S.s. Badger (carferry)
Passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States in Ludington, Michigan. Added to the National Register in 2009, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry in the United States that has been in service on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the ship shuttles between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a distance of 62 miles (100 km), connecting U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) between those two cities. She is the last coal-fired passenger vessel operating on the Great Lakes, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 20, 2016.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | 700 S. William St., Ludington, MI |
| County | Mason County |
| Listed | Dec 11, 2009 |
| Reference number | 09000679 |
| Type of place | ferry, train ferry |
| Designations | Michigan State Historic Site |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 700 S. William St., Ludington, MI |
| Website | ssbadger.com ↗ |
| Coordinates | 43.94893, -86.45139 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore · 71 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Lake Michigan At Manistee 12 mi · Marzinski Horse Campground 24 mi · Bowman Bridge 26 mi |
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Nearby in Mason County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 09000679. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.