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Finnegan, Alberta

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It is named for John Finnegan (1842–1924) who homesteaded on the river, then opened and operated the ferry. The community is named after the ferry. According to a tourism guidebook, Finnegan "was a very active wirey man all his life and at the age of 75 could still do handsprings!"
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Finnegan Ferry has a weight limit of 62.5 tonnes (61.5 long tons; 68.9 short tons) and dimensions of the ferry are 22.5 metres (74 ft) long and 10.36 metres (34.0 ft) wide.
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Unincorporated community in southern Alberta, Canada
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Finnegan is located in Alberta
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Alberta
unincorporated community
southern Alberta
Special Area No. 2
Highway 36
Brooks
cable ferry
Alberta
Alberta Highway
Red Deer River
toll
Alberta Transportation
Tom Cochrane
Life Is a Highway
"Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4804004 - Special Area No. 2, geographical codes and localities, 2006"
Statistics Canada
the original


ISBN
0921102585
"Government of Alberta Ministry of Transportation"
the original
360 degree view photo of the ferry, from 2003
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Alberta

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