Contact individual ferry operators for schedules, fares, and information on transporting bicycles, trailers, and other items.
Mackinac Ferries
Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry
Mackinac City to Mackinac Island
Phone: 616-436-5023 · Fax: 616-436-7521
St. Ignace to Mackinac Island
Phone: 906-643-9440 · Fax: 906-643-8283
Time: 35 minutes each way from Mackinaw City, 20 minutes from St. Ignace
Star Line Mackinac Island Hydro-Jet Ferry
590 N. State St., St. Ignace, MI 49781
Phone: 1-800-638-9892
Mackinac City Phone: 616-436-5045
St. Ignace Phone: 906-643-7635
Arnold Mackinac Island Ferry
Location: Mackinaw City, MI - Mackinac Island, St. Ignace - Mackinac Island
Phone: 616-436-5542
Time: 35 minutes each way from Mackinaw City, 20 minutes from St. Ignace
Lake Michigan Ferries
Lake Express Ferry
Muskegon, MI to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Phone: 1-866-914-1010
S.S. Badger
Ludington, MI to Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Phone: 1-800-841-4243
Ship(s): S.S. Badger, 410 feet long, 4.244 gross tons
Ferry to Manitou Island
PO Box 591 - Leland, MI 49654
231-256-9061 - (fax) 231-256-7256
e-mail manitou@freeway.net
Beaver Island Boat Company
Location: Charlevoix, MI - Beaver Island
Phone: 616-547-2311
Time: 2.5 hours each way
Lake Superior Ferries
Isle Royale Ferry Service
Ferry from Copper Harbor, MI to Isle Royale
Time: 4.5 hours each way
Box 24 the Pier
Copper Harbor, MI 49918
906-289-4437
Fax 906-289-4952
Grand Portage - Isle Royale Transportation Line, Inc.
Ferry from Grand Portage, MN to Isle Royale
1507 N. First Street
Superior, WI 54880-1146
715-392-2100
Madeline Island Ferry Line
Ferry from Bayfield, WI to LaPointe (on Madeline Island, the largest of the Aposlte Islands)
P.O. Box 66
LaPointe WI 54850
715-747-2051
Grand Island Ferry
Munising to Grand Island
906-387-3503
Lake Huron Ferries
Ferry to Bois Blanc Island
Plaunt Transportation Inc.
231-627-2354 or 888-752-8687
FYI: You can also fly to the island via Hoffman Air Service, contact at 1-800-801-0413, or the Cheboygan airport number is 231-627-5571.
Drummond Island Ferry
Location: De Tour, MI - Drummond Island
Phone: 906-632-2898 or 906-297-8851
Time: 10 minutes
Ferry from Sault St. Marie to Sugar Island
Ferry from Barbeau to Neebish Island
Contact: Eastern Upper Penninsula Transportation Authority
4001 1-75 Business Spur
Sault Ste Marie, MI 49783
906-632-2898
St. Clair River and Detroit River Ferries
Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry, Inc.
Providing a border crossing service via ferry for oversized, overweight or hazardous materials not allowed on the Ambassador Bridge or in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
Bluewater Ferry Company
Marine City, Michigan and Sombra Ontario
1-888-638-4726
6:40am - 10:30pm
Crossing time: 5 minutes
Ferries run every 10 minutes
7 days a week
Ferry to Harsen's Island
Other Ferries
Ironton Ferry
Across the south arm of Lake Charlevoix
Saugatuck (hand-cranked) Chain Ferry
Cross the harbor to Mt. Baldhead, the tallest sand dunes in the area