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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 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 ...
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 ...
Rather than losing the only ferry in service (the Badger had been laid-up in 1984), M-WT opted to refurbish the Badger, and in 1988 the City of Midland 41 made her last voyage in November of that year. She was laid-up in Ludington's No. 2 1 ⁄ 2 slip. She sat rusting in the harbor for nine years before her fate was decided.
The S.S. Badger's daily crossings between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, were suspended indefinitely by operator Lake Michigan Carferry after the ramp system failed July 21.
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Year-round train ferry service at the Straits of Mackinac was a significant challenge because of the heavy ice buildup experienced by these straits in winter. Chief Wawatam was designed to break ice with her bow propeller , which could both propel the boat and take water out from underneath the ice to allow it to be broken through by force of ...
This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: SS Badger Lake Michigan car ferry ramp work begins in Ludington, Mich. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.