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MV Kipawo
Built at Saint John New Brunswick in 1925, Kipawo was purchased by the DAR and named after the first two letters of the ports she served, Kingsport, Wolfville and Parrsboro. Replacing a smaller DAR ferry, the SS Prince Albert, Kipawo was 113 feet long. She could carry 127 passengers as well as eight automobiles, loaded by a unique cradle system. The ferry connected to DAR trains at Kingsport and Wolfville according to a unique and ever-changing timetable determined by the Minas basin tides. She sported brass DAR crests on her bows, identical to those seen on DAR steam locomotives. In 1940, Kipawo was called to the war effort as a supply vessel in Newfoundland where she continued to operate as a ferry until 1977. She was returned to the Minas Basin in 1982 and beached at Parrsboro where her hull serves today as a theatre stage.
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References and Footnotes
- Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 1), Gary Ness, page 5
- Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, page 148
