Finnegan, Alberta

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in southern Alberta, Canada}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Location map|Canada Alberta|lat= 51.1278|long=-112.0817|width=200|caption=Location of Finnegan Alberta|label=Finnegan}} '''Finnegan''' is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta in Special Area No. 2,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804004 | title=Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4804004 - Special Area No. 2, geographical codes and localities, 2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=March 5, 2010 | accessdate=July 19, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701023535/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/ersl-rerl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804004 | archive-date=July 1, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> located {{convert|14|km}} west of Highway 36, {{convert|64|km}} northwest of Brooks.

==Finnegan Ferry== The '''Finnegan Ferry''' is a historic cable ferry in Alberta, Canada that is still in operation. It is located at the unincorporated community of Finnegan. The ferry is the north–south connection of Alberta Highway 862 where it crosses the Red Deer River.

It is named for John Finnegan (1842–1924) who homesteaded on the river, then opened and operated the ferry. The community is named after the ferry. According to a tourism guidebook, Finnegan "was a very active wirey man all his life and at the age of 75 could still do handsprings!"<ref name="ESA"/>

The toll-free ferry is operated by Alberta Transportation. It has a capacity of thirteen cars, or fifty passengers. The ferry operates between 7:00 am and midnight from April 20 until November 15.

Finnegan Ferry has a weight limit of {{convert|62.5|t}} and dimensions of the ferry are {{convert|22.5|m}} long and {{convert|10.36|m}} wide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/1965.htm|title=Government of Alberta Ministry of Transportation|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-16|archive-date=May 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517001049/http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/1965.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===In popular culture=== In 1991, musician Tom Cochrane shot part of the music video to his song "Life Is a Highway" on the ferry.<ref name="ESA">{{cite book |author=Elves, Joanne|title=Explore Southern Alberta with Joanne Elves |year=2006 |publisher=Rocky Mountain Books |isbn=0921102585|pages=117}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://360panos.com/panos/FinneganFerry.php 360 degree view photo of the ferry, from 2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115064435/http://360panos.com/panos/FinneganFerry.php |date=January 15, 2017 }}

{{Subdivisions of Alberta}} {{coord|51|07|40|N|112|04|54|W|scale:60000_region:CA|display=title|name=Finnegan}}

Category:Localities in Special Area No. 2