The Finnegan Ferry is a historic cable ferry in Alberta, Canada that is still in operation. It is located at the unincorporated community of Finnegan. The ferry is the North/South connection of Alberta Highway 862 where it crosses the Red Deer River.
It is named for John Finnegan (1842–1924) who homesteaded on the river, then opened and operated the ferry. The community is named after the ferry. According to a tourism guidebook, Finnegan "was a very active wirey man all his life and at the age of 75 could still do handsprings!"[2]
The toll-free ferry is operated by Alberta Transportation. It has a capacity of thirteen cars, or fifty passengers. The ferry operates between 7:00 am and midnight from April 20 until November 15.
Finnegan Ferry has a weight limit of 62.5 tonnes (61.5 long tons; 68.9 short tons) and dimensions of the ferry are 22.5 metres (74 ft) long and 10.36 metres (34.0 ft) wide.[3]
finnegan, alberta, finnegan, unincorporated, community, southern, alberta, special, area, located, kilometres, west, highway, kilometres, northwest, brooks, finneganclass, notpageimage, location, finnegan, alberta, contents, finnegan, ferry, popular, culture, . Finnegan is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta in Special Area No 2 1 located 14 kilometres 8 7 mi west of Highway 36 64 kilometres 40 mi northwest of Brooks Finneganclass notpageimage Location of Finnegan Alberta Contents 1 Finnegan Ferry 1 1 In popular culture 2 References 3 External linksFinnegan Ferry editThe Finnegan Ferry is a historic cable ferry in Alberta Canada that is still in operation It is located at the unincorporated community of Finnegan The ferry is the North South connection of Alberta Highway 862 where it crosses the Red Deer River It is named for John Finnegan 1842 1924 who homesteaded on the river then opened and operated the ferry The community is named after the ferry According to a tourism guidebook Finnegan was a very active wirey man all his life and at the age of 75 could still do handsprings 2 The toll free ferry is operated by Alberta Transportation It has a capacity of thirteen cars or fifty passengers The ferry operates between 7 00 am and midnight from April 20 until November 15 Finnegan Ferry has a weight limit of 62 5 tonnes 61 5 long tons 68 9 short tons and dimensions of the ferry are 22 5 metres 74 ft long and 10 36 metres 34 0 ft wide 3 In popular culture edit In 1991 musician Tom Cochrane shot part of the music video to his song Life Is a Highway on the ferry 2 References edit Standard Geographical Classification SGC 2006 Economic Regions 4804004 Special Area No 2 geographical codes and localities 2006 Statistics Canada March 5 2010 Archived from the original on July 1 2013 Retrieved July 19 2013 a b Elves Joanne 2006 Explore Southern Alberta with Joanne Elves Rocky Mountain Books p 117 ISBN 0921102585 Government of Alberta Ministry of Transportation Archived from the original on May 17 2009 Retrieved August 16 2016 External links edit360 degree view photo of the ferry from 2003 51 07 40 N 112 04 54 W 51 12778 N 112 08167 W 51 12778 112 08167 Finnegan nbsp This Southern Alberta location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Finnegan Alberta amp oldid 1218597912, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
