ʃiː wʌz bˈɪlt æz ðɪ ˌɛmˈɛs pɹˈɪns ʌv fˈʌndi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti baɪ skˈɪfbaʊ dʒˈɛsɪlʃˌæft ʌntˈɜːwɛsɚ, ˈæɡ, ɪn bɹˈɛmɚhˌeɪvən, dʒˈɜːməni, fɚðə lˈaɪən fˈɛɹi sˈɜːvɪs bᵻtwˌiːn pˈoːɹtlənd, mˈeɪn, ænd jˈɑːɹməθ, nˈoʊvə skˈoʊʃə.
She was built as the MS Prince of Fundy in 1970 by Schiffbau Gesellschaft Unterweser, AG, in Bremerhaven, Germany, for the Lion Ferry service between Portland, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.