Deer Island port closure impacts Eastport businesses
The indefinite closure of the port of entry on Deer Island, New Brunswick, is impacting businesses in Eastport that depend on ferry traffic.
The Quoddy Tides reported the ferry connection existed for 80 years, but stopped two years ago when the provincial government asked the service to take on an alternative run on a three-year contract.
East Coast Ferries co-owner Velma Lord told the paper she had planned to restore the Eastport-Deer Island service next year.
"It's affected many, many business on both sides of the border," Meg Keay, owner of Port O' Call in Eastport and a partner in Fundy Acadia Regional Adventures, said of the lack of ferry service. "It's like removing a segment of highway in the middle of everything."
Jeanne Peacock, president of the Eastport Area Chamber of Commerce, said many Eastport businesses were hurt by the lack of Canadian traffic coming on the Deer Island run.
Area businesses and other interests are starting a campaign to convince the Canadian government not to permanently close the Deer Island port of entry.
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