To book your ticket, click “Buy Tickets” on the upper right of the S.S. Badger website and then select “Dockside Pilot House ...

The famed, historic Lake Michigan auto and passenger ferry that also is the last steamship operating on the Great Lakes will be in Sturgeon Bay for about two weeks starting April 30. The Lake Michigan ...

The historic Lake Michigan auto and passenger ferry SS Badger, the last steamship operating on the Great Lakes, is heading to Wisconsin for about two weeks starting April 30 for repairs before it ...

My family and I spent $374 each way to take a ferry across Lake Michigan. We took our car on the ferry, which accounted for a good portion of our expenses. The trip was relaxing, but next time, I'll ...

LUDINGTON, MI – This historic ship that operates a ferry route across Lake Michigan still uses 1850s technology. The captain of the S.S. Badger uses the then-revolutionary Chadburn engine order ...

Nearly 10 months after a mechanical failure halted operations, the S.S. Badger, which carries traffic across Lake Michigan, will mark its 71st season next week, ferry officials announced Thursday. The ...

The Badger will be in Sturgeon Bay about two weeks, starting April 30, for work. The car ferry's 2025 season is expected to start May 16, with crossings through June 19 for the spring season. The ...

ITS 20TH YEAR. AT THE CRACK OF DAWN FRIDAY. PASSENGERS EXPERIENCED THE FIRST SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF A NEW LAKE EXPRESS FERRY SEASON. IT’S VERY EXCITING. IT’S A VERY LONG OFF SEASON OF GETTING EVERYTHING ...

Barbara Laing is a vibrant, five-cups-of-coffee-a-day kind of person. And that caffeine does not go to waste; Barbara owns and operates a small photography and framing shop in Chicago’s West ...

Last October, just as the ferry season was ending (Oct. 16 in 2021), I drove from Cleveland through Chicago to Milwaukee. On the way home, I chose the ferry to Ludington, arriving in Michigan in the ...

My first trip on a Lake Michigan ferry was 25 years ago, and it didn’t go as planned. I was working a Saturday shift at the Chicago Sun-Times, facing a six-hour, late-night drive to Frankfort, Mich., ...