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MV Abegweit


 

The motor vessel Abegweit was the name for two different icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferries which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947-1997.

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Icebreaking - Ferries - Abegweit Passage - Northumberland Strait - Port Borden - Cape Tormentine

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The word Abegweit is derived from the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island, Epekwit'k, meaning "cradled (or cradle) on the waves."

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Abegweit - Mi'kmaq - Prince Edward Island

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