the service provider. 2014: Designed and built by WaterBridge Steel at Nakusp, the 80-vehicle, 250-passenger capacity MV Columbia was introduced to replace the two smaller vessels. Wider lanes and improved ramp transitions allowed faster loading and unloading. 2020: A vehicle drove off the Shelter Bay terminal ahead of the incoming ferry. The driver, who was rescued, did not suffer any major injuries. An underwater dive team attached a tow truck cable to the submerged vehicle, which was lifted from the water. Operation The ferry operates under contract to the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and is free of tolls, as are all inland ferries in British Columbia. The MV Columbia sails every thirty minutes, from the first departure from Shelter Bay at 5am until the last at midnight, with a crossing time of about twenty minutes (the first and last departures are 5:30am and 12:30am from Galena Bay). The ferry has capacity for 80 vehicles and 250 passengers. See also Adams Lake Cable Ferry Albion Ferry Arrow Park Ferry Barnston Island Ferry Big Bar Ferry Francois Lake Ferry Glade Cable Ferry Harrop Ferry Kootenay Lake Ferry Lytton Ferry Little Fort Ferry McLure Ferry Needles Ferry Usk Ferry Footnotes References Ferries of British Columbia Arrow Lakes Crossings of the Columbia River Canadian Pacific Railway