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  • In 1908 Sir Robert Borden, seeking office, said "I believe the Prince Edward Island tunnel would be built out of one year of Liberal Stealings", and, after he came into power, announced a carferry in 1913, which was in operation in 1918 and which finally got the Prince Edward Island Railway widened by 1930.

    Parva Sub Ingenti (Small Under the Great) 1952

  • The great error in vogue today is that there are no automobile-carrying boats apart from the great and costly ice-breaking carferry boat for automobiles and trucks.

    Parva Sub Ingenti (Small Under the Great) 1952

  • The Coast Guard has taken samples from a tug and a carferry to determine if either vessel was the source of the spill.

    FOXNews.com 2010

  • A tugboat and a carferry are in the area, one anchored and the other aground.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • A tugboat and a carferry are in the area, one anchored and the other aground.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The old railroad carferry captains used to sail out of Milwaukee into once a decade storms and survive.

    JSOnline.com 2010

  • "We get a lot of traffic from people coming off the carferry going up to Door County," said Szyman, the Chamber's executive director.

    The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Latest Headlines 2009

  • Huck said the work will make maneuvering easier for the S.S. Badger carferry and continue to allow ships into the harbor to unload grain, coal and other materials to local businesses.

    The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Latest Headlines 2009

  • The recession had its impact on the tourism industry, as evidenced by the S.S. Badger carferry shortening its sailing season in spring and fall by four weeks.

    The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Latest Headlines 2009

  • On May 22, the Badger carferry will resume Lake Michigan crossings, bringing to the Lakeshore area hundreds of tourists daily.

    The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Latest Headlines 2009

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