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This also included the boat being painted aqua, gray, red and white with its name on the back and the owners obtaining a liquor license. The cruise boat was rechristened, Aquastar on August 3, 2018 by Miss Michigan and Miss Shoreline. The name and color scheme pays homage to the SS Aquarama, the largest passenger ferry ever on the Great Lakes.
HSC. Lake Express. Lake Express is a high-speed auto and passenger ferry that is in service on a route across Lake Michigan. Lake Express links the cities of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Muskegon, Michigan, from late spring to the fall of each year.
During World War II, the boat was taken into government service as the USAT Butterfield, LT-145, serving in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. The Roen Steamship Company acquired the tug, renaming it John Purves (after the firm's general manager) and using it as a salvage vessel. It was later donated to the Door County Maritime Museum.
Muskegon Lake is a 4,150-acre (16.8 km 2) fresh-water lake in Muskegon County, Michigan, USA.Located in the lower peninsula at the mouth of the Muskegon River, Muskegon Lake forms a 12-square-mile (31 km 2) broad harbor along the eastern shoreline of Lake Michigan, approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide by 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long.
December 8, 1983 [ 1] Designated NHL. April 11, 1989 [ 2] SS Milwaukee Clipper, also known as SS Clipper , and formerly as SS Juniata, is a retired passenger ship and automobile ferry that sailed under two configurations and traveled on all of the Great Lakes except Lake Ontario. The vessel is now docked in Muskegon, Michigan .
The Muir – a 130-foot, three-masted ship built in 1872 – was found under about 50 feet (15 meters) of Lake Michigan water off Algoma, Wisconsin, according to a WUAA news release. It sank only ...
Lake Express. Lake Express High-Speed Ferry is an American company that operates a seasonal ferry service across Lake Michigan between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Muskegon, Michigan. The Lake Express Milwaukee terminal and the company headquarters are located near the Port of Milwaukee. Their ferry travels a distance of about 80 miles (70 nmi; 130 ...
The Muskegon River (/ m ə ˈ s k iː ɡ ən / mə-SKEE-gən) is a 216-mile-long (348 km) [1] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. From its source at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County , the river flows in a generally southwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan at the eponymous city of Muskegon .