The third crossing of Sicamous Narrows was not actually a bridge but instead a ferry.
Use of a ferry had been brought about as a result of the building of a road from Sicamous to Canoe. The road had been started as a make-work project in the early 1930s. Work camps had been established at Canoe and at Annis and, by October 1932, the Salmon Arm Observer had reported that a car had actually made the trip from Sicamous to Salmon Arm.
The Dominion government took over construction during the summer of 1933 and some traffic was reported despite the fact that the road had not been officially opened.
To get across the Narrows at Sicamous, the Observer reported that, at your own expense, a scow was available at Sicamous at the end of the road and that a motor launch could be hired to push the scow across the Narrows at a small charge. This proved to be completely unsatisfactory and, by April 1934, a two car private ferry was in operation at a charge of 50 cents per car. With the opening of the Big Ben Highway in the mid 1940s, the ferry became a Provincial operation and continued as such until the opening of the first highway bridge in 1948.
Submitted by the Sicamous and District Museum and Historical Society.