CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Beaver Island Ferry is back in service two weeks after they had hoped to start. The boat company had rebuilt its engines and transmissions, but parts were ...

CHARLEVOIX COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- There's only two ways to Beaver Island in Charlevoix County: you can fly or you can take the ferry. But one of those options people rely on isn't available ...

The ferry that many rely on for transportation to and from Beaver Island to the mainland is having a choppy start to the season. Currently, the boat is out of commission after the most recent test run ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – A new ferry that will transport people and vehicles between Michigan’s mainland and the largest island in Lake Michigan could be ready for passengers by summer 2027, officials said ...

CHARLEVOIX — Each year, the Beaver Island Boat Company ferries make approximately 375 round trips to the island, travel over 24,000 miles, transport over 40,000 passengers, carry around 6,500 vehicles ...

BEAVER ISLAND — Delayed ferry trips to Beaver Island could resume by the end of the week, after the Beaver Island Boat Company didn’t make the planned April 10 seasonal opening, citing maintenance ...

After 46 years, Mike Green took his final voyage as senior captain of the Beaver Island Boat Company on Dec. 20. Family and friends rode with him on the Emerald Isle Ferry for the 32-mile journey ...

BEAVER ISLAND — Michigan’s U.S. senators announced this week more federal funding is coming for a new passenger ferry to the state’s “Emerald Island.” The Michigan Department of Transportation was ...

Mackinac Island: Ferries are run by three companies — Arnold Mackinac Island Ferry, Shepler's Ferry and Star Line Ferry Ferries — from both Mackinaw City, Mich. (Lower Peninsula), and St. Ignace, Mich ...

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been awarded $10,000,000 in federal funding to build a new passenger ferry between Charlevoix and Beaver Island. The grant funding comes from the U ...