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SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the ship shuttles between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a distance of 62 miles (100 km), connecting U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) between those two cities.
The ship was built in 1930 and launched in 1931 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin to replace SS Milwaukee, which sank with all hands on October 22, 1929, during a gale. Car ferry service had been introduced to the Great Lakes in 1892, and there were many as 14 vessels operating on the lakes at the system's peak.
Manitowoc is the western port for the S.S. Badger ferry, that crosses Lake Michigan to Ludington, Michigan. The ferry ride is part of the route of U.S. Route 10. The Manitowoc Mariners Trail is a 5.5-mile (8.9 km) paved recreational trail running along the shore of Lake Michigan between the cities of Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
Blue Water Ferry Company (1946-1957) using converted military landing craft as passenger only ferries and reusing the older ship's names. City of Sarnia; City of Port Huron; Rail ferries served Sarnia, Ontario to Port Huron, Michigan from 1859 to 1890. The earliest ferry was a chain ferry on a 1000-foot chain across the river in the 1860s. The ...
Washington Island Ferry (I) Washington Island, Wisconsin: Connecting: County Road W WIS 42 (S) Northport, Door County, Wisconsin: SS Badger (E) Ludington, Michigan: US 10 "Bucky Badger", athletic mascot for the University of Wisconsin–Madison (W) Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Lake Express Ferry (E) Muskegon, Michigan: Connections with: Muskegon ...
The SAGINAW, built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, was launched as the JOHN J. BOLAND on May 9, 1953. Great Lakes freighter, launched in Manitowoc in 1953, transports enough barley in each ...
View from the Eighth Street bridge in 1883 looking east at the Manitowoc harbor. The photo shows schooners at dock on the north side of the river and a steamer entering the harbor.
SS City of Midland 41 was a train ferry serving the ports of Ludington, Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Kewaunee, Wisconsin, for the Pere Marquette Railway and its successor, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from 1941 until 1988. The ferry was named after the city of Midland, Michigan.