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.

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

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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.

Le gouvernement du Québec confirme que la traverse qui avait son port d'attache depuis 115 ans à Rivière-du-Loup déménagera vers Cacouna.

Rivière-du-Loup: la traverse va déménager vers Cacouna

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Rivière-du-Loup: the ferry will move to Cacouna

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

Québec annonce le déménagement du port d’attache du traversier à Cacouna dès 2028, rompant ainsi avec 115 ans de tradition maritime à Rivière-du-Loup.

Rivière-du-Loup perdra la traverse au profit de Cacouna

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Rivière-du-Loup will lose the crossing to Cacouna

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…

Le maire de Saint-Siméon salue « une décision courageuse » que celle du déménagement de la Traverse de Rivière-du-Loup vers Cacouna. Il rappelle que le maintien des activités à Rivière-du-Loup aurait couté « environ 600 M$ alors que les nouvelles installations de Cacouna s’élèvent à 170 M$ ». L’annonce d’aujourd’hui contenait aussi une réponse à sa demande datant de 2013 soit d’opérer le service à l’année. « En coulisses, on parlait de 11 mois o…

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

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