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SS City of Milwaukee is a Great Lakes railroad car ferry that once plied Lake Michigan, often between Muskegon, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.She was built in 1931 for the Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company and is the only pre-1940s ship of this type to survive.
Milwaukee Community Sailing Center. The Milwaukee Community Sailing Center is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) agency. The Sailing Center provides educational and recreational sailing programs to those who wish to gain access to Lake Michigan and learn to sail; regardless of age, ability, or financial concerns. In 2004, MCSC celebrated its 25th ...
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.
Edelweiss Cruises, which operates a variety of public and private boat tours on the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan, ... Milwaukee Boat Line is not operating tours from July 15 through 18, and ...
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.
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 km), in two ...
The McKinley Marina is the only public marina in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan. [1] Run by Milwaukee County, the facility is just north of Veteran's Park, at the north end of the Milwaukee harbor breakwater. The marina is open from May 1 to October 31.
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.