these were run until 2013 but no longer run arnold transit company is the longest running ferry boat company serving mackinac island in michigan . also known as arnold line the company has docks in mackinaw city and st. ignace in addition to the docks on the island . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links 5 external links history edit arnold transit company was started in 1878 by george arnold 1846 1921 . coal fire steam boats transported passengers and goods for almost 70 years to various michigan ports and islands . 1 mrs. arnold brought in otto lang and prentiss brown to manage the business . after world war ii arnold transit company now owned by lang and brown started to add modern diesel boats to its fleet . in june 1946 arnold which ran from mackinaw city to mackinac merged with island transportation company which ran a st. ignace to mackinac island route . in 1987 the first of three catamaran ferries was added to the arnold line fleet . in 2010 after decades of ownership the brown family announced the sale of arnold transit parent company union terminal piers to james wynn . 2 in 2014 the company suffered financially and the investment group backing wynn foreclosed . the foreclosure resulted in the public auction of two catamarans . the arnold transit co. continues to own the largest catamaran straits express which is currently being repaired in hopes to return to service in 2016 . 3 in march 2014 the company announced that wynn had been removed as president and from his position on the board of directors and would no longer be involved in the company s operations . 4 the company is now owned and operated by the original investment group out of cincinnati ohio with brent c. rippe acting as president . 5 in september 2015 an agreement was reached to ensure the company s continued access between its mackinac island dock and main street which had been lost in a land deal engineered by wynn . 6 fleet edit traditional ferries chippewa algomah huron ottawa straits of mackinac ii . non passenger freight corsair and mackinac islander . catamaran straits express cruise ships isle royale queen iii references edit arnold transit history arnold transit sold to petoskey attorney james wynn mackinac island town crier june 26 2010 two local catamarans sold at public auction st. ignace news july 30 2015 arnold president ferry line will keep operating petoskey news april 29 2014 arnold transit creditors seek foreclosure sale of assets st. ignace news august 28 2014 http www.mackinacislandnews.com news 2015 10 10 news arnold dock will stay open after settlement.html external links edit http www.mlive.com business west michigan index.ssf 2015 01 arnold ferry adds luxury boat.html http www.upnorthlive.com news story.aspx id 1035105 http www.stignacenews.com news 2014 01 16 news matt stuck veronica dobrowolski take on new roles . html http www.stignacenews.com news 2014 10 16 news isle royale queen iii makes island run for arnold . html external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arnold transit company & oldid 734198346 categories ferry companies of michiganmackinac islandtransportation in cheboygan county michigantransportation in mackinac county michigancompanies based in michigan navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 19 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view