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The Badger leaves Manitowoc at 1:30 a.m. Central time and arrives at Ludington at 6:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday-Monday. Overnight sails run each Thursday-Sunday from June 6 through Labor Day weekend.
The 71st season sets sail May 17 and runs through Oct. 6 with daily trips between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc. SS Badger is ‘back, better and stronger.’
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.
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 ...
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.
M-134 is also one of only two highways to utilize a ferry in Michigan; the other is US Highway 10 (US 10) which crosses Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington. Most of the mainland portion of M-134 is also part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour , and since 2015, it has been a Pure Michigan Byway under the name M-134 North Huron Byway .
The SS Badger made its first voyage on March 21, 1953. Its last operational voyage was Nov. 16, 1990, but it was revived in May 1992.
By the mid-1970s, the C&O was seeking to abandon its car ferry routes. Many of the older ferries, including the Pere Marquette 21 and 22, were retired and sold for scrap, leaving only the Spartan, Badger, and City of Midland 41 as the last three ferries operating. In 1979 the Spartan was laid up in Ludington, leaving only two ferries still in ...