THE S.S. MILWAUKEE CLIPPER COMES HOME!
The Milwaukee Clipper spent 39 years at the Mart Dock. Here she loaded and unloaded passengers and cars traveling to and from Milwaukee. The Clipper has been on Muskegon Lake since 1997 looking for a permanent home. Now, an agreement has been worked out returning the ship to this vary same dock as a museum ship and events center.
Nothing could make us happier!
"Coming home" after all these years strengthens our commitment to join with the LST-393 and the Port City Princess to make the Mart Dock a major tourist destination for Downtown Muskegon.
The local press has followed this story from the beginning. Here are links to some of them.
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WZZM TV 13 in Grand Rapids ran this story
WZZM TV 13
From the Muskegon Chronicle
Muskegon Chronicle
From the Grand Rapids Press
Grand Rapids Press
Editorial from the Muskegon Chronicle November 1, 2007
Muskegon Chronicle Editorial
Article from the Grand Rapids Business Journal, November 5, 2007
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Article in the Holland Sentinel, November 4, 2007
Holland Sentinel
The Mart Dock
Muskegon, Michigan 49440
Map to the new home of the S.S. Milwaukee Clipper
Lat/Long 43 14 06.95 N 86 15 34.60 W