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The Glade Cable Ferry

by John MacFarlane 2018

The Glade Ferry (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection.)

Glade is located on the east side of the Kootenay River about 22 km (14 miles) south–west of Nelson and 19 km north–east of Castlegar on Highway 3A. The community is made up of small hobby farms and residences that face the bank and the Kootenay River towards the west.

The Glade Ferry (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection.)

The ferry trip takes around 3 minutes to cross and operates year round on demand 0500 am – 0220 am. Ferry capacity is 10 vehicles and 48 passengers. While the ferry is docked during off-peak hours, power is supplied by onboard batteries. This reduces noise at the terminal, and lowers the vessels’ greenhouse gas emissions. The Glade cable ferry carried more than 141,000 vehicles and more than 191,000 passengers in 2018.

The Glade Ferry (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection.)

The Glade Ferry (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection.)

The Glade Ferry (Photo from the John MacFarlane collection.)

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MacFarlane, John (2018) Glade Cable Ferry. Nauticapedia.ca 2018. http://nauticapedia.ca/Gallery/Glade_Ferry.php

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