Mayor Morse was in attendance today to unveil Canada Posts new stamp series called “Let’s Take the Ferry!” and the Grand Manan V Ferry is the only Atlantic Canada ferry in the series of five stamps. MP John Williamson, Minister Kathy Bockus, MLA Andrea Anderson-Mason, Minister Richard Ames, Mayor Bonnie Morse, Captain Gordon Harris, and Coastal Transport’s Gregg Ryder.
The stamp issue presents five ferries, each representing different regions of Canada:
. Grand Manan V connects Blacks Harbour and Grand Manan Island, N.B., across the Bay of Fundy.
· Spirit of British Columbia connects Vancouver (Tsawwassen) and Victoria (Swartz Bay, Vancouver Island), B.C., across the Salish Sea.
· Chi-Cheemaun travels between Tobermory (Bruce Peninsula) and Manitoulin Island (South Baymouth), Ont., across Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay.
· Trillium provides passage between Toronto and the Toronto Islands, Ont., across Lake Ontario.
· Alphonse-Desjardins links Québec and Lévis, Que., across the St. Lawrence River.
