No ferry service to Manitous

Historically somewhere between 10,000 and 11,000 people each summer visited the Manitou islands.

But that’s history. With ferry travel provided by Manitou Island Transit to the islands already canceled the visitor count this season might shrink into the hundreds.

While it’s been awhile since island visitation has hit more traditional levels — blame COVID, dockage problems at both islands and, lately, construction — ferry service continued unabated to North and South Manitou islands from 1917 to 2019. In 2020 high water made the South island dock unsafe while the North island dock was clogged with sand.