Canby Ferry
The Canby Ferry (aka the M.J. Lee) is a ferry in the U.S. state of Oregon that connects Canby, and Wilsonville/Stafford in Clackamas County across the Willamette River. It has been in service since 1914. It has been replaced and updated several times, most recently in 2001. It is one of three ferries that cross the Willamette River.
The ferry has room for six cars (or 75 tons) and a toll is charged for motor vehicles, whilst pedestrians and bicyclists travel for free. A regular passenger car costs (2009 pricing) $2.00, while $12 is charged if a vehicle takes up the entire ferry. The ferry, the M.J. Lee II, is a cable ferry powered by electricity provided by overhead lines and is guided across the river by underwater cables, so the vessel is relatively unaffected by the river's currents.
The ferry is required by the Navigation Rules[1] to display a dayshape and, at night, certain lights that communicate to other vessels it's (right-of-way) rights on navigable waters. Because the ferry is guided by an underwater cable, and is fed eletricity from an overhead cable, its ability to maneuver is restricted. Such vessels must display the dayshape for Restricted Maneuverability which is a ball + diamond + ball displayed vertically in the rigging. As the Canby Ferry will always be a restricted maneuverability vessel, the shipbuilders permanently mounted a metal ball-diamond-ball on a mast. See photo. Before sunrise and after sunset, and during periods of restricted visibility, the ferry must display the red-over-white-over-red array of a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver.
See also
- Buena Vista Ferry
- Wheatland Ferry
- Molalla River State Park
- Boones Ferry
- List of crossings of the Willamette River
External links
- Canby Ferry information from Clackamas County Transportation Maintenance
- 1960 photo of Canby Ferry from Salem Public Library
References
<references/1>US Dept of Transportation, United States Coast Guard "Navigation Rules, International-Inland", COMDTINST M16672.2D, Paradise Cay Publications, Arcata, CA ISBN 0-939837-49-8
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