The Last Ferry: The Fight to Close a Town
The Economic and Emotional Toll of Letting Go of Once-Thriving Communities
It’s New Year’s Eve 2019, and the MV Hazel McIssac ferry departs Little Bay Islands for the final time. The ferry, the only means of entering or leaving the community, pulls away just hours after the province cut power and utilities to the town. First settled in 1825, Little Bay Islands is now abandoned—shy of its 200th anniversary.1 What remains are now…
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