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2. SS Badger - Wikipedia

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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.

3. This is the S.S. Badger's 71st season on Lake Michigan. - AOL

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   The Badger began its 71st season May 17, right on schedule. The boat arrived in Manitowoc for its first sail at around noon that day, and the public was invited to a celebration at the ferry dock ...

4. Great Lakes passenger steamers - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. HSC Lake Express - Wikipedia

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   The ship travels at a top speed of 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) [1] and makes the 68-nautical-mile (78 mi; 126 km) trip three times daily from each side of the lake during the peak of its operational schedule. Lake Express is able to cross the lake in two and a half hours.

6. We spent $374 to take a ferry across Lake Michigan with our ...

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   My family and I spent $374 each way to take a ferry across Lake Michigan. We took our car on the ferry, which accounted for a good portion of our expenses. The trip was relaxing, but next time, I ...

7. SS Badger, the last operating coal-fired passenger ... - AOL

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   By 1892, the Ann Arbor Railroad expanded to create cross-lake services with the 260-foot wooden hull Ann Arbor 1, proving the viability of shipping cargo-filled railroad cars across Lake Michigan.

8. Ferries in Michigan - Wikipedia

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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.

9. Work to repair SS Badger ramp in Ludington could begin this ...

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   The Badger carries thousands of vehicles and passengers from Ludington to Manitowoc across Lake Michigan from May through October each year. Lake Michigan Carferry ended the boat’s 2023 season ...