Complex sentence: In the 1880s a railway line was built from Sackville across the isthmus to Port Elgin and on to Cape Tormentine which played host to an iceboat service and in 1917 a ferry service to Prince Edward Island was established to connect with the Prince Edward Island Railway.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 1880s a railway line was built from Sackville across the isthmus to Port Elgin and on to Cape Tormentine. In 1917 a ferry service to Prince Edward Island was established to connect with the Prince Edward Island Railway.