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Originally Posted by Kngkyle
- Why are there virtually no cruise ships on the great lakes? Toronto, Mackinac Island, Chicago, and Montreal are all desirable tourist destinations just to name a few potentials.
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there are cruise ships on the great lakes:
http://www.greatlakescruising.com/
http://www.pearlseascruises.com/crui...-lakes-cruise/
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Originally Posted by Kngkyle
There aren't even any ferries from Navy Pier to say, Michigan City, Muskegon, Benton Harbor, etc. All are desirable beach destinations from Chicago.
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milwaukee has a ferry to muskegon and manitowoc has a ferry to luddington, but those are the only two cross lake ferries on lake michigan. chicago is probably too close to the bottom of the lake to run a profitable ferry service. the cost to cross on the other two ferry lines on lake michigan is quite expensive (~$300 for a family of 4 and their car, and that's only one-way!) and at that price the VAST majority of people in chicago would much sooner just drive around the bottom of the lake than pay a lot of money for a ferry crossing.