Lighthouse: (Satellite)
Coast Guard: (Satellite)
Freight Delivery: (Satellite, this appears to be the only likely destination for the freighter)
This town also has a bascule bridge, lock, dam and paper mill.
Was this one of the ferries that ran this route?
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| Marine Historical Society of Detroit posted The ferry Straits of Mackinac as seen on an overcast day in 1961. Gordon Bugbee photo/MHSD collection. Marine Historical Society of Detroit shared |
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| Jason O'Grady posted Manitowoc coming into Cheboygan. Cutter Mackinaw in the background |
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| Jason commented on his post I like this one too |
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| Josh Robbins, Jul 2021 |
I don't know why, but when I first saw Jason's photo, I thought it was a ferry. But it soon became obvious that it was way too big to be a ferry. And then I saw the self-unloading boom, which confirmed that the boat was a freighter.
But the town does have a ferry service. The ferry is 95'x36', and it was built in 1987. A trip takes 45 minutes. The ferry service was started in 1932. [PlauntTransportation-faqs]
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| PlauntTransportation |
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| 2012 photo by C Hanchey via Bridge Hunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) |
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| PlauntTransportation-faqs |
I was aware of Mackinac Island. I was not aware that there is a much larger island, Bois Blanc, southeast of the Mackinac Island. The ferry runs to this island.
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| Satellite |
According to a USGS map...
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| USGS |
...this is the island's dock for the ferry.
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