Editing Ferry (section)

===Cable ferry===
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[[File:Small Mannum Ferry.jpg|thumb|One of several self-propelled cable ferries that cross the lower reaches of the [[Murray River]] in South Australia]]
Very short distances may be crossed by a [[cable ferry|cable or chain ferry]], which is usually a pontoon ferry (see above), where the ferry is propelled along and steered by cables connected to each shore. Sometimes the cable ferry is human powered by someone on the boat. [[Reaction ferry|Reaction ferries]] are cable ferries that use the perpendicular force of the current as a source of power. Examples of a current propelled ferry are the four Rhine ferries in [[Basel]], Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faehri.ch/|title=Fähri Verein Basel|website=Faehri.ch|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706231810/http://www.faehri.ch/|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cable ferries may be used in fast-flowing rivers across short distances. With an ocean crossing of approximately 1900 metres, the cable ferry between Vancouver Island and Denman Island in British Columbia; is the longest one in the world.

Free ferries operate in some parts of the world, such as at [[Woolwich]] in London, England (across the [[River Thames]]); in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands (across the [[IJ (Amsterdam)|IJ]] waterway); along the [[Murray River]] in [[South Australia]], and across many lakes in [[British Columbia]]. Many cable ferries operate on lakes and rivers in Canada, among them a [[Reaction ferry|cable ferry]] that charges a toll operates on the [[Laval-sur-le-Lac–Île-Bizard Ferry|Rivière des Prairies]] between [[Laval-sur-le-Lac]] and [[Île Bizard]] in [[Quebec]], Canada. In Finland there were 40 road ferries (cable ferries) in 2009, on lakes, rivers and on sea between islands.