South Manitou is scheduled to close for 2026 and possibly longer for the same reason. The National Park Service has not yet announced the closures. The ferry service, which has struggled ...

LELAND, MI — The Mishe-Mokwa ferry will only bring visitors to South Manitou Island this year, say transit business owners who are suing the National Park Service again over their struggles to ...

How can you get to the islands? The islands are accessible by Manitou Island Transit ferry service from Leland, Michigan or by private boat. The islands do not have food service, stores or medical ...

LELAND — Great Lakes water levels are down from last year and ferry service to the Manitou Islands is running again. Manitou Island Transit lost all of the 2020 season because access to the ...

It is absolutely stunningly beautiful as I type this in a park along Lake Leelanau, not far from the Manitou Island Transit ferry to the two Manitou islands in Lake Michigan. Next weekend I get ...

LELAND — The National Park Service is a step closer to replacing docks on North and South Manitou islands, but the ferry company that’s shuttled people to and from the islands for more than a ...

A ferry approaches the dock on South Manitou Island. (Courtesy National Park Service/Public Domain) An undated photo of the dock on North Manitou Island. (Courtesy National Park Service/Public ...

While living on South Manitou Island, Haas, her husband and three children became the island’s mail carriers. Three times a ...

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers sand and recreation in nature along 25 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Here's ...