Rivière-du-Loup, Que., loses ferry port to Cacouna

Rivière-du-Loup, Que., loses ferry port to Cacouna

The Quebec government has announced that the home port of the Bas-Saint-Laurent ferry service will move from Rivière-du-Loup to a smaller municipality about 13 kilometres east, breaking with a 115-year-old maritime tradition.

The Government of Quebec confirms that the ferry, which had its home port for 115 years in Rivière-du-Loup for 115 years, will move to Cacouna.

Quebec announces the move of the ferry home port to Cacouna in 2028, breaking with 115 years of maritime tradition in Rivière-du-Loup.

The mayor of Saint-Siméon welcomes “a courageous decision” to move the Traverse from Rivière-du-Loup to Cacouna. He recalls that maintaining activities in Rivière-du-Loup would have cost “around $600 million while the new facilities in Cacouna amount to $170 million.” Today's announcement also contained a response to his request in 2013 to operate the service year-round. “Behind the scenes, we were talking about 11 months or maybe even 12. My ef…