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MV ''Abegweit'' were icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferries which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island to Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick. There were two vessels named ''Abegweit'' that serviced this route between 1947 and 1997. The word Abegweit is derived from the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island, ''Epekwit'k'', meaning "cradled (or cradle) on the waves." ==Design and construction== In the late 1970s, Canadian National Railway (CN) underwent a corporate reorganization which saw all of its ferry services placed under a subsidiary named CN Marine. CN Marine began the process of planning the design with German & Milne for a replacement of MV ''Abegweit'', a vessel which entered service in 1947. The new vessel was to be named MV ''Straitway'' and unlike MV ''Abegweit'', was designed as a RoRo ferry which permitted faster loading and unloading. She was also custom designed for the protected waters of Northumberland Strait. This permitted German & Milne to depart from traditional vessel design by eliminating the need for a conventional hull and bow. The new vessel was laid down as hull 1136 at Saint John Shipbuilding & Dry Dock in Saint John, New Brunswick and was launched in the fall of 1981. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Abegweit (1982)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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