.

There are a total of 7 cable ferrys operating on the St John River system. I was going to try for one of the more picturesque crossings but opted for the historical aspect instead. Sorry for the rainy day, may update the photos at a later date.

[last edit: 7/29/2002 2:21:20 PM PST]
 

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The Sackville Ferry has been carrying vehicles across the Hawkesbury River at Sackville for at least 80 years.
It runs 7 days a week.
 

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N 37° 50.820 W 084° 26.150
Valley View Ferry connecting Tates Creek Road across the Kentucky River between Fayette and Madison counties. Carries 400 cars per day. No fee!
 

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N 51° 34.385 W 112° 53.089
Bleriot Ferry
Alberta, Canada
N 51° 34.385
W 112° 53.089

The Bleriot Ferry is one of the few remaining ferries located in Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 839 northeast of Drumheller and crosses the Red Deer River. There is no fee levied for the crossing. What a pleasant, if short, break in our busy lives of go, go, go.
Service is limited to daylight hours and schedules should be checked for operating hours.

For further details you can log on to the following:

www.virtuallydrumheller.com/tour/bleriot.htm

Thanks for the chance to participate in this cache.


[last edit: 7/21/2002 10:18:16 PM PST]
 

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N 51° 57.806 W 005° 20.554
This ferry (Beusichemse veer) over the river the Lek in Holland
1 Cable in the centre of the river and a small motor that’s all
Barny’s Fun
 

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N 38° 35.982 W 075° 39.404
User's web page
Woodland Ferry, SEAFORD DELAWARE

Middleford Road to Woodland Road, Road 78, west of Seaford, operates sun-up to Sundown, seven days a week, FREE!! The 200-year-old cable-run ferry boat crossing the Nanticoke River; one of the last remaining ferries on the East Coast, established in 1793 by the Cannon family, and served as a major river crossing and trading center for locals and travelers.

Thanks for the fun, THE DAM TROLLS