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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 ferry, owned and operated by Lake Michigan Carferry, makes four-hour runs from Ludington, Michigan, to Manitowoc and back through Oct. 6. Here are a few highlights and things to know about the ...
MANITOWOC — The S.S. Badger is one step closer to hitting the waves now that work on its broken ramping system could begin ... SS Badger Lake Michigan car ferry ramp work begins in Ludington, Mich.
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 ...
SS Spartan is a railroad car ferry on Lake Michigan owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) from 1952 through 1979. It alternated routes from Ludington, Michigan, to Milwaukee, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
In the early 1950s, the Ludington-based fleet received its final major additions with the S.S. Spartan and S.S. Badger, both hailed as the largest and most luxurious Great Lakes car ferries at ...
SS Badger connects the Wisconsin and Michigan segments of US 10. US 10 enters the state after it crosses Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington.Traffic is carried across the lake during the summer months on SS Badger, a privately owned car ferry. [6]
The vessel was built by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company in 1940 at a cost of $1.75 million. One of the last coal-burning car ferries on Lake Michigan, she entered service for the Pere Marquette Railway company in March 1941 as the largest Great Lakes ferry.