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Special Thanks to Cape Breton Beach Life for the Excellent  Feature of the Ross Ferry Marine Park!

Make a Donation to the Ross Ferry Stewardship Society

Where memories live on - by the water, in the park

Our park is built on community — and now, you can be part of its story. Honour a loved one with a memorial bench or tree while helping us enhance and care for Ross Ferry Marine Park for future generations.

Our Community-Run Marine Park

Upcoming Events

  • Sunday Fries at the Park
    Sunday Fries at the Park
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Aug 30
    Ross Ferry Marine Park
    Come down to the beautiful Ross Ferry Marine Park and enjoy some fries, hot dogs and soft drinks. Every Sunday from July 5th to September 6th Noon - 4pm.
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  • Ross Ferry Market
    Ross Ferry Market
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Sep 06
    Ross Ferry
    Every Sunday from July 5th to September 27th Noon - 3pm. Your fresh, local, roadside market! Locally grown vegetables & fruit Breads, baking & sweet delights Yummy jams, preserves & pickles Annuals, perennials, florals & herbs Unique creations from our Artisans And much more!
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News & Noteworthy

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Ross Ferry Seniors Supper

Annual Senior’s Appreciation Turkey Supper at Ross Ferry Fire Hall

March 15, 2026

We would like to thank all the volunteers from both Ross Ferry Fire Hall and Ross Ferry Stewardship Society for another wonderful Seniors Supper. Our community really enjoys this special treat every year around Valentine’s Day.

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Ross Ferry Seniors Supper

Thanks to the Victoria County Community Health Board for their donation to this event!

March 15, 2026

Big thanks to the Victoria County Community Health Board for their donation to the Ross Ferry Seniors Supper. With this donation we were able to offer our attendees a beautiful breadbasket of fruits and veggies to take home. 

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The 2025-2026 Board of Directors for the Ross 

Ferry Stewardship Society have been elected!

September 19, 2025

VACANT - Chair

Ross MacDonald - Vice Chair

Peter Kenyon - Vice Chair

Andrew Walker - Secretary

Jennifer Daisley - Treasurer

Nancy Cronin - Volunteer Coordinator 

Joella Foulds - Member at Large

Glenda MacAskill - Member at Large

Kendra Dove - Member at Large

Barb Keylor - Member at Large

We're still looking for a Chair to join the board of directors. If you're interested in taking a hands on approach at shaping the future of the Ross Ferry Marine Park, please get in touch with us! 

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A Message From The Chair

Thank you to all visitors for celebrating Labour Day with us! 

September 7, 2025

What an incredible way to close off a  beautiful season at the Ross Ferry Marine Park. Thank you to all those that attended! 

A special thanks goes to Destination Cape Breton and ACOA for supporting this event, the board and all the volunteers that made this possible. 

Thanks for a great season and see you next year! 

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Labour Day Weekend - August 31st

Come Spend the Day with us at the Ross Ferry Marine Park

 

August 16, 2025

Fries, Hot Dogs, Soft Drinks, Beer Tent

Musical Entertainment by Eddie Cummings. 

Ross Ferry Farm Market Pop-Up. To book a Farm Market table, contact Helen 902-702-8711

Thank you to our generous sponsors: Destination Cape Breton & ACOA

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A Message From The Chair

Thank you to all 800+ visitors for celebrating Canada Day with us! 

July 3, 2025

Wow! What a successful Canada Day Celebration at the Ross Ferry Marine Park. Thank you to all those that attended! 

A special thanks goes to Heritage Canada for supporting this event, the board and all the volunteers that made this possible. 

Music, fries, hot dogs, flea market, Ross Ferry Farmers Market - what a great way to start the season! We'll be doing this again on Sunday August 31st to close off another great season. See you there. 

The community park is now open for the summer. Be sure to join us each Sunday from noon to 4pm for fries and hotdogs. ​​

Enjoy it now and forever! Happy Canada Day and thanks for visiting. 

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Canada Day - July 1st

Come Spend the Day with us at the Ross Ferry Marine Park

June 3, 2025

Fries, Hot Dogs, Soft Drinks, Free Cake, Beer Tent

Musical Entertainment by Darrell Keigan

Ross Ferry Farm Market Pop-Up. To book a Farm Market table, contact Helen 902-702-8711

Flea Market. To book a Flea Market table contact George 902-371-2612

Thank you to our generous sponsor Canadian Heritage

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Ross Ferry Seniors Supper

Annual Senior’s Appreciation Turkey Supper at Ross Ferry Fire Hall

February 18, 2025

We would like to thank all the volunteers from both Ross Ferry Fire Hall and Ross Ferry Stewardship Society for another wonderful Seniors Supper. Our community really enjoys this special treat every year around Valentine’s Day.

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Ross Ferry Seniors Supper

Thanks to the Victoria County Community Health Board for their donation to this event!

February 15, 2025

Big thanks to the Victoria County Community Health Board for their donation to the Ross Ferry Seniors Supper. With this donation we were able to offer our attendees a beautiful breadbasket of fruits and veggies to take home. All fruits and veggies are local from Eyking Family Farms, Pan Cape Breton Food Hub Co-op and United Farmers Co-op. 

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The 2024-2025 Board of Directors for the Ross 

Ferry Stewardship Society have been elected!

September 11, 2024

Lars Willum - Chair

Ross MacDonald - Vice Chair

Peter Kenyon - Vice Chair

Andrew Walker - Secretary

Jennifer Daisley - Treasurer

Nancy Cronin - Volunteer Coordinator 

Joella Foulds - Member at Large

Glenda MacAskill - Member at Large

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A Message From The Chair

Thank you to all 750 visitors for celebrating Labour Day with us! 

September 4, 2024

What an incredible way to close off a  beautiful season at the Ross Ferry Marine Park. Thank you to all those that attended! 

A special thanks goes to Destination Cape Breton for supporting this event, the board and all the volunteers that made this possible. And we can't forget the entertainment! Thanks to The Turnbull Brothers for a great show. What a way to showcase all the talent right here at home. ​​​​

Thanks for a great season and see you next year! 

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A Message From The Chair

Thank you to all 600 visitors for celebrating Canada Day with us! 

July 13, 2024

Wow! What a successful Canada Day Celebration at the Ross Ferry Marine Park. Thank you to all those that attended! 

A special thanks goes to Heritage Canada for supporting this event, the board and all the volunteers that made this possible. 

Music, fries, hot dogs, flea market, Ross Ferry Farmers Market - what a great way to start the season! We'll be doing this again on Sunday September 1st to close off another great season. See you there. 

The community park is now open for the summer. Be sure to join us each Sunday from noon to 4pm for fries and hotdogs. ​​

Enjoy it now and forever! Happy Canada Day and thanks for visiting. 

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Ross Ferry Seniors Supper

Annual Senior’s Appreciation Turkey Supper at Ross Ferry Fire Hall

February 18, 2024

We would like to thank all the volunteers from both Ross Ferry Fire Hall and Ross Ferry Stewardship Society for another wonderful Seniors Supper. Our community really enjoys this special treat every year around Valentine’s Day.

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Ross Ferry Seniors Supper

Thanks to the Victoria County Community Health Board for their donation to this event!

February 18, 2024

Big thanks to the Victoria County Community Health Board for their donation to the Ross Ferry Seniors Supper. With this donation we were able to offer our attendees a beautiful breadbasket of fruits and veggies to take home. All fruits and veggies are local from Eyking Family Farms, Pan Cape Breton Food Hub Co-op and United Farmers Co-op. 

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St. James-Knox Amalgamation

Big thanks from the Ross Ferry Stewardship Society!

November 30, 2023

We would like to thank the congregation of St. James Knox Church for their generous donation to the Ross Ferry Stewardship Society. The Ross Ferry Marine Park couldn’t be the beautiful spot it is today without the support of our community - it’s amazing what can be accomplished when we all support eachother!

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A Message From The Chair

Thank you to all 650 visitors and volunteers for celebrating Labour Day with us! 

September 3, 2023

What a successful celebration and always happy to see so many people enjoying our community park.

There were great tunes to be heard by Eddie Cummings, lots of shopping happening at the Ross Ferry Farm Gate Pop-Up Market and a beautiful day to have fries and hot dogs out in the sun. 

Hope to see you next year on Canada Day and Labour Day. Enjoy the rest of your Summer.

Don't forget, we need your support to maintain this beautiful park. Consider purchasing an annual membership or make a donation.

 

Lars Willum

Chair

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The 2023-2024 Board of Directors for the Ross 

Ferry Stewardship Society have been elected!

October 24, 2023

Lars Willum - Chair

Ross MacDonald - Vice Chair

Peter Kenyon - Vice Chair

Andrew Walker - Secretary

Jennifer Daisley - Treasurer

Nancy Cronin - Volunteer Coordinator 

Joella Foulds - Member at Large

Darryl Walker - Member at Large

Glenda MacAskill - Member at Large

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A Message From The Chair

Thank you to all 550 visitors for celebrating Canada Day with us! 

July 4, 2023

Thank you to the Municipality of Victoria, both Provincial and Federal Government and local sponsors for your ongoing and generous support. 

With the beautification program grant from last year, we were fortunate to create and renovate the garden beds, designed by our local designer Douglas Brown along with many volunteers. We hope you enjoyed it!

Our volunteers and members are the reason and the back-bone of why Ross Ferry Marine Park is one of a kind community park. 

Enjoy is now and forever! Happy Canada Day and thanks for visiting. 

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Renew Your Membership Today! 

Other than Federal Government Funding for our Summer Student, all our operating funds come from memberships, donations, and grants.

October 28, 2022

Donations and Memberships can be paid by:

  • By cheque: please make cheque payable to: Ross Ferry Stewardship Society.  

  • ​By mail:          Ross Ferry Stewardship Society

                                   9685 Kempt Head Road,
                                    Ross Ferry B1X 1N9

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The 2022-2023 Board of Directors for the Ross 

Ferry Stewardship Society have been elected!

October 28, 2022

Lars Willum - Chair

Ross MacDonald - Vice Chair

Peter Kenyon - Vice Chair

Andrew Walker - Secretary

Debbie MacLean - Treasurer

Nancy Cronin - Volunteer Coordinator 

Joella Foulds - Ross Ferry Farm Gate Market

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A Message From The Chair

Lars Willum, Ross Ferry Stewardship Society.


September 4, 2022

​​I want to express my gratitude to all the visitors coming by and celebrate the Ross Ferry Marine and Provincial Park today. I also want to thank you our guest-speakers: The Honourable Keith Bain, our councilor of Victoria Municipality (district 5) Fraser Patterson, a former Chair of Ross Ferry Stewardship Society, John Hugh Edwards and Mark Eyking for making this day such a special day. Our Community Park has grown thanks to all the volunteers through the years and we so much appreciate that you have helped us to create an oasis and a destination place to be and enjoy nature and of course our Fries, Hot Dogs and Sausages. So that said the park will be closing up after a wonderful season, but is still yours to enjoy all year around. Fall and Winter and Spring. The outdoors gym and the trail are there for you. But no Fries. See you next year and Thank you again for visiting us

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The Ross Ferry Stewardship Society will receive $11,152 to beautify and enhance their community-run marine park.

 

June 16, 2022

A project is set to bring more beauty and vibrancy to Victoria County thanks to an investment by the Houston Government, Victoria-The Lakes MLA Keith Bain said today.

"Investments like this have a lasting positive impact," said MLA Bain. “Beautification serves to make our communities even more enjoyable both for residents and visitors.”


This local investment is one of 29 projects across the province benefitting from a $557,000 investment through the Beautification and Streetscaping Program, an initiative that provides funding to help municipalities create beautiful spaces within their communities.​

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Located on the scenic Bras d'Or Lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Our Story

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Our Facilities

Information for Boaters

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How you can help

Become a Member

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Become a Marine Park Champion

Sponsorship

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Information for current members

Annual General Meetings

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Sunday's are busy in Boularderie

Ross Ferry Market

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