Great Lakes Car Ferries & Loading Facilities

 

     

     

     

     

     

Ludington 9/93

 

     

  

Ludington  10/11/03

 

       

Badger  Ludington

 

 

        

  

Arthur K Atkinson at Sault Ste Marie, waiting to be scrapped

 

        

        

  

Muskegon Grand Trunk Ferry Dock

 

Muskegon   Muskegon   2098 Lakeshore Dr @SS Milwaukee Clipper   PM Dock History

 

        

     

        

        

        

        

        

     

Mackinaw City Dock and Ice Breaker Mackinaw      131 S Huron Ave @Ice Breaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum

 

        

        

        

        

        

     

        

Kewaunee, WI

 

     

        

        

        

        

Ann Arbor City of Milwaukee      99 Arthur St

 

       

        

        

     

     

Ann Arbor Frankfort (Elberta) Car Ferry dock

 

 

  

Port Huron C&O Car Float      The Port Huron Carferry: crossing the St. Clair River     

 

Port Huron  GT Car Float Dock      51 Court St

 

  

Manistique M&LS Car Ferry Dock

 

        

        

         

St Ignace Soo Line ferry dock   251 N State St @Wawatam Park   fb2024

 

           

        

 

Chessie's water-borne link between Ludington, Michigan and the Wisconsin ports of Milwaukee, Manitowac and Kewaunee, move 175,000 passengers, 50,000 autos and 100,000 cars of freight annually across Lake Michigan. Vacationists from many states choose C&O's cross lake short cut as pleasant and restful

 

"THE CITY OF MIDLAND" The most recent addition to the Pere marquette fleet of car-ferries. This modern ship provides fast and pleasurable transportation across Lake Michigan


CAR FERRY "SAINTE MARIE" BATTLING WITH ICE, STRAITS OF MACKINAW.

 

 

Links

Lake Michigan Carferry the S.S. Badger 

Mackinaw Parks: Chief Wawatam

Society for the Preservation of the S.S. City of Milwaukee

The Carferries of The Great Lakes

Towns and Nature Detroit, MI: Ferries

Towns and Nature Detroit, MI: Riverfront Railroad Yards

Towns and Nature Manistee, MI: S.S. City of Milwaukee Ferry Museum

Towns and Nature Port Huron, MI: PM and GTW Ferries

 

 

 

Reference Materials

The Lake Michigan Carferries Part 2 Jim Boyd Railroad Model Craftsman Feb 68

Farewell to the Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk Bruce C Nelson Railfan & Railroad Nov 93

Rails Across the Water Paul Trap Michigan History Magazine Nov/Dec 93

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8/25/24