‘100 years of back and forth’: Balboa Island Ferry marks its centennial

A young boy looks over the railing as he rides across the Main Channel of Newport Harbor on the Balboa Island Ferry in Newport Beach on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Balboa Island Ferry crosses the Main Channel of Newport Harbor in Newport Beach on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsDavid Beek, whose grandfather started the Balboa Island Ferry in 1919, rides across