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The company was named Star Line after the 5 original stockholders making up a 5 pointed star. In 1979 Star Line brought their first fast ferry, MV Marquette, to the Island. When Arnold Transit Company introduced their catamaran MV Island Express in 1987, Star Line responded with MV Radisson, an 85-foot fast ferry which was modeled after a ...
MV Mackinac Express in her Arnold Line livery. Arnold Transit Company is a ferry boat company serving Mackinac Island in Michigan for over 140 years. From 2016 to 2024 Arnold Line's assets including the boats and docks were operated and branded as Star Line Ferry (later Mackinac Island Ferry Company). Since 2024 it has been operated by Hoffman ...
The M/V Mackinac Express during her time as a Arnold Line catamaran ferry at Mackinac Island. Arnold Transit Company (most assets purchased by Star Line—now Mackinac Island Ferry Company—in 2016) Current boats Algomah (1961) Beaver, (1952), freight; Chippewa (1962) Corsair (1955), freight; Huron (1955) Mackinac Express (1987), catamaran
Ferry tickets. Getting to the island requires taking a ferry, unless you have your own large boat or fly in on a private charter plane. There are two ferry services: Shepler's and Star Line. Both ...
And we've pulled together 19 of the best things to do on Mackinac Island to help plan your trip. ... But if you’re in the northern part, you can take a ferry from St. Ignace, Michigan.
The Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry Co. stopped running trips out of St. Ignace, in the Upper Pensinsula, indefinitely,.
Entrance to the new ferry dock at Mackinaw City (June 2019) In 1945, Captain William H. Shepler, a native of Mackinac Island, returned to Michigan after service in World War II. He already had a full captain's license and began to command the large, 600-person capacity Algoma between Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. [2]
The first SS Sainte Marie, which was retired in 1911.. The Mackinac Transportation Company (MTC) was a joint venture founded in 1881 by three separate railroads, the Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad, the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and the Michigan Central, to create a twelve-month service to connect their three railheads located in Mackinaw City, Michigan and St. Ignace, Michigan.