The S.S. Badger, the last steam-powered passenger ferry on the Great Lakes, on Aug. 29, 2026. (Christopher Borrelli/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
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The S.S. Badger, the last steam-powered passenger ferry on the Great Lakes, on Aug. 29, 2026. Its overnight run takes passengers between Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Ludington, Michigan. (Christopher Borrelli/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Christopher Borrelli / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS
The S.S. Badger, the last steam-powered passenger ferry on the Great Lakes, on Aug. 29, 2026. Its overnight run takes passengers between Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Ludington, Michigan. (Christopher Borrelli/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Christopher Borrelli / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS
Summer ends on Labor Day. You can be annoying and say, no, it ends with the calendar, the rotation of the Earth, the coming of autumn on Sept. 23, but please, Labor Day, it’s always Labor Day. Which also happens to be the last day this year when the SS Badger, pride of Lake Michigan since 1953, the last steam-powered passenger ferry on the Great Lakes, takes overnight travelers across the lake, in the dead of night.
The S.S. Badger, the last steam-powered passenger ferry on the Great Lakes, on Aug. 29, 2026. Its overnight run takes passengers between Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Ludington, Michigan. (Christopher Borrelli/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Christopher Borrelli / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS
The S.S. Badger, the last steam-powered passenger ferry on the Great Lakes, on Aug. 29, 2026. Its overnight run takes passengers between Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Ludington, Michigan. (Christopher Borrelli/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Christopher Borrelli / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS