Balboa Island Ferry

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The ferry with the Balboa Fun Zone in the background

The Balboa Iceland Ferry is a car ferry in Newport Beach in the US state of California .

The ferries operate at frequent intervals between the Balboa Peninsula and Balboa Island . The distance through Newport Bay is around 300 meters. The two piers are on East Bay Avenue across from the historic Balboa Pavilions and on the island's South Bayfront.

history

Balboa Island , located in Newport Bay, developed from a trading center into a residential area in the 1890s. The island was quickly settled and finally incorporated into Newport Beach in 1916. Three years later, Joseph Beek, a well-known California politician, received the rights to operate a ferry service. The original ship, The Ark , initially operated on demand.

From 1919 to 1953 the crossing cost a nickel . In the 1950s, three wooden ferries named Admiral , Captain and Commodore replaced the previous model. The three ferries are still in operation today, they can each transport up to three cars and are 19.5 meters long. Up to 1.5 million passengers use the Balboa Island Ferry for a crossing each year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Balboa Island History. (No longer available online.) Balboa Island's Visitor's Guide , archived from the original on July 23, 2010 ; accessed on May 27, 2009 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.balboa-island.net
  2. ↑ James P. Felton: Newport Beach Chronological Timeline. Newport Beach Public Library , accessed May 2, 2009 .
  3. ↑ a b c Kevin Sullivan: Orange Slices: Classic OC Ferry Tale. Orange County Register , August 29, 2007, accessed May 31, 2009 .

Coordinates: 33 ° 36 '15 "  N , 117 ° 53' 58"  W.