Transportation from Bar Habor to Nova Scotia
 

Looking for information on the boat or ferry from Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia.

the cat ferry is the only choice now. there use to be a ferry from portland but it is not running this year.

was there this summer and took the cat. first of all they really rip you off big time. if you are going in a car will be a few hundred dollars. next the trip was very foggy and couldnt see a thing and the boat was very bumpy. but you dont have many choices except to drive through newfoundland to prince edward island (which is a really awesome place) then take another ferry to nova scotia. enjoy

Rip off? The one-way fare for a passenger car is about US$100. Driving Bar Harbor to Yarmouth is 634 miles. Say your car average 25mph, that still takes 25 gallon of gas. Say gas is $2.5 (gas is more expensive in Canada than the US), it's over $60 just for gas.

Now, if you're going to Halifax, then it's not as good a deal. But I can't see how you can call that a rip off.

I should add that you can say the fares are pretty high - but for passengers, which is about $50 each way.

Still, it's all comparative. It still costs less than riding the cheapest train from New York to Boston.

I don't believe you drive through Newfoundland to N.S. Maybe New Brunswick. Also my aging Aunt tell me there is a new bridge from PEI to N.S. Is she hallucinating again?