McNeil Island Residents to Get New Ferry Float
County commissioners force construction after government restricts access to the penitentiary's private ferry service.
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The county commissioners today awarded the contract for a float, to be constructed at the north end of McNeil Island, to Gust Carlson. The float will connect directly with the Norgren county road. Owing to the government objecting to the use of the government launches of the McNeil Island penitentiary for every-day travel, the commissioners were forced to build a float to accommodate the ranchers on the island.
“Owing to the government objecting to the use of the government launches of the McNeil Island penitentiary for every-day travel, the commissioners were forced to build a float to accommodate the ranchers on the island.”
While McNeil Island has since been cleared of civilian residents and converted entirely into a federal prison, the struggle for reliable transit between the island and the mainland was a constant feature of early 20th-century life for rural settlers in the South Sound.
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