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The Angel Island–Tiburon Ferry Company is a privately owned and operated
Angel Island State Park
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry 1959 establishments in California Ferry companies of California Public transportation in Marin County, California Tiburon, California
The Angel Island–Tiburon Ferry Company is a privately owned and operated ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
service in California that links Tiburon's Tiburon Ferry Terminal
The Tiburon Ferry Terminal is a ferry landing for Golden Gate Ferry and Angel Island–Tiburon Ferry Company passenger ferries in Tiburon, California in the San Francisco Bay Area's North Bay. It connects commuters from Marin County with job cen ...
with Ayala Cove Ferry Terminal
Ayala Cove is a ferry terminal on Angel Island in Marin County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. There is regularly scheduled passenger ferry service to Tiburon as well as San Francisco.
Service is provided by the Angel Island - Tiburon ...
on Angel Island Angel Island may refer to:
*Angel Island (California), historic site of the United States Immigration Station, Angel Island, and part of Angel Island State Park, in San Francisco Bay, California
* Angel Island, Papua New Guinea
* ''Angel Island'' (n ...
. The ferry runs every day except Thanksgiving
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and Christmas
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. The company also operates San Francisco Bay
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and whale watching
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cruises.
The owner and frequent ferry operator is Maggie McDonogh, who has maintained the service since 1959. The concession is occasionally put out to bid by the California Department of Parks and Recreation
The California Department of Parks and Recreation, more commonly known as California State Parks, manages the California state parks system. The system administers 279 separate park units on 1.4 million acres (570,000 hectares), with over 280 ...
, though McDonogh has operated month to month since 1993. The 2018 bidding process attracted only one application from Blue & Gold Fleet
Blue & Gold Fleet is a privately owned company in the United States providing ferry services in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It operates the San Francisco Bay Ferry commuter ferry system under contract with WETA. Blue & Gold also op ...
. Despite this, the process has been placed on hold, with McDonogh still running ferries.
References
External links
*Angel Island State Park
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