Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry Co. stops trips out of St. Ignace indefinitely

(Detroit Free Press) The two main ferry services to Mackinac Island have halted certain trips out of St. Ignace during peak season.

The Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry Co. stopped running trips out of St. Ignace, in the Upper Pensinsula, indefinitely, according to a post Monday on the Saint Ignace Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook page.

Star Line was allowing visitors to exchange already-purchased tickets at their St. Ignace office for the Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry instead, according to the post.

In addition, Shepler’s announced in a post on Thursday that it would only run direct trips to Mackinac Island out of St. Ignace and not run its narrated Mighty Mac journeys from the location “for the foreseeable future” citing “the high volume of guests during peak season.” ..................(more)

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