· 1.00 per car and driver or .15 per passenger.

· During the winter the car ferry docked at Point Tupper instead of Port Hawkesbury.

· Crossing the Strait in the winter even by ferry was dangerous. Ice flows often jammed the harbour. Ferrymen would steer diagonally to avoid being jammed, but there were times when the ferry would be stranded for long periods of time.

· 1819 - First ferry route- MacMillan's Point to Cape Porcupine

· Early crossings of the Canso Strait were made by MicMac couriers. They were paid 6 pounds to go from Sydney to Halifax with public letters.

· The first regular ferry service was inaugurated around 1819. Original service was maintained by small dories but within a few years larger boats were needed to transport horses and cattle as well as passengers. In the early years the Strait of Canso created great difficulty with the public and the postal service.

· In the winter, heavy drift ice floated with the strong and variable tides, delaying traveller's for hours - sometimes even days. Most often the ferry men operated at a considerable expense to themselves to keep the boats in repair because of the buffeting of ice.