Wollaston Lake Barge - Front view - July 2013

The Wollaston Lake Barge Ferry is a

barge A barge is typically a flat-bottomed boat, flat-bottomed vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. Original use was on inland waterways, while modern use is on both inland and ocean, marine water environments. The firs ...

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that operates in the

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in the

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of the province. The ferry crosses

Wollaston Lake Wollaston Lake () is a lake in the north-eastern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is about north-east of Prince Albert. With a surface area of (excluding islands; if islands are included), it is the largest bifurcation lake ...

, providing a link between Highways 905 and

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and the community of

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. The barge is operated by the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation under contract to the

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. The barge has tolls and operates twice per day during the ice-free season while an ice-road is used during part of the winter. Passage must be pre-booked. The ferry has a length of , a width of , and a load limit of . It is the only non-

cable ferry A cable ferry (including the types chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...

in the province.

References

Ferries of Saskatchewan Division No. 18, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-transport-stub

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