Re: Mackinaw City, Mich. Trunkline History in Maps

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hi, I'm TV's Oscar The Grouch) wrote:

> A serious question:
> 
> Where did the pre-1957 ferry go? This is the one labeled "State Highway
> Ferry Dock". Did it somehow go to the mainland of the Upper Peninsula?
> Or did it actually continue east to Mackinac Island or Bois Blanc
> Island?
> 
> If the ferry didn't reach the Upper Peninsula, then how did auto
> travelers get to the Upper Peninsula from the Lower Peninsula?
> 

The ferry went to Saint Ignace. The ferry "connected" the US-23/31/27 
complex with US-2. There were large ferries that carried railroad cars, 
making a rail connection between the peninsulas, which no longer exists.

My family made a trip in the early 1950's from Traverse City around the 
northern part of Lake Michigan. We drove US-31 to Frankfort and boarded 
the ferry to Manitowoc Wisconsin. Then it was US-41 north to US-2 
(probably taking the shore highway to Escanaba. Then it was US-2 to St. 
Ignace and the ferry to Mackinaw City and US-31 home.

I remember wandering on the huge train ferry from Frankfort. It was the 
largest thing I had ever seen. I must have been three or four years old.