West Creston Ferry (1910-1960s)

In 1962 the highway across the Creston Flats was established. Prior to the ferry, getting to West Creston and Nick’s Island required the West Creston Ferry, which was established in 1910. This ferry was crucial for bringing residents, trucks filled with logs, grain, hay, and produce from the farms on the flats, herds of cattle, and even schoolchildren, into town.

The West Creston Ferry operated for six decades. The amount of traffic varied greatly from season to season, and the busiest time of the year was the late summer and the early fall when crops were being harvested and needed to be brought to the grain elevators. During this time, the traffic was so immense that the West Creston ferry could not handle all of it. To help ease traffic coming to the West Creston Ferry, additional ferries were implemented at Nick’s Island, Reclamation Farm at the south end of the valley, and at Lewis Island in the northwest. Over 60 years, the West Creston Ferry Landing was served by five ferries.

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