Ferry service linking Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia canceled again
The Cat high-speed ferry is scratched for the third straight year, and for the second time because of the pandemic.
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The ferry service connecting Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia has been canceled for the third year in a row.
The CAT Ferry heads toward Portland Head Light on its way out of Casco Bay toward Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, on July 17, 2017. The service hasn’t run since 2018.
Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
A notice on the Bay Ferries website said the Province of Nova Scotia canceled the 2021 sailing season for The Cat ferry because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For 3rd year, ferry from Maine to Nova Scotia is cancelled
February 3, 2021 GMT
The high-speed ferry that runs between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, will not run this year, making it the third year in a row that the service has been canceled.
The Bay Ferries said on its website that the Cat ferry will not run again this year because of the pandemic, the Portland Press Herald reported on Tuesday. The ferry can cross the 113-mile distance in 3 1/2 hours.
The coronavirus also shut down the ferry last year. In 2019, the ferry did not run because of a delay in setting up a screening facility ordered by Customs and Border Patrol, the newspaper reported.
Province of Nova Scotia Cancels CAT Service Between Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia for 2021 Season
An announcement was posted on the Bay Ferries website
Photo https://www.ferries.ca/thecat/fares/
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