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The Jet Express ferry fleet comprises four high-speed water-jet-powered catamaran vessels: MV Jet Express (1989) (Port Clinton route only) MV Jet Express II (1992) (Port Clinton route only) MVJet Express III (2002) (Sandusky-Inter-Island route only) MV Jet Express IV (1995) (Acquired in 2009, back up, and excursions)
Ferry services to Put-In-Bay, Middle Bass and Kelleys Island have started earlier this month after a warm winter season with little ice coverage. The ferry began service in 1991 and employs 50 to ...
A competing ferry line named the Jet Express runs during the season multiple times daily from Sandusky, and Cedar Point to Kelleys Island. [43] The boat line started in 1988; it operates from May through September. It is a passenger-only ferry, and does not carry vehicles.
Limestone quarrying still occurs on Kelleys Island, and also there are a few hobby farms. South Bass, Middle Bass, North Bass, and Kelleys Islands all have active state parks part of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources with North Bass Island State Park being the largest at 593 acres and 90% of North Bass Island (also known as Isle St ...
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The regional tourist economy is anchored by attractions like Cedar Point, Put-in-Bay, and Kelleys Island. Marblehead is the primary mainland port of the Kelleys Island Ferry Boat Line, the main passenger and vehicle ferry to Kelleys Island. Nearby Lakeside Chautauqua and Bay Point Resort serve as lakefront destinations as well. Marblehead ...
SR 575 is located in Erie County on the western portion of the island of, and within the village of, Kelleys Island in Lake Erie. [1] The route begins at the former Neuman's Ferry Dock, [4] where the first ferry that connected the island with Marblehead on the mainland was based. It follows West Lakeshore Drive heading northwest from that point.
In 1821, contractor William Kelly (assisted by local-area residents Amos Fenn and Wm.B. Smith) [6] [full citation needed] built the 50-foot (15 m) tower of native limestone on the tip of the Marblehead Peninsula. The base of the tower is 25 feet (7.6 m) in diameter, with walls 5 feet (1.5 m) thick.