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International Seattle-To-Vancouver Seaplane Service Takes Off

A six-passenger De Havilland Beaver aircraft.
Kenmore Air.
A six-passenger De Havilland Beaver aircraft.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee was on the shore of Lake Union in Seattle Wednesday to launch a cross-border flight service between the Emerald City and Vancouver, British Columbia.

A direct, one-hour, seaplane flight has long been sought by executives in the tech industry, as well as by tourists who want to avoid heavy traffic on Interstate 5.

Inslee called it the next step in building the so-called “Cascade Innovation Corridor” with Washington’s Canadian neighbors.

“You know, we share so much in this commercial union. The development of a biotech that’s going like crazy, the development of a software industry that’s going crazy,” Inslee said. “We share our orcas and have done so for decades and now we’re going to share our otters and our beavers too.”

The governor was referring to models of de Havilland aircraft known as Otters and Beavers. They will fly the 120-mile route operated by Kenmore Air in Washington and Harbour Air in British Columbia

The airlines will partner to offer two flights in the morning and two in the afternoon. A rail corridor between Seattle and Vancouver also is still in development.

Copyright 2018 Northwest News Network

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Emily Schwing comes to the Inland Northwest by way of Alaska, where she covered social and environmental issues with an Arctic spin as well as natural resource development, wildlife management and Alaska Native issues for nearly a decade. Her work has been heard on National Public Radio’s programs like “Morning Edition” and “All things Considered.” She has also filed for Public Radio International’s “The World,” American Public Media’s “Marketplace,” and various programs produced by the BBC and the CBC. She has also filed stories for Scientific American, Al Jazeera America and Arctic Deeply.