These are Voisin family photographs of a ride on the Vactionland automobile ferry during the construction of the Mackinac Bridge in May 1957.

Thank you to Mike Voisin for sharing these photos from the estate of Jack Voisin of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. 

Construction of the "Mighty Mac" began in May 1954 and it opened on November 1, 1957. The bridge was completed in 1958.

Ruth Stewart and Ruth Voisin

"City of Cheboygan" ferry

City of Cheboygan loading automobiles

Scott Voisin, Jack Stewart, Steve Voisin, Ruth Voisin, Ruth Stewart, aboard the Vacationlandautomobile ferry.

Mackinac Bridge under construction, as viewed from the Vacationland automobile ferry.

Ruth Stewart, Jack Stewart and Ruth Voisin

Steve Voisin and Scott Voisin by the Vacationland smokestack

Approaching the dock in St. Ignace

Photographs courtesy of Mike Voisin, from the estate of Jack Voisin of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.  These are all licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.  Page copyright 2021 by Keith Stokes.