The Gifford–Inchelium ferry is a
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 ...
across the
Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...
in
Washington state
Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...
.
The
Colville Confederated Tribes
The Colville Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in the northwest United States, in north central Washington, inhabited and managed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which is federally recognized.
Established in ...
operate this ferry across
Roosevelt Lake on the upper Columbia. It connects
Inchelium, Washington
Inchelium ( oka, N̓čaʔlíwm̓) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ferry County, Washington, United States on the Colville Indian Reservation. The population was 431 at the 2020 Census.
Inchelium was relocated from an earlier site in the ear ...
, to
State Route 25 across the river. The fare to ride is free.
The weight limit is 40 tons.
References
External links
Ferry information at Federal Highway Administrationhistorylink.org article
Ferries of Washington (state)
Transportation in Ferry County, Washington
Transportation in Stevens County, Washington
Crossings of the Columbia River
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