It's as reliable as the Northwest's winter rains.
The Black Ball Ferry has been sailing its' vessel, the MV Coho, between Port Angeles, Washington and Victoria, British Columbia some 60 years — twice a day in the winter, and up to four times a day in the summer.
The past two years, tourism was up so much, the privately owned-and-operated vessel started their summer sailings a couple weeks earlier.
But this year, Black Ball CEO Rian Anderson said bookings for those extra June sailings are off significantly, so they're pushing them back a couple weeks.
Anderson blames escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada, specifically President Trump's remarks about making Canada the 51st state and threats of heavy tariffs.
So, Canadians are responding by staying away from the U.S.
"You know, they're sending a message, and probably rightfully so. So, they've decided just not to travel to the United States and buy Canadian," Anderson said.
“It's created quite a bit of nationalism up in Canada."
The schedule change means the summertime addition of one earlier and one later trip per day, have been put off until June 25.
Anderson is hopeful this delay will be the only schedule change they need to make this year.
