“That’s the harsh reality.”Clackamas County staff will update the Board of Commissioners in the early fall after studying all cost-cutting opportunities. “It’s a super direct route for us. Hood Territory. Useful 2. “It saves me time, but it also gives me peace of mind. The county is trying to figure out if it can make up the difference.
The Canby Ferry is one of the last Ferries operating in Oregon, and they need more riders to … The Canby Ferry is a nice little newly rebuilt community ferry. They run Gwynn’s Coffeehouse, which is right off the street that connects the ferry to downtown. It's been years since I took the Canby Ferry, and the quick ferry ride does not disappoint. There should be more ferries that are as fun as this one! He says the best part of his job is getting to talk with riders.“Working here, it’s really helped me grow,” Welch said, “and I think it’s just great to maybe make an impact on someone’s life.”Ferry operator Lawrence Welch pilots the Canby Ferry during the afternoon commute on March 14, 2019.Welch said one rider he got to know well recently died.“It makes me sad because I got to know them on a personal level and I’d like to think that maybe I had an influence on how their days might’ve been,” he said, “and I actually saw them on the day that they passed and didn’t know that, and I’m glad I got to have that last interaction.”Welch and Quinn said they would both continue to work with the county if they lost their ferry jobs, though they are unsure in what capacity.In his coffeehouse, Gwynn elaborated. Roughly the average is from $300,000 to $400,000 a year,” said Mike Bezner, Clackamas County’s assistant director of transportation.The difference comes out of the county’s road fund.The ferry runs seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. as often as commuters show up on either side of the river, but its hours can vary depending on the time of year. We get off the ferry and have a straight shot to her school instead of a super roundabout way on the I-5 or 99-E, so it’s super convenient.”Lindon lives in Canby, but says she had only taken the ferry sporadically before she began regularly using it last September to take Shelby to school.The two said they would be sad to see the ferry go.Valerie Lindon and her daughter Shelby ride the Canby Ferry to Shelby's middle school in Tualatin.
The ferry has been in almost-continuous operation since then, with the exception of a seven-year period …
I think it’s just a beautiful, nostalgic thing to do.”Local business owner Mallory Gwynn says the ferry helps downtown businesses.“A lot of the businesses downtown do benefit from the traffic,” Gwynn said.
Be a part of it! “Certainly the successes of our business doesn’t count on that, but it augments that and it helps us.”Gwynn and his family have lived in Clackamas County for more than 20 years. The principal characteristics of the vessel are as follows: “We’re not here to make money; we’re here to provide a service to the community.”Lawrence Welch is another ferry operator. It costs $5 each way. Canby Ferry: Oh yes, do this!!! I think it’s just a beautiful, nostalgic thing to do.”Local business owner Mallory Gwynn says the ferry helps downtown businesses.“A lot of the businesses downtown do benefit from the traffic,” Gwynn said. Inclement weather or mechanical issues may cause temporary closures. So, we would miss it,” Lindon said.Mike Hurtado also lives in Canby. Funny. Roughly the average is from $300,000 to $400,000 a year,” said Mike Bezner, Clackamas County’s assistant director of transportation.The difference comes out of the county’s road fund.The ferry runs seven days a week from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. as often as commuters show up on either side of the river, but its hours can vary depending on the time of year.
He’s been riding the ferry regularly for about a year and uses it to get to work in Tualatin.“This allows me not to deal with the traffic on I-5 and it’s pretty peaceful on the way to work and on the way home,” Hurtado said. The Canby Ferry is a piece of Oregon history, but it's also costing Clackamas County about $400,000 a year. That’s what we’re looking at now,” he said.Over the past decade, labor has made up the bulk of ferry costs — that includes paying ferry operators, mechanics and other maintenance workers.Those personnel costs have made up about 64 percent of the ferry’s average yearly cost. He said to lose the ferry would be losing a piece of the community’s history.“There would be sadness for a lot of people in a short period of time, then like all things, it will be forgotten if it’s taken out and the next generation will never know it was there,” Gwynn said. The ferry holds about 4 full-size… Most people don’t say, ‘Hey, I took the ferry to school,’ you know?
Cutting labor or the ferry’s hours of operation has been suggested.“I feel like we’re here to provide a service, and so I think cutting hours is a poor way to cut costs,” said Rory Quinn, a full-time ferry operator since 2012.