MANITOULIN ISLAND

TO AND FRO
For summer 2006, The ferry 638-passenger, 143-car Chi-Cheemaun (which means big canoe) will be making four, round trips daily between Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula to on Manitoulin Island. A crossing usually takes about one hour and 45 minutes. In spring and fall, it makes three round trips daily when crossings usually take about an hour.
Prices have skipped up slightly. The fares (in Canadian dollars) are for adults, $13.85 one-way; $23 round trip; for ages 5 to 11, $6.90 and $12 for ages 65 and older $12 and $20. One-way passage for a car is $30.20; for a motorcycle $15.70 and for a bike $5.90.
For details contact Ontario Ferries.