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Great Lakes Car Ferry Bibliography

Great Lakes Car Ferry Bibliography


I cannot guarantee that this list is complete or that there are no typographical errors, but I do try to keep it accurate. Additions and suggestions are welcome, e-mail me. Thanks to Roger Kujawa, Louis Lockwood, and George Micka for their assistance in compiling the list. Be sure to check out the carferry links listing for web sites.
Revised: 16 March 2006.


Borsvold, David. Railroading in Conneaut Ohio. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. (The chapter on Bessemer & Lake Erie operations includes the short-lived carferry to Port Dover, Ontario.)

Boyd, Jim. "Lake Michigan Car Ferry" Railroad Model Craftsman, February 1968, 41.

Burgtorf, Frances. Chief Watatam - The Story Of A Hand Bomber. Petoskey MI: Review Publishing Co., 1976. Possible source: Log Mark Bookstore, 334 N. Main St., Cheboygan, MI 49721. Hardcover, 320pp, 9x12. Divided into four parts: an account by the crew, a history of the officers, the boat and its influence, and 23 pages of photographs by Robert M. Fowler.

Crossings, the magazine of Lake Michigan Carferry.

Dancy, Thomas. "Lake Michigan Carferries" Inland Seas, July 1945.

Dancy, Thomas. "Stranding at Ludington" Inland Seas, April 1947.

Draeger, Carey and Gary Boynton. "Maritime Memories" Michigan History, November/December 1992, 26-27 (Photo essay of Lake Michigan Carferry trip.)

Elve, Steve. "Milwaukee Remembered" Great Lakes Telescope, March 1980, 41-43.

Frederickson, Arthur C. and Lucy F. Early History of the Ann Arbor Carferries, The. Frankfort MI: Patriot Pub. Co., 1949. Reprinted as Frederickson's History of the Ann Arbor Auto and Train Ferries, Frankfort MI : Gulls Nest Pub., 1994.

Frederickson, Arthur C. and Lucy F. Pictorial History of the C&O Train and Auto Ferries and Pere Marquette Line Steamers, revised edition. Frankfort MI: by the authors, 1955, 1965.

Gilbert, Clare. St. Clair Tunnel: Rails Beneath the River. Toronto: Boston Mills Press of Stoddart Publishing Co., 1991. (Chapter 1 has information and photographs of the pre-tunnel ferries; chapter 5 includes the then-current ferries for oversize rail cars.)

Halsey, John R. "Abandoned Legacy" Michigan History, November/December 1993, 66-67. (Chief Wawatam dock and Ann Arbor Railroad terminal in Elberta, which at the time included the City of Milwaukee.)

Hilton, George W. The Great Lakes Car Ferries. Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1962. Reprint 2003, Davenport IA: Montevallo Historical Press

Hilton, George W. "Great Lakes car ferries: an endangered species" Trains, January 1975, 42-51 (an update of his book).

Hilton, George W. "Where 19th Century Car Ferries Float On" Trains, March 1965, 24. (Detroit)

Horowitz, Steve. "Last Voyage of the Badger" Anchor News M/A 1980, 22-28.

Howard, W. A. "Ontario Car Ferry" Inland Seas, Summer 1950.

Hubbard, Freeman. "Rails Across the Great Lakes" Railroad, November 1954.

Iczkowski, Mike. "Milwaukee's Stowell Yard" Model Railroader, January 1972, 50. (Map of Jones Island and ferry docks.)

Kalmbach, A. C. "Milwaukee: City of Streamliners" Trains, April 1948, 19. (City overview that mentions ferries.)

Larson, Paul. "Waterfront Interchange" Railroad Model Craftsman, December 1966, 24. (Grand Trunk Western ferry yard in Milwaukee).

Mailer, Stanley. "The Green Bay & Western: a railroad you can model" Model Railroader, Part 1: February 1978, 66-75 (history, map, equipment); Part 2: April 1978, 58-61 (operations, carferry).

Mast, Jeffrey. "Ice Capades" Trains December 2005, 52-53. (Photos and story of trip that included ice breaking).

Mayer, Harold. "By Rail Across Lake Michigan" Trains, September 1942, 14.

Millhouse, W. C. "Lake Michigan Car Ferry" Mainline Modeler, August 1999, 64. (Photo story.)

Mohowski, Bob. "Hail to the Chief" Railfan, Spring 1976, 45. (Photo and story about Chief Wawatam.)

Nelson, Bruce. "Farewell to the Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk" Railfan & Railroad, November 1993, 50-54.

Odegard, Gordon. "East Harbor Belt Railway" Model Railroader, June 1957 34-35. (Track plan based on car ferry with photos of C&O operation.)

Odegard, Gordon. "Great Lakes car ferry" Model Railroader, April 1978, 78-79 (drawings).

Rafuse, Ted. Coal to Canada: A History of the Ontario Car Ferry Company. Port Hope ON: Steampower Publishing, 2000. (Cobourg, Ontario to Rochester, New York. Reviewed in Trains, December 2000, 97-98.)

Rice, Doreen. "Straits of Mackinaw Ferries" Inland Seas, Summer 1958.

Transfer, the newsletter of the Rail-Marine Information Group.

Trap, Paul. "Rails Across the Water" Michigan History, November/December 1993, 24-30.

Wiening, Paul. "Classy Carferries" Great Lakes Telescope, January 1981, 3-9

Wiening, Paul. "One last ride with Annie" Great Lakes Telescope, March 1984.

Zimmerman, Karl. "The Badger is Back" Railfan & Railroad, October 1993, 46-51 (LMC operation).

Zimmerman, Karl. "The Great Lakes Carferries" Passenger Train Journal, Part 1: "Red Sky at Morning for Chessie's Boats" January 1980, 24-31; Part 2: "Ann Arbor Renaissance" February 1980, 24-31; Part 3: "Mackinac Miracle" March 1980, 36-41.


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