Stephen Kimber

It was early February. The first “new-ferry-system-has-not-been-confirmed… we-must-unfortunately-cancel-the-space” emails from skittish U.S. tour operators had begun landing on reservations desks at Nova Scotia hotels and resorts. Local tourism operators desperately needed to know if there would —  as the government had promised — actually be a ferry service this summer between Yarmouth and Portland, Maine. […]