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The Whatcom Chief is a ferry in Washington State, USA.[1][2] The ferry carries both pedestrians and vehicles to Lummi Island from Gooseberry Point on the eastern shore of Puget Sound.
The Gooseberry Point terminal is situated on land belonging to the Lummi Nation.[3] A 35-year lease was agreed between Whatcom County and the Lummi Nation in September 2011. John Stark, writing in The Bellingham Herald, criticized Whatcom County for the cost of the lease, and for failing to push the Lummi Nation to take it to court by interpreting some Federal precedence that may have allowed access to the ferry terminal without a leasing fee.
Normally the voyage takes eight minutes.[4] The ferry can accommodate 20 vehicles and 100 pedestrian passengers. The ferry service is occasionally disrupted due to bad weather.[5]
In 2013 Integrating Passenger Ferry Service with Mass Transit cited the Whatcom Chief and the Whatcom Transit authority for their close integration.[6] The transit authority's buses only serve the ferry's mainland terminal eight times a day, so, ferry passengers who wish to connect to a bus, and fear a ferry delay will make them lose their connection, are encouraged to have ferry crew convey a request for the bus to wait for the ferry's arrival.
Volume 102 of TCRP synthesis, ISSN 1073-4880 Authors Contributors National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Transit Cooperative Research Program, United States. Federal Transit Administration, Transit Development Corporation Publisher , 2013 ISBN 0309223873,
References
- ↑ Caleb Hutton (2011-11-29). "Lummi ferry to be out of service at night until". The Bellingham Herald. http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/11/29/2291086/lummi-ferry-to-be-out-of-service.html. Retrieved 2012-03-12. mirror
- ↑ "Lummi Island Ferry". Whatcom County Public Works. http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/publicworks/ferry/index.jsp. Retrieved 2010-12-21. mirror
- ↑ John Stark (2011-09-15). "Whatcom County Council OKs new Lummi Island ferry lease". The Bellingham Herald. http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/09/14/2183572/community-sounds-off-on-countys.html. Retrieved 2012-03-12. mirror
- ↑ Mike McQuade (2011-04-27). "Go for a hike, a loop on a bike or a world-class meal on Lummi Island". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2014888895_nwwlummi28.html. Retrieved 2012-03-12. "The Whatcom Chief ferry, operated by Whatcom County, holds 20 cars and 100 passengers. Crossing time is eight minutes. Round-trip fares are $13 for car and driver, plus $7 per passenger. Walk-ons and cyclists: $7."
- ↑ Kelly Robbins (2011-09-27). "500 lose power in storm". Western Front. http://westernfrontonline.net/news/13762-500-lose-power-in-storm. Retrieved 2012-03-12. "The Whatcom Chief, the ferry running from Gooseberry Point to Lummi Island, intermittently stopped the over the course of the day as winds fluctuated." mirror
- ↑ Timothy D. Payne, Danielle Rose, Hazel Scher (2013). Integrating Passenger Ferry Service with Mass Transit. Transportation Research Board. p. 12. ISBN 9780309223874. http://books.google.ca/books?id=PYr_BE-X2OIC&pg=PA16&dq=%22Whatcom+Chief%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FmZJU4nWKaXr2QXL8gE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Whatcom%20Chief%22&f=false. Retrieved 2014-04-12. "For example, Whatcom County Public Works operates a ferry, the Whatcom Chief, between Lummi Island and Gooseberry Point in rural Whatcom County, Washington. If the ferry is delayed, passengers aboard the Whatcom Chief who wish to connect to a bus on the mainland can request that the ferry operator contact Whatcom Transit and ask the bus operator to wait. Whatcom Transit serves Gooseberry Point only eight times each day, making this type of integration important for those residents of Lummi Island who need to connect to the mainlaind by means of public transit."
