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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 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 ...
The island is connected to the Canadian mainland and the United States by ferry service. It is a part of an important flyway for migrating birds between Ohio, the Lake Erie islands and Point Pelee. For many years, the island has hosted a fall pheasant hunt which attracts hunters from Canada, the United States and many other countries.
South Manitou Island Ferry (E) Leland, Michigan: Connection to: M-22 (I) South Manitou Island, Michigan: 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 ...
My family took a ferry across Lake Michigan to avoid driving through Chicago. We brought our car with us, but next time, we'll rent a car at the port.
Crossing the state line north of Toledo, Ohio, I-75 enters Michigan in Monroe County carrying the Lake Erie Circle Tour (LECT) near the North Maumee Bay of Lake Erie. The freeway runs parallel to the shoreline of the Great Lake and past the community of Luna Pier .
The U.S. military is working to free a Canadian ship trapped in the icy waters of Lake Erie near the Buffalo, NY shoreline. U.S. Coast Guard works to break ice around massive Canadian ship trapped ...