Construction began last summer, sped along, Penwell said, by border restrictions. There was really no interference from the boat coming every day, so they were able to do their work straightforward, he said.
Previously, St-Pierre residents could ship their cars to Newfoundland as freight on a weekly passage and keep them in Canada for the summer. They could come in and drive around Newfoundland, Penwell said, but they had to keep their vehicle here.
The Fortune wharf wasn t a busy place on Friday, when the territorial council president is scheduled to mark the end of the project by driving off the ferry, despite border restrictions.(Jeremy Eaton/CBC)