Halifax-Dartmouth Ferries

The Halifax Harbour Ferries have been shuttling between terminals in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth since 1752 and the fleet is currently composed of 3 uniquely designed units, christened Woodside I, Halifax III and Dartmouth III.

In this video, we will clearly see Halifax III and Woodside I and ride on one of them, from Halifax to Dartmouth and back on a cloudy day, across the second largest salt water harbour in the world.

Harbour Ferries is operated by MetroTransit and is integrated within with the bus system in the area's Regional Transportation System.
There are two routes: Halifax-Dartmouth and Halifax-Woodside.
Each ferry boat holds a maximum of 395 passengers. About 3000 commuters use the ferry daily. Each ferry boat is fully accessible.

The ferry service is only one of two in Canada to operate a passenger ferry service as part of a Transit system. The other one is in Vancouver BC (the TransLink SeaBus)

Our ride starts at the ferry terminal in Halifax on July 16th, 2010.
The first 2 sequences were taken the day before and have been integrated at the beginning for the sake of illustrating typical departure from the Halifax dock.

At Dartmouth, the video was taken from inside the terminal building, to best provide an overhead view of the arrival and departure of the Halifax III.