MV Bluenose - Build Blog

MV  Bluenose  was a Canadian passenger and motor vehicle  ferry  operated by  Canadian National Railways  and later  CN Marine  from 1955 to 1982. She sailed between  Bar Harbor ,  Maine  and  Yarmouth ,  Nova Scotia . The vessel was named after the famed  Grand Banks  fishing and racing  schooner   Bluenose . Construction In 1949, the Canadian Maritime Commission began to explore the possibility of investing in the construction of a ferry to connect the port of Yarmouth with a port in Maine. This followed a multi-year lobbying campaign of the federal government conducted by citizens and local political leaders in southwestern Nova Scotia advocating a ferry service to replace steamship connections that were not resumed following the conclusion of the  Second World War . [1]   The vessel was built by   Davie Shipbuilding   in   Lauzon , Quebec, Canada. [2]   Building commenc...