Posted November 5, 200519 yr They also mention the Cleveland/Port Stanley ferry service: Port Burwell ferry closer to reality FERRY: American company would pay most of the costs Jeff Helsdon - Staff Writer Monday October 31, 2005 The Tillsonburg News — Port Burwell is the latest potential Canadian port for a Lake Erie ferry system. Municipality of Bayham council made it official last week when elected officials expressed interest in establishing a ferry in Port Burwell. In early September, Mayor Lynn Acre confirmed she had been talking to Jarvis-based Seaport Management about the possibility. The matter was referred to the municipality’s Economic Development Committee. A meeting took place between Seaport chairman Kent Kristensen, two representatives of council and two members of the economic development committee. A site meeting followed with two representatives of Mols Linien, the Danish company that would provide the ferry. Read More...
November 6, 200519 yr wow, a ferry running between two towns i've never heard of after actually looking at a map, am i led to believe this would be in competition to the port stanely to cleveland ferry?
November 7, 200519 yr I have to admit I had to check out a map too. I think the point they're trying to make in the article is that this ferry is more likely than the Cleveland-Port Stanley one, that Port Stanley isn't so keen on some of the ideas and that the metropolis of Port Burwell is more receptive. Then again, I just found this article by accident and I don't know a damn thing about it. Now I'm going back to Google Maps to find out where the hell Tillsonburg is....
November 7, 200519 yr fairport, same palce they plan on having the althletic/sports community thing being built
November 7, 200519 yr Yeah, that "building a city from scratch" idea. I forget what it was but there's a thread on it somewhere in here. Oh, Tillsonburg is out in the middle of nowhere SE of London. It appears to be surrounded by nothing but farms. You have now had your useless fact of the day.
November 8, 200519 yr yeah, blitz did a photo tour of it over at ssp, and you can find it at trillium photography
November 18, 200519 yr Also posted in the Cleveland-Port Stanley ferry thread. From the 11/15/05 PD: Grand River ferry aims for Canada Route can start faster than Cleveland's Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Michael Scott Plain Dealer Reporter Painesville Township - A Canadian shipping company has floated another Lake Erie ferry proposal, this one to run from Port Burwell, Ontario, to Lake County. Seaport Management, based in Jarvis, Ontario, envisions mainly large commercial and some high-speed passenger ferries arriving and departing from a port near Mentor Headlands Beach State Park at the Painesville Township-Grand River border. The proposal competes with a well-funded plan by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority to launch commercial shipping boats between Cleveland and Port Stanley, Ontario, sometime in 2007. Read More...
January 14, 200619 yr A fairly lengthy article from the 1/8/06 Willoughby News-Herald: Regulatory and funding issues put boat to Canada in rough waters The shortcut to Canada still may be a long way off. The proposal to create an international border crossing and ferry service in Painesville Township still faces many challenges, including a dearth of startup funding, a lack of political support and a mess of government requirements that must be completed. The project has the potential to channel through Lake County a significant piece of the estimated $88 million in daily trade between Ohio and Ontario. Read More...
April 29, 200619 yr From the 4/28/06 Willoughby News-Herald: Ferry plan faces wave of troubles Eyed shortcut between Lake County, Canada suffering money woes By: Brandon C. Baker [email protected] 04/28/2006 Plans for a ferry shortcut from Lake County to Canada have all but sunk. "I think it has zero chance of happening," Lake County Commissioner Raymond E. Sines said of the proposal. After several meetings and hours of discussion, the proposal to create an international border crossing and ferry service in Painesville Township still lacks startup funding and political support, Sines said. Read More...
April 29, 200619 yr "I've been soliciting to help with the Cleveland Port Authority, but no one has gotten back to me yet," Conley said. "(The ferry service) would make people's lives better. Who cares if it's in Cleveland or wherever." http://www.news-herald.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=16549032&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=8 is this guy for real??? cleveland = secured funding and central location... its a no brainer
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