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{This summer, travel on Quebec's Route bleue}
MONTREAL - It’s a fact of life in Quebec that you can’t venture out very far from home without having to cross a bridge or take a car ferry.As Montrealers, we know about the bridges; there are 28 bridges and tunnels leading out from the island of Montreal. But downstream from Montreal, as the St. Lawrence River gets progressively wider, car ferries are the critical transport links for area residents. For tourists, they offer an opportunity for inexpensive and interesting boat travel.As The Gazette today begins another summer instalment of its Short Hop travel series, highlighting things to see and do within a short distance of the island of Montreal, this is a good time to take note of how new public and private investments in ferry services in Quebec have increased the comfort and convenience of water-based travel in this province, divided as it is by one of the world’s largest rivers.Many Montrealers who head out by car down one side of the St. Lawrence River on summer vacations like to cross over the river by ferry at some point and come back home up the opposite shore.I’ve travelled on pretty well every ferry in Quebec throughout more than 25 years of travel for work or pleasure inside of Quebec. I still haven’t found fried clams as tasty as those that I had on the two-hour, 20-minute ferry crossing from Matane to Baie-Comeau,michael kors canada, though. I hadn’t expected to find a restaurant on board, nor a bar. But there are both on the 125-car, 600-passenger N. M. Camille Marcoux that does the run between Quebec’s shrimp-fishing capital and the hometown of former prime minister Brian Mulroney.My favourite ferry crossing is much closer to home. It’s the tiny six-car ferry linking Laval-sur-le-lac with Île-Bizard across the narrow channel flowing from Lac des Deux Montagnes to Rivière des Prairies. It’s powered solely by the water current that runs underneath the small ferry deck. The ferry is connected by cables to a large overhead cable linking the two shores. It’s one of the only ferries of its kind in Canada — and at $4.50 per car one way, there simply isn’t a boat ride in Quebec as inexpensive — or as fun — for adults and children alike.The accompanying map on this page highlights some of the most popular ferry crossings in Quebec. For a more complete listing, see the Société des traversiers du Québec’s website (http://m.traversiers.ca), visit a Tourisme Quebec office,Michael Kors Purses, or consult regional tourism associations.View Short Hops-Car Ferries in a larger map Car ferries offer a cheap and easy way to experience boat travel1. Oka/Hudson: $10 per car one way. Created in 1909. 1.9 km crossing takes 10 minutes.2. Île Bizard/Laval-sur-le-Lac: $4.50 per car one way. 0.2-km crossing takes 3 minutes. Dates back to the 1800s. Powered by the current of the water.3. Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola/Sorel: $7.75 per car, plus $3.25 per adult passenger (prices vary by age). Takes 10 minutes to make the 1.6-kilometre crossing.4. Quebec/Lévis: Popular with commuters and tourists. $7.75 per car one way, plus $3.25 per adult passenger. Takes 10 minutes to make the 1.0-km crossing.

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