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garyhaupt

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Posted: 07/29/12 11:05am

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If you are passing thru Terrace....this is abo0ut 30k's east.

http://youtu.be/hgYqk01wVps

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Posted: 07/29/12 11:13am

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Very good Gary. I've been on lots of cable ferries in Alberta and BC but not that one. Nice video.

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Posted: 07/29/12 11:18am

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God help you is that ferry motor stops running! Yikes!

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Posted: 07/29/12 11:22am

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Yes, I have heard of Usk BC as we used to know some one from there and I used to live in the ORIGINAL Usk in South Wales!

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Posted: 07/29/12 01:03pm

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This picture of the McLure ferry off of Hwy 5 north of Kamloops gives a good idea of how a cable across the river is used to control the angle of the pontoons. It's the river current that 'ferries' the boat across the river, not a motor.

In the Usk video the river was flowing faster than I recall either the North Thompson or the Fraser (at Lytton) doing when crossed them.

* This post was edited 07/29/12 01:11pm by paulj *

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Posted: 07/29/12 01:23pm

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nice video Gary

the Russian river ferry on the Kenai river is operated in the same manner.
Looks like you had a fun time.
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Posted: 07/29/12 05:33pm

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Washington has an Usk as well, nearly as obscure as the BC one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usk%2C_Washington
You would pass through it if you took WA20 across the state, or crossed the border at Nelway (east of Trail) and headed to Spokane.