THE MV BLUENOSE - Building a Radio Controlled Model
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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...
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