Boating in the Mackinaw City Area

Mackinaw City Municipal Marina
Phone: (231) 436-5269
Off Season phone: (231) 436-5269
Harbormaster on duty: 5/1 - 10/15, Hours: 7 am. - 9 pm.
Open from May 1st to November 1st and within easy walking distance of downtown shopping, theaters, fine restaurants, churches and banks. Recently renovated, Mackinaw City Municipal Marina has a nice low incline launch ramp with room for two, a loading dock, restrooms, recreation area and plenty of parking for your rig. Services include; transient dockage, gasoline, water & ice, restrooms & showers, holding tank pump-out, public phones, cable TV hook-up, Launch Ramp, Laundry, Long term parking. ( Radio Channel: 9 & 16, Electricity: 110V., 30 amp & 50 amp, Marina: 45° 46' 55" N, 84° 43' 12" W. )

Soo Locks Boat Tours & Dinner Cruise, Sault Ste Marie
Toll Free: (800) 432-6301
Local: (906) 632-6301
Located in Michigan’s oldest city, you will ride with the freighters down all four U.S. locks on the St. Mary’s Rapids, view the giant hydroelectric plans and see the historic Canadian locks. Your narrator will explain the history and operation of the locks as your boat is raised 21 feet straight up to the level of Lake Superior. Private charters, special cruises and dinner cruises are also available.

St. Mary's River Lighthouse Cruise, Sault Ste Marie
Soo Locks Boat Tours
Toll Free: (800) 432-6301
Local: (906) 632-6301
Experience a Lighthouse Cruise with Soo Locks Boat Tours. Enjoy riding through the Soo Locks and navigating in the St. Mary’s River. Explore this important waterway and see the variety of navigation markers leading ships to the Soo Locks from Lake Superior.

Dream Seaker Charters & Tours
Toll Free: (888)634-3419
Phone: (906)647-7276
Website: www.dreamseaker.com
Enjoy the beautiful Les Cheneaux Islands by boat on this 24" Trophy hardtop that specializes in guided tours or sport fishing charters. Large salmon, lake trout, splake, norther pike and walleye. Bass and perch trips are a great family fun trip.

Straits Scuba Center, St. Ignace
Toll Free: 866-329-DIVE
The Straits of Mackinac is one of the best locations in the world to explore lost ships. Dive sites range from wooden schooners & barges to a 588 foot steel freighter, the Cedarville. All skill levels of diving are available. Straits Scuba Center is the only dive center dedicated exclusively to diving in the Straits of Mackinac. Straits Scuba Center provides charter boat services, an air fill station and dive shop at its location in St. Ignace, Michigan.

Mackinaw Breeze, Mackinac Island
Phone: 906-847-8669
Sailboat rides & charters.

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