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- Ferries_in_Michigan abstract "Due to its unique geography, being made of two peninsulas surrounded by the Great Lakes, Michigan has depended on many ferries for connections to transport people, vehicles and trade. The most famous modern ferries are those which carry people and goods across the Straits of Mackinac to the car-free Mackinac Island but before the Mackinac Bridge was built, large numbers of ferries carried people and cars between the two peninsulas. Other ferries continue to provide transportation to small islands and across the Detroit River to Canada. Ferries once provided transport to island parks for city dwellers. The state's only national park, Isle Royale cannot be reached by road and is normally accessed by ferry. The largest ferries in Michigan are the car ferries which cross Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. One of these, the SS Badger is one of the last remaining coal steamers on the Great Lakes and serves as a section of US Highway 10 (US 10). The Badger is also the largest ferry in Michigan, capable of carrying 600 passengers and 180 autos.In the early days of lake transport, it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between ferries, package freighters carrying passengers, and passenger liners on regular routes. The lakes and rivers often provided an easier route of travel than primitive or non-existent roads. Rail ferries would carry passenger trains and their occupants and later sometimes carried automobiles as well.The first autos crossed the Straits of Mackinac in 1917 on the SS Chief Wawatam. In 1923, the state of Michigan began an auto ferry service that was the first such system to be state-owned. It continued until the day the Mackinac Bridge opened. The law required the ferry service to cease so that the bridge would not have competition and could pay off its construction bonds faster. The passenger ferries and many of the rail ferries across the Detroit and St. Clair rivers had ended after the bridges and tunnels were built.The ferries pioneered concepts in ship design and icebreaking techniques. Bow propellers and steel spoon-shaped bows made the rail ferries the best icebreakers on the lakes for many years until the dedicated U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers were assigned during World War II. In contrast, the ferries later had some of the most outdated equipment on the Lakes. The Badger, still in service in 2012, is the last coal-fired Great Lakes passenger steamer. The Chief Wawatam was the last hand-fed coal steamer and the Landsdowne was the last paddlewheeler when it was converted to a barge in 1970.The Detroit-Windsor ferries were popular with small-scale bootleggers during Prohibition, especially as border guards were reluctant to search young Canadian women who worked in Detroit offices.".
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Amherstburg.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Amhurstburg,_Ontario.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Ann_Arbor_Railroad_(1895–1976).
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Arnold_Transit_Company.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Barbeau,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Beaver_Island_(Lake_Michigan).
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Belle_Isle_Park.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Belle_Isle_Park_(Michigan).
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Boblo_Island_Amusement_Park.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Bois_Blanc_Island_(Michigan).
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Bois_Blanc_Island_(Ontario).
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Bruce_Township,_Chippewa_County,_Michigan.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ferries_of_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Charlevoix,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Cheboygan,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Cleveland.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Cleveland,_Ohio.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Copper_Harbor,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink De_Tour_Village,_Michigan.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Frankfort,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Gladstone,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Haven,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Island_National_Recreation_Area.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Portage_(community),_Minnesota.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Rapids_and_Indiana_Railroad.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Trunk_Milwaukee_Car_Ferry_Company.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Trunk_Railway.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Great_Lakes_passenger_steamers.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Grosse_Ile_(Michigan).
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink HSC_Lake_Express.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Harsens_Island.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Hiram_Walker.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Houghton,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Ironton_Ferry.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Isle_Royale_National_Park.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Kalamazoo_River.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Kewaunee,_Wisconsin.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Lake_Charlevoix.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Ludington,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink M-134_(Michigan_highway).
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink M-154_(Michigan_highway).
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Mackinac_Bridge.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Mackinaw_City,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Manistique,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Manitowoc,_Wisconsin.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Menominee,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Michigan.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Michigan_Economic_Development_Corporation.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Milwaukee.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Muskegon,_Michigan.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Port_Huron,_Michigan.
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Prohibition_in_the_United_States.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink Russell_Island_(Michigan).
- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink SS_Aquarama.
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- Ferries_in_Michigan wikiPageWikiLink SS_Chief_Wawatam.