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66: 91: 219:), carrying out this function until 1964. She was restored by volunteers of Whatcom Maritime Historical Society, and now carries passengers during the summer months from the Blaine harbor dock across Drayton Harbor to the resort dock. At approximately 1 kilometer, this is claimed to be the shortest ferry run in Washington. She is the second oldest operating foot passenger ferry in Washington, next to 98: 73: 52: 476: 481: 433: 237: 397: 240:
as demonstrating "the best of preservation practice" with a Valerie Sivinski Award for Outstanding Achievement in Historic Preservation Rehabilitation Projects.
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and operated by the nonprofit Drayton Harbor Maritime. She originally ferried workers from Blaine to the
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which was built in Bellingham 27 years earlier, in 1917.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

MV Plover is located in Washington (state)
MV Plover is located in the United States
Blaine, WA
48°59′38″N 122°45′31″W / 48.99389°N 122.75861°W / 48.99389; -122.75861
97000551
Whatcom County, Washington
National Register of Historic Places
Blaine, Washington
Alaska Packers' Association
Semiahmoo Resort
Kitsap Transit
Carlisle II
Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Historic ships to visit


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service



MV Plover informational brochure
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MV Plover
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