My significant other and I stopped at IR last year when we drove around Lake Superior in its entirety. I know there are 3 seperate ferry services to "windigo". Two are out of Gran Portage. The "Wenonah" and the "Voyager". I think the Voyager requires reservations. I think the Wenonah is first come first serve. The 3rd is the "Isle Royale Queen" I think. Not real sure about the name. They're out of Copper Harbor U.P. MI. This is an amazing and beautiful boat. I toured it briefly while we drone through. It has a longer distance to cover but it's so much faster it gets there in the same amount of time as the other 2. We took the Wenonah. It's an old beat up river tug that was made in Dubuque Iowa. The crew consisted of a Skip, 1st mate and a little old lady who sells candy and complains about people with camping gear. When I went the lake was rolling 6' waves and everybody on the boat was vomiting, myself included. This little old lady just smiled the whole time, kind of neat, in a disturbing way. I wondered if she was smiling because all the "campers" were miserable or if that was just her way. We had reservations and it did speed things up some when we boarded. I have some liturature on all the park and its services. It might take me a day or two but I'll dig it up for you and pass on any info.  ;)

SW 8-)

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