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The
MV Vacationland is a
Canadian RORO ferry that operated across the
Northumberland Strait between the ports of
Cape Tormentine,
New Brunswick and
Port Borden,
Prince Edward Island.
Built in
1971 by the Government of Canada for
Canadian National Railways (CNR) at
Port Weller Drydocks near
St. Catharines, Ontario,
Vacationland was designed for the sheltered waters of the Northumberland Strait; and as such her vehicle decks are open on both sides and she lacks a hurricane bow. She measures 99.06 metres in length, 20.9 metres in beam, and displaces 2775 tons. She has a capacity for 485 passengers and 155 vehicles or 16 tractor trailers. She is a sister ship to the
MV Holiday Island.
CNR changed the name of its ferry services to
CN Marine in
1977 and then to
Marine Atlantic in
1986. The opening of the
Confederation Bridge on
June 1,
1997 saw Marine Atlantic close its ferry service and all of its vessels on this route except
Holiday Island were disposed and sold off by the Crown Assets division of the
Department of Public Works and Government Services.
Vacationland's sister ship
Holiday Island sailed 100 kilometres to the east end of the strait and began service that month under the colours of Northumberland Ferries Ltd., however
Vacationland sailed to
Sydney,
Nova Scotia and help
haul cargo from the Marine Atlantic Borden terminal and was stored there until being sold in
1998 to the Government of New Brunswick. She was renamed MV
Fundy Paradise and was intended to be used on the service between
Blacks Harbour and
Grand Manan Island, however funding for making modifications to the docks at both terminals for accepting the ship was never approved. She was mothballed at a scrapyard in
Liverpool, Nova Scotia until the Government of New Brunswick decided to dispose of her in
2001.
Fundy Paradise was towed back to Sydney and remained docked while listed for sale until
2005 when she was sold to a company from
Quebec City. She is rumoured to be intended for use in a new ferry service being implemented on
Lake Erie.
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