Quyon Ferry set for earliest opening in recent history

Quyon Ferry set for earliest opening in recent history

With this year’s mild weather thawing out the Pontiac, the Quyon Ferry will be resuming voyages across the Ottawa River later this week, the earliest opening in recent history.

Co-owner Ralph McColgan said that they were aiming to start Thursday, March 7 at 5:30 a.m., but would make the final confirmation via their website on Wednesday afternoon. He said that this is the earliest they’ve opened the ferry since his grandfather took over the business in the 1950s. They typically open between March 22 and 28, and the previous record before this year was March 16, set back in 2016.

He added that they were lucky that this off season was a light one for maintenance, which allowed them to scramble and get open so early.