Talk:Ferries in Michigan

Ferry definition
I have limited this, so far, to ships with only 1 or 2 stops on their trips. Most ferries carry cars or trains but we do call the passenger-only trips to Mackinac or Isle Royale ferries. Ships with multiple stops along multi-day routes or on luxury liners are partly covered in Great Lakes passenger steamers although sometimes they served the same function as ferries. These present a problem of definition. Like the Owens Sound Line to Mackinac (about stop number 6 out of 10 on the 5-day trip, made Mackinac once a week while carrying package freight) Rmhermen (talk) 02:14, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The services over the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers with changing railroad names, trading ships and moving them between the two routes is causing me some problems sorting out and displaying in the article. Rmhermen (talk) 00:28, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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Rather than change something that may be "personal research", I just want to comment for someone who may have access to local history resources. If I remember correctly, OTTAWA of the Arnold Line operated as a passenger ferry from Mackinaw City, the end of the passenger train line, to at least DeTour and perhaps Sault Ste. Marie into the early 1960's. It went through the Les Cheneaux Islands with stops at Hessel and Cedarville. There were cabins at Hessel and several tourist hotels at Cedarville that without a car, passenger ferry was the only way to get there. After the completion of the bridge and the Interstate highway, I am sure that passenger count declined as driving became more convenient. Ccalvin (talk) 02:28, 10 March 2024 (UTC)