This final family video of preparing to cross the Straits of Mackinac on the automobile ferry Vacationland was filmed in August 1957 by the late Reinhart Alster. The Vacationland was the final ferry built and the largest. It could carry 150 automobiles. The final auto ferry crossing of the Straits was less than 3 months later when the Mackinac Bridge opened on November 1, 1957. | MightyMac.org - The Mackinac Bridge & Straits of Mackinac

This family video of preparing to cross the Straits of Mackinac on the automobile ferry Vacationland was filmed in August 1957 by the late Reinhart Alster. The Vacationland was the final ferry built and the largest. It could carry 150 automobiles. Thank you to his Granddaughter Linda G Murphy for providing this! | MightyMac.org - The Mackinac Bridge & Straits of Mackinac