East-end ferry back in service
The ferry that links east-end Promenade Bellerive with the Îles-de-Boucherville is back in service after a lost season in 2020 due to the pandemic. Schedule and details here.
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DeWolf 09:55 on 2021-06-11 Permalink
Strangely, Longueuil has decided to suspend its ferry service to the islands, and it has also decided to close the public beach that opened to great fanfare a couple of years ago.
Blork 10:42 on 2021-06-11 Permalink
DeWolf, do you have a definitive link on that decision about the ferry? I see mixed messages; SEPAQ says the service is suspended for the 2021 season (https://www.sepaq.com/pq/bou/information.dot) but Navark, who run the shuttles, says the dates for 2021 are “to be confirmed” (https://www.navark.ca/en/longueuil-ile-charron-shuttle/).
Blork 11:38 on 2021-06-11 Permalink
There’s also the navette fluviale (shuttle), which runs from the old port to Ile Ste-Helene and then to the Longueuil marina. It was suspended last year, and this year it might be facing permanent extinction. The word on the street is that “Longueuil cancelled the shuttle” but in fact Longueuil just cancelled its (minority) share of the funding, which I think is around $260,000 a year. (AFAIK Montreal pays about double that, but I’m not sure.) The end result is still sort of up in the air, but I would not be surprised if it’s either scrapped altogether or is reduced to just running between the island and the old port.
And that’s a crying shame, because that boat is one of the best things going around here in summer, especially for cyclists. Tickets between the old port and Longueuil are around $7.50, and for that you get a rather excellent 20-minute river cruise. It’s big drawback is that it drops you at the Longueuil marina, which is basically the middle of nowhere if you’re on foot, so it’s only really good if you’re on a bike.
It’s also a great way to go to Ile Ste-Helene, for which the ticket is only about $3.50 I think, and you can come back by Metro.
But I love that boat, and would typically use it 8-10 times every summer, often as a nice commute home after work on days when I’d ride my bike to work. I really hope they bring that back.
Kate 00:02 on 2021-06-12 Permalink
Blork, this seems to be the site for your boat, and there’s a popup that says they haven’t reopened yet but hope to.