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Hundreds of travellers affected by a weather-prompted halt to the Cabot Strait ferry service were trying Tuesday to make alternate plans to get home for Christmas, although some don't know how they'll do it.
"[It's my] first Christmas ever without my children," Carol Mulrooney told CBC News from Port aux Basques, in southwestern Newfoundland, where she was unable to board a Marine Atlantic ferry Monday for Nova Scotia.
High winds and forecasts of nine-metre waves prompted Marine Atlantic to keep its vessels in port, with no crossings expected before late Thursday.
Mulrooney, who had been driving from St. John's to Halifax, headed for a hotel Monday night but said she does not have the money to stay there any longer. Instead, she said she will probably have to spend a few nights in her car.
"I'm heartbroken. Lonely, empty, sad, broke," Mulrooney said.
Mulrooney asked Marine Atlantic for help, but there was nothing the Crown-owned company could do.
It's the second disruption in a little over a week for Marine Atlantic, which was forced last week to cancel crossings for about two days.
This week's cancellation will affect delivery of mail and freight. Canada Post has five tractor trailers on the dock in North Sydney bound for Newfoundland. That mail is not expected to be delivered in time for Christmas.
Canada Post said packages that are sent by express or priority post by Wednesday can still be delivered by Saturday.
