water taxi

noun, a small usu. motor-driven boat for hire for transporting passengers usu. over short distances (COD)

“Then later on he’d run in conjunction with the ferry ’cause the boat would only run to certain hours, and then he took over after hours and would run their water taxi.”

“They happened to have a big water taxi. She’s still in the boathouse now, and one of my favourite things as I make the dock, people are interested, I mention that that was The Wolfe Island Ferry 65 years ago, this month.”