There’s a new girl in town, and she’s a beauty. The MS (Motor Ship) Chi-Cheemaun, a car and passenger ferry based out of Owen Sound, Ontario, cruised into Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay ...
Since the Chi-Cheemaun ferry started traversing Lake Huron between Tobermory and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island in 1974, its schedule has been like clockwork: It started the first Friday every ...
The Chi-Cheemaun ferry will make its final trip of 2016 across Georgian Bay this weekend. And it's been a very busy summer, with an eight per cent increase in traffic, on top of a similar increase ...
Firefighters helped ship staff put out a boiler room fire early Saturday on the Chi-Cheemaun ferry, which is dry docked in Thunder Bay. The fire was contained to the boiler room deep within the ship ...
OWEN SOUND, Ont. - The president and CEO of the Owen Sound Transportation Company says there are no layoffs at the company that operates the Chi Cheemaun ferry between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island.
Now so much more than a pleasant break from long distance highway driving, the MS Chi-Cheemaun ferry has become a trip highlight for visitors exploring Manitoulin Island, Bruce Peninsula and Tobermory ...
Ontario's Minister of Tourism says he's concerned a delay in the start of the Chi-Cheemaun ferry season could hurt tourism on Manitoulin Island. The Chi-Cheemaun ferry connects Manitoulin Island with ...
The Chi-Cheemaun ferry is now boosting its daily sailings from two to three between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island for the summer. The first crossing arrives at 10:30 a.m., with the last departing at ...
On a foggy day last May, the Chi-Cheemaun ferry sounded its horn in waters near the Cape Croker lighthouse, en route to Tobermory to start the spring transportation season to and from Manitoulin.
Longtime Owen Sound, Ont., resident Ken Reid's been looking at the MS Chi-Cheemaun since it was first put into the water in the city's harbour 51 years ago. The Canadian-made vessel that ferries ...