Lighthouse: (Satellite)
Coast Guard: (Satellite)
Freight Delivery: (Satellite, this appears to be the only likely destination for the freighter)
MC Depot: (Satellite)
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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| Satellite |
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| Janey Anderson posted How freakin cool is this shot!!? NORTHERN VENTURE heading into Cheybogan, Michigan (first time) to offload stone from Bruce Mills. (passing CGC MACKINAW) Thanks Bill Sly onboard the Northern Venture!! May 10, 2024 |
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| John Peters posted Labor Day 1955, the southbound Timberliner stops at Cheboygan. This will be the final time this train is powered by steam. (Photo from B. Bluekamp collection) |
Since John posted the above photo to a Michigan Central group, the depot would have been along the NYC route. The other route was the Detroit & Mackinac.
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| 1957/58 Cheboygan Quad @ 62,500 |
If you zoom in on the rectangle that is east of the tracks (now Central State Trail) and north of Court Street, you can see the gable roof and dormer.
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| Apr 28, 1954 @ 17,000; AR1WE0000060206 |
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