The historic Lake Michigan auto and passenger ferry SS Badger, the last coal-fired steamship operating on the Great Lakes, opened its season Friday, May 15, leaving in the morning for Manitowoc, ...

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The SS Badger’s 2026 season starts May 15 with welcome events in Manitowoc and Ludington, Michigan, plus a new documentary premiere May 17.

The S.S. Badger departed at 9 a.m. for its first cross-lake trip of 2026. The 1953 steamship sails between Ludington and ...