page_title: Reaction ferry
section_title: Canada
hierarchical_section_title: Reaction ferry / Worldwide usage / Canada
caption_attribution_description: English: Reaction ferry in Lytton, British Columbia. The traveller which runs along the suspended cable can be seen in the upper right quadrant of the image.
context_page_description: A reaction ferry is a cable ferry that uses the reaction of the current of a river against a fixed tether to propel the vessel across the water. Such ferries operate faster and more effectively in rivers with strong currents.
  Some reaction ferries operate using an overhead cable suspended from towers anchored on either bank of the river. Others use a floating cable attached to a single anchorage that may be on one bank or mid-channel. Where an overhead cable is used a "traveller" is usually installed on the cable and the ferry is attached to the traveller by a bridle cable. To operate the ferry either the bridle cable is adjusted or a rudder is used, causing the ferry to be angled into the current, and the force of the current moves the ferry across the river.
  The ferry may consist of a single hull, or two pontoons with a deck bridging them. Some ferries carry only passengers, whilst others carry road vehicles, with some examples carrying up to 12 cars.
context_section_description: At one time over 30 reaction ferries crossed the rivers of British Columbia, primarily the Fraser River and the Thompson River. Those still operating include:
  Big Bar Ferry, across the Fraser River at Big Bar, British Columbia
  Little Fort Ferry, across the Thompson River in British Columbia
  Lytton Ferry, across the Fraser River at Lytton, British Columbia
  McLure Ferry, across the Thompson River in British Columbia
  Usk Ferry, across the Skeena River in Usk, British Columbia
  In Quebec, the small Laval-sur-le-Lac–Île-Bizard Ferry operates seasonally across the Rivière des Prairies from Laval-sur-le-Lac to the Île Bizard.
caption: The Lytton Ferry across the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, is a reaction ferry using an overhead cable and traveller, visible in the upper right corner.
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