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Changes in laws and industry lead to the end of the Lake Michigan railroad ferries. The first autos crossed the Straits of Mackinac in 1917 on the SS Chief Wawatam. [1] In 1923, the state of Michigan began an auto ferry service that was the first such system to be state-owned. [2] It continued until the day the Mackinac Bridge opened.
Service to Cedar Point started in 2016, with regular service to the islands in 2017. The Jet Express also offers excursions. These excursions are theme-based and visit a variety of U.S. and Canadian ports throughout Lake Erie and its tributaries. MV Jet Express II during a training exercise with the US Coast Guard Station Marblehead
The U.S.-built Ontario (110 feet, 34 m), launched in the spring of 1817 at Sacketts Harbor, New York, began its regular service in April 1817 before Frontenac made its first trip to the head of the lake on June 5. [1] The first steamboat on the upper Great Lakes was the passenger-carrying Walk-in-the-water, built in 1818 to navigate Lake Erie ...
The ferry began service in 1991 and employs 50 to 60 people in the summer. "This first week is going great," Eddie Ehrbar from Kelleys Island Ferry said. "Normal first week of operation as ...
St. Ignace - Mackinac Island Ferry (I) Mackinac Island, Michigan: Connecting: M-185 with: Interstate 75 US 2 (bicycles and pedestrians only) (W) St. Ignace, Michigan: Drummond Island Ferry (I) Drummond Island, Michigan: M-134 (W) De Tour Village, Michigan: Barbeau - Neebish Island Ferry (I) Neebish Island, Michigan: Ferry Road (W) Barbeau ...
Of the islands with year-round residents, only North Bass has no ferry service. Put-in-Bay Township Port Authority operates public airports for Middle, North and South Bass Islands. [ 7 ] Kelleys Island and Pelee Island operate paved, public runways and Rattlesnake Island maintains a private grass landing strip.
Jet Express (U.S. Lake Erie Islands) [10] Lake Champlain Transportation Company (on Lake Champlain in the United States) Lake Express (on Lake Michigan) Lake Michigan Carferry (operates the SS Badger) Liberty Water Taxi (Jersey City, New Jersey) Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD)
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