The Ferry terminal Leonsberg () is a ferry jetty in the north of

Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

. From here various private operators offer transport service the other side of the

Suriname river The Suriname River ( Dutch: ''Surinamerivier'') is long and flows through the country of Suriname. Its sources are located in the Guiana Highlands on the border between the Wilhelmina Mountains and the Eilerts de Haan Mountains (where it is kn ...

and the

Commewijne River Commewijne River (Sranan Tongo: ''Kawina-liba'') is a river in northern Suriname. It originates in the jungle 100 or more miles southeast of Paraibo and meanders northwest until it receives the meandering Cottica River from the east and then ru ...

History

The construction of the terminal was commissioned in 1913 and shortly after constructed with the aim to start a daily ferry service between the plantations and . The first ferry was a motorboat called the "Veerpont No. 1. This daily service was terminated in 1952. Since 1952, various operators offer on demand crossings. Current service include Nieuw Amsterdam and

Braamspunt Braamspunt is a nature reserve, fishing village, and a former Outpost (military), military outpost in the Johan & Margaretha resort of the Commewijne District of Suriname. Braamspunt is the most western point of the Commewijne District at the comb ...

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