The Wollaston Lake Barge Ferry is a
barge
Barge nowadays generally refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but nowadays most are pushed by pusher boats, or other vessels ...
ferry that operates in the
Canadian province of
Saskatchewan
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in the
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD) is the unincorporated area, unorganized area of the Canadian, Canada province of Saskatchewan. Overwhelmingly larger than the province's other communities, it encompasses approximately half ...
of the province. The ferry crosses
Wollaston Lake
Wollaston Lake is a lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is northeast of Prince Albert. With a surface area of (excluding islands; if islands are included), it is the largest bifurcation lake in the world – that is, a lake th ...
, providing a link between
Highways 905 and
995
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Events
By place
Japan
* 17 May - Fujiwara no Michitaka (imperial regent) dies.
* 3 June: Fujiwara no Michikane gain ...
and the community of
Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan
Wollaston may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Cape Wollaston, Palmer Archipelago
Australia
* John Wollaston Anglican Community School, private school in Kelmscott, Perth, Western Australia
* Wollaston, Western Australia, suburb of Bunbury, We ...
.
The barge is operated by the
Hatchet Lake Dene Nation
Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation ( chp, Tthęł Tué Dene) is a Denesuline First Nation in northern Saskatchewan. The main settlement, Wollaston Lake, is an unincorporated community on Wollaston Lake in the boreal forest of north-eastern ...
under contract to the
Government of Saskatchewan
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In modern Canadian use, the term "g ...
. The barge has
tolls and operates twice per day during the ice-free season while an ice-road is used during part of the winter. Passage must be pre-booked.
The ferry has a length of , a width of , and a load limit of . It is the only non-
cable ferry
A cable ferry (including the terms chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...
in the province.
See also
*
Transportation in Saskatchewan
Transport in Saskatchewan includes an infrastructure system of roads, highways, freeways, airports, ferries, pipelines, trails, waterways, and railway systems serving a population of approximately 1,098,352 (according to 2016 census) inhabitants y ...
References
Ferries of Saskatchewan
Division No. 18, Saskatchewan
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