Built in 1953, the Badger was the last and largest – along with its sister ship the S.S. Spartan – coal-fired, steam engine ...

Bill Bussell, a 1950s summer employee of the S.S. Badger, visited during summer 2024 for a cross-Lake Michigan trip between Ludington, Mich., and Manitowoc, Wis. Bill Bussell, second from left, is ...

Because the car and passenger ferry is being repaired so close to the season start, it will head to Door County on its own ...

(WLUK) -- Trips across Lake Michigan on the SS Badger ferry will begin in mid-May. Lake Michigan Carferry, the ship's owner, says the season will begin May 16 when it departs Ludington, Michigan ...

MANITOWOC – The S.S. Badger Lake Michigan car and passenger ferry will head to Door County for some sprucing up before its sailing season begins May 16. The ferry will be placed into dry dock ...