A trip on a PEI Ferry was always a special treat for me. I think I may have been about 5 on my first trip to the Island. We were aboard the Prince Nova, which was almost new at that time. According to a post card I have she was built in 1964, so she could not have been in service for more than a year. That first trip started me on a lifelong fascination with car ferries.Since then I have managed to compile a bit of information on various vessels used over the years in the island service. Some of these ships are still in service today, even though many travelers opt to take the new "Confederation Bridge". I�m glad to have been able to share the experience of a Borden to Cape Tormentine crossing with my children. My biggest disappointment was that I never got to sail on either Abegweit. If any ferry was synonymous with crossing the Northumberland Strait it was the old Abby. She is still afloat, serving as a clubhouse for the Columbia Yacht Club in Chicago, USA. Maybe there�s hope for me to board her yet. Most of my crossings were made on the seasonal Caribou - Wood Islands run. The boats were generally smaller on that end of the island. They were operated by Northumberland Ferries, rather than CN (or later Marine Atlantic), as were the Borden boats. Northumberland and its subsidiary Bay Ferries continue to operate today and have assumed former Marine Atlantic services at Digby and Yarmouth. I have no doubt that they will be around for a while yet. Most of my knowledge of the ferries comes from newspaper articles, postcards and an excellent 1991 book "Iceboats to Superferries" An Illustrated History of Marine Atlantic. I also wrote to Northumberland Ferries in 1974 and received an informative reply letter from president C.R. Hunter, which gave a brief historical account of their vessels. It was the vessels themselves that I found interesting. I often wondered  what became of these after their time on the Strait. What better way to keep track of them than with the www. That is why I have chosen to share my limited and humble collection of facts and photos to honor the PEI ferries I have known and loved.