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Northumberland Ferries Limited
Wood Island, PEI Terminal
Address: 23 Service Road, Wood Islands,Prince Edward Island C0A 1B0
Phone: 800-565-0201
GPS: 45°57.506N, 62°44.791W
Caribou, Nova Scotia Terminal
Address: 3722 Highway 106, Caribou,Nova Scotia B0K 1H0
Phone: 800-565-0201
GPS: 45E44’18.6″N, 62E41’18.6″W
About the Ships
- Two conventional ferries:
mv CONFEDERATION
mv HOLIDAY ISLAND - Service speed approximately 14 knots
- Route 75 minutes
- Save up to 100 km to Halifax
- Save up to 300 km to eastern NS destinations
- Up to 9 departures per day (each side)
Approximate Annual Traffic (Variable):
- 475,000 passengers
- 160,000 passenger vehicles
- 18,000 commercial trucks
Plan Your Adventure
Our bilingual customer service representatives are available year-round to make reservations and help answer your questions.
Book the Ferryor
Call our Travel Specialists 1-877-762-7245mv Confederation
General Particulars
- Builder: Pictou Industries Ltd. – Pictou, NS
- Class Society: Lloyd’s Registry
- Length Overall: 114.2m
- Beam Overall: 18.77m
- Draft: 4.439m
- Speed: 18 knots
- Gross Tonnage: 8060
- Net Tonnage: 5997
- Passenger Capacity: 600
- Vehicle Capacity: 220
- Propulsion: Oil Engines, Geared Drive
- Engines: Oil
- Air Conditioning: Yes
- Evacuation: MEC
- Crew Compliment: 18
mv Holiday Island
General Particulars
- Builder: Port Weller Drydock – Port Weller, Ontario
- Class Society: Lloyd’s Registry
- Length Overall: 99.06 m
- Draft: 5.00 m
- Speed: 12 knots
- Gross Tonnage: 3037
- Net Tonnage: 1593
- Passenger Capacity: 486
- Vehicle Capacity: 155
- Propulsion: Oil Engines, Geared Drive
- Engines: Oil
- Air Conditioning: Yes
- Evacuation: MEC
- Crew Compliment: 22