Bay Ferries says ticket sales have begun for 2022

Bay Ferries Limited has announced the start of ticket sales for the 2022 ferry service between Nova Scotia and Maine.

The operating season is scheduled to start May 19. The sailing season will begin with service four days per week until June 22, after which time service will increase to seven days per week. On Sept. 7, service reduces to six days per week with the season closing Oct. 10.

The CAT high-speed ferry will depart Yarmouth at

9:30 a.m. Atlantic time, and will arrive in Bar Harbor at approximately 12 noon Eastern time. It will depart Bar Harbor at 3 p.m. Eastern time and arrive in Yarmouth at approximately 7:30 p.m. Atlantic time. The crossing duration is approximately three-and-a-half hours.

“Awareness and marketing campaigns for the ferry service will activate now and intensify as the operating season approaches,” Bay Ferries said in a media release.

“Bay Ferries' Safe at Sea Program – a series of measures developed since the start of the pandemic to facilitate safe travel by ferry – will be implemented on the service,” the release reads. “Customers will be required to comply with all current border restrictions and requirements imposed by the country of entry. These requirements will likely evolve between now and the start of the operating season.”

The CAT did not operate during 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID pandemic and the Canada-US border closure. It did not sail in 2019 because of construction at the Bay Harbor terminal.

People can refer to www. ferries.ca for additional details on fares.

The company offers a Nova Scotia resident discount on crossings. Nova Scotians can save 50 per cent on passenger fares all season long.

To entice early travel, Maine residents can save 25 per cent off of passenger fares between May 19 and June 20.