A reaction ferry is a cable ferry that uses the reaction of the current of a river against a fixed tether to propel the vessel across the water. Such ferries operate faster and more effectively in riv
Reaction ferry crossing the Rhine at Basel, Switzerland
The Lytton Ferry across the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, is a reaction ferry using an overhead cable and traveller, visible in the upper right corner.
The Aken Ferry, Germany
The Westerhüsen Ferry across the Elbe in Germany is a reaction ferry using a floating cable attached to a mid-channel anchorage, to the right of the boat.
The Little Fort Ferry is a cable ferry across the North Thompson River in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated at Little Fort, about 93 kilometres north of Kamloops.
Reaction ferry
…Big Bar Ferry, across the Fraser River at Big Bar, British Columbia Little Fort Ferry, across the Thompson River in British Columbia Lytton Ferry, across the Fraser River at Lytton, British Columbia…