Manitou Island Transit, departing from the wooden dock in Leland’s Fishtown, only runs one 2.5-hour ferry ride to the island per day. So unless you arrive on a private boat, a visit to North ...

The 2.5-hour ferry ride to the island is calm and only interrupted by the call of gulls and a brief stop at South Manitou Island to pick up campers from the previous night.

May 5—LELAND — Manitou Island Transit Company is gearing up for another season of plying the Manitou Passage. But if the ferry operator wants to bring campers or day-trippers to North Manitou ...

NORTH MANITOU ISLAND, MI - If you're on the hunt for an unusual Northern Michigan cottage - or perhaps a really nautical B&B - with unparalleled views of Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Manitou ...

The Manitou Island Transit takes off in Leland and can carry up to 117 people above deck or below as it cruises across Lake Michigan to the North and South Manitou Islands. Manitou Island Transit ...

Since the National Park Service bought the island in 1984, it hasn’t set a harvest limit for this special annual hunt. The goal is to eradicate the deer from North Manitou, to stop over-browsing ...

NORTH MANITOU ISLAND, MI - As cleanup and renovation jobs go, this one will be a doozy. But its work crews will have some of the best views in Northern Michigan.

The North Manitou Island project is just one of the projects the National Lakeshore is working on this summer to reduce the deferred maintenance backlog. The dredging project will enable the ...

Jun. 26—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 ...

EMPIRE - Permits are available for the North Manitou Island deer hunt within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Applications are being accepted for the Oct. 17-23 muzzleloader season, the ...

NORTH MANITOU ISLAND, Mich. (AP) -- A unique property with a view of northern Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Manitou islands is up for auction.MLive.com reports the obsolete North Manitou ...

Manitou Island Transit lost all of the 2020 season because access to the docks on both South and North Manitou Islands was blocked. On the former it was because of dock damages from high water and ...