LOGBOOK
Dimensions39.7 x 32.5 x 6 cm
Object numberHF.2022.30.6
DescriptionMetal binder containing paper printouts in different colors. The printouts are in bunches that are staggered along the multiple binder rings. These bunches are separated by brown paper. On the front cover of the binder is a red label with raised white text which says "Holiday Island", as well as an embossed logo. There are also red labels on the spine which say: "MAIN ENGINES / HOLIDAY ISLAND / 03/01 TO 12/03G / BOOK NO. 1". Narrative
The Holiday Island was completed in 1971 and served as a car ferry between Cape Tormentine New Brunswick and Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island until 1997 before moving to service the Caribou, Nova Scotia- Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island Route. At approximately 11:00 am on July 22 2022 a fire in the engine room of the MV Holiday Island forced the evacuation of the approximately 200 passengers. The fire would be extinguished the next day and moved away from the mouth of the Wood Islands Harbour. Cars that the passengers had been forced to abandon were successfully removed from the ship on the afternoon of July 24. While the fire was contained to the engine room the ship was found to damaged beyond repair scrapped in November of the same year.
