The Harstine Island ferry connected Harstine Island with mainland

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across

Pickering Passage Pickering Passage is a strait, in the southern end of part of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. Entirely within Mason County, the Pickering Passage separates Hartstine Island from the mainland, and connects Totten Inlet with the nor ...

in south

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until 1969 when the ferry was replaced by a bridge.

Course of service

In 1922 Mason County provided a ferry service to Harstine Island with the ferry ''Island Belle'', which was a scow equipped with a motor, driven by sidewheels, and which and a lifting ramp on each end. ''Island Belle'' could transport three automobiles, and made three trips a day, three days a week. The ferry crossed

from the mainland to a landing on the west side of Harstine Island. In 1929, Mason County replaced ''Island Belle'' with ''Harstine I'', and, in 1945, ''Harstine II'' replaced ''Harstine I''. In 1969 the ferry was superseded by a bridge.Findlay and Paterson, ''Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound'', at page 119.

Notes

References

* Findlay, Jean Cammon and Paterson, Robin, ''Mosquito Fleet of South Puget Sound'', (2008) Arcadia Publishing {{ISBN, 0-7385-5607-6 Ferry routes in western Washington (state) Transportation in Mason County, Washington History of Mason County, Washington