MV Louis Cardinal is a Canadian ferry on the Mackenzie River in the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

. The vessel was built in 1972. ''Louis Cardinal'' currently serves the community of

Tsiigehtchic Tsiigehtchic ( ; "mouth of the iron river"), officially the ''Charter Community of Tsiigehtchic'', is a Gwich'in community located at the confluence of the Mackenzie and the Arctic Red Rivers, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, ...

, at the confluence of the Mackenzie River and the

Arctic Red River The Arctic Red River is a tributary to the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories, Canada. In 1993 the river was designated as part of the Canadian Heritage Rivers System. It was also the name of a community on the Mackenzie where the r ...

. The ferry has three stops, on the eastern shore of the Mackenzie River, and on both shores of the Arctic Red River. The ferry runs from mid-June to mid-October. After the rivers freeze vehicles cross the rivers on ice roads. The ferry's crew joined the Public Service Alliance of Canada in January 2006.

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