From CTV News today:

The ferry service between Saint John, N.B., and Digby, N.S., will be out of commission for nearly two months due to mandatory work in Quebec.

The MV Fundy Rose will go to the Verreault Shipyard at Les Méchins, Que., for biannual drydock and refit work, according to a news release from Bay Ferries Limited(opens in a new tab). The work will put the ferry out of service from Oct. 15 to Dec. 3.

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There is only one ferry operating this 2 hour 30 min service, to a population of around 5 000 in Digby, Lunenberg and smaller villages in the area.

To be fair, there is a 256 mile, 4 hours by car if you’re fast, or a 4 bu,s 37 hour route, for the elderly non-driver, if it’s clear, land route.

Imagine this was in Scotland. Remember when the Calmac, Campbelltown to Ardrossan ferry which took longer than the bus, was cancelled?