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Beal & Bunker Ferry

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Beal & Bunker Ferry

Providing year-round transportation from Northeast Harbor to the Cranberry Islands since 1951. Islesford, Great Cranberry, and Sutton.

The only boat offering year round transportation to and from Northeast Harbor to the Cranberry Isles.

10/14/2024

3:30pm run update (10/14/24)

* Boat is leaving NEH now. We will be stopping at GCI first and then headed to Islesford.

We should have word soon about the 3:30 run. Our crew is heading out to see how the conditions are outside of the harbor. Once decided we’ll update this post. Thank you for your patience, everyone!

10/13/2024

‼️New updated winter schedule! ‼️

We switch to our winter schedule tomorrow (10/14/24).

Attached is our UPDATED winter schedule!

Sorry folks we put out the last update in too much of a rush and missed a couple of things. So here is the schedule we will be using and adding to our website.

Thank you all and again very sorry for the mistake on the last schedule share! We hope you are having a great weekend. ☀️

10/10/2024

We have decided to cancel all runs this coming Saturday (10/12/24) due to the weather. We are also going to take that time to perform maintenance on the Sea Queen so that it can get back into rotation. We plan to resume our normal schedule on Sunday.

We apologize for any inconvenience these cancelations cause and ask for your understanding. We hope you all have a great evening!

10/04/2024

Our winter schedule begins a little early this year on Monday, October 14th! The 5pm Commuter starts the 15th (run by Cranberry Cove
Ferry).
Please take note that we have slightly edited our
3:30pm departure times from the islands.

We hope you all have a great weekend!

09/10/2024

*Schedule changes this Thursday, 09/12/24*

We are making some small changes to our spring / fall schedule. As many know the boat tends to be late at the islands. We saw after changing our summer schedule that it helped us stay on time. We’re hoping similar changes to this schedule will help just as much.
Please note that the departure times on our 2:30pm run are a little earlier now. This is to help us arrive back to NEH sooner to prep for our 4:30pm departure.

We appreciate everyone sharing this post to help spread the word. We’ll start implementing the new schedule this Thursday, 09/12/24.

Thank you for reading and we hope you all have a great day!

09/07/2024

Schedule change today (Saturday 09/07/24)

Our 4:30pm departure has been changed to 5:15pm for today only.

NEH ➡️ Islands 5:15pm
Cranberry ➡️ Islesford: 5:30pm
Islesford ➡️ Cranberry/NEH: 5:45pm
Cranberry ➡️ NEH: 6:00pm

We apologize for any inconvenience the delay in this run causes anyone.

08/28/2024

Schedule & Night Boat Update:

Our Fall Schedule begins Monday, September 2nd!

Our night boat schedule will also change next week. We will be departing from Northeast Harbor & the IDR @8:30pm. We will continue running the night boat everyday except for Mondays and Tuesdays or when the IDR is closed to the public. As the season slows, we’ll let you know when the night boat schedule changes.

Thank you for reading and we hope you all have a great day!

08/23/2024

No 9pm Night boat tonight 08/23/24

08/16/2024

Our 9pm Night Boat will NOT be running tonight due to a private event at the IDR tonight.

08/14/2024

We are looking for a deckhand to help us finish out the summer season. If you or someone you know may be interested in the position, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

07/10/2024

We have a new way to send invoices via text. If you’d like to opt in to this, just send us a message with your cell phone number.
We hope you all have a great week!

07/03/2024

July 4th Schedule:
We will be running our normal schedule with the exception of no Early Morning Commuter or 9pm Night Boat. The attached photo is our summer day schedule and all of these runs will be happening tomorrow.
We hope you all enjoy the holiday!

06/17/2024

Our summer schedule starts today! ☀️

Also, we are still looking for another captain to work part-time. Please spread the word, thank you.

06/06/2024

We are looking to hire another captain to work 3 full days each week (7am - 7pm). Pay is $30/hour. Please reach out if you’re interested. Applicants must hold proper documentation including 50-ton captain license.
We appreciate everyone sharing this post.

05/26/2024

We will not be running our early morning commuter tomorrow but we will be running the rest of the day as normally scheduled. Thank you and we hope you all have a great day.

04/30/2024

Spring schedule starts May 6th!
ALSO,
We have decided to start charging $2/bag on the boat! This will go into effect on Monday, May 6th. *first bag/ trip is free*. Feel free to consolidate your groceries to reduce your cost. If you plan to have the crew help load and unload your bags, we do ask that you don’t OVERload your bags. Our crew members are strong but they probably don’t want to be lugging a ton of extremely heavy bags.
As you all are probably aware, our commuter pass price increases on May 6th as well. For anyone that has not purchased their tickets at the discounted rate and would like to do so, you can mail a check to our PO Box and we will mail them to you or hold them until you can pick them up. Alternatively, you can purchase them right on the boat. We aren’t currently able to process payments over the phone, sorry!

We hope you all have a wonderful week. ☀️

Our mailing address:
PO Box 33
Great Cranberry Isles
ME 04625

04/24/2024

If you mailed a check in for discounted 10-trips, I’ll be depositing checks & sending the tickets to you throughout today and tomorrow!
Hope you all have a great day! ☀️

04/11/2024

We have decided to cancel all runs tomorrow (04/12/24) due to weather conditions. We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes anyone and hope that we have given everyone ample time to plan accordingly.
We hope to see you all Saturday!

04/11/2024

We are keeping a close eye on tomorrow’s weather forecast. Depending on the severity of the wind, we may have to cancel. We will post later today with a decision. As always, we hope to run, and especially tomorrow given that there is a scheduled dental clinic.

04/03/2024

Due to unsafe weather conditions, we have decided to cancel ALL runs tomorrow (4/4/24). Hopefully this is the last nor’easter of the season! 🤞
We will see you all Friday!

04/02/2024

We are planning to run all boats tomorrow. We hope you all have a good day!

04/02/2024

Hello,
We just wanted to give everyone a heads up that we may have some cancelations Wednesday and we are likely canceling Thursday runs. We’ll post again tomorrow night when we have a better idea of the forecast.

03/29/2024

Our Spring schedule starts May 6th and with that brings the seasonal increase for purchasing 10-trip tickets. Until then, we welcome everyone to purchase their tickets in bulk at the discounted price of $90 each.
You can purchase on the boat or mail us a check with your return address and we will mail them to you.

Our mailing address:

PO Box 33
Cranberry Isles,
ME 04625

03/28/2024

Our Easter Sunday schedule! We hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

03/24/2024

We’re running today but starting a bit late! Approximately 45 min behind schedule. Sorry! A crew member wasn’t here this morning so we had to scramble for a replacement. The 3:30pm should run on time.

Address

18 Harbor Drive
Northeast Harbor, ME
04625

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 7pm
Tuesday	7am - 7pm
Wednesday	7am - 7pm
Thursday	7am - 7pm
Friday	7am - 7pm
Saturday	7am - 7pm
Sunday	7am - 7pm

Website

http://Www.Bealandbunkerferry.com/

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