- January 1, 1911 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 5 was delivered to the railroad. Ann Arbor crews called her "the Bull of the Woods".
- January 2, 1925 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 7 was launched. She was sponsered by Jane Reynolds, daughter of R.H. Reynolds, marine superintendent of the railroad.
- January 3, 1939 -- The CHIEF WAWATAM ran aground in a storm.
- January 4, 1952 -- The S.S. SPARTAN was launched at Sturgeon Bay.
- January 5, 1908 -- The MANISTIQUE MARQUETTE and NORTHERN 1 (later Grand Trunk's MILWAUKEE) stove in 2 plates at her boiler room while working in ice just off the Manitisque breakwater.
- January 5, 1920 -- The PERE MARQUETTE 15 departed Ludington but found it necessary to return to port due to bad weather.
- January 6, 1909 -- The PERE MARQUETTE 17 ran aground six miles north of Ludington during a blinding snow storm.
- January 6, 1918 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 5 got stuck in the ice near Sturgeon Bay.
- January 7, 1922 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 5 went to the shipyard at Manitowoc where the port shaft and wheel was replaced along with the rudder.
- January 8, 1901 -- The ANN ARBOR NO 1 encountered a severe storm in which she almost foundered.
- January 9, 1977 -- The last survivor of the PERE MARQUETTE 18 disaster, Mike Bucholtz, died. January 10, 1940 -- The STRAITS OF MACKINAC was freed after spending 24 hours in the ice.
- January 10, 1998 -- Former co-owner of the Ludington carferries (MWT) and local Ludington businessman Glen F. Bowden died.
- January 11, 1911 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 5 arrived Frankfort on her maiden voyage.
Jauary 12, 1911 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 5 hit the rocks close to the south breakwater when entering Manistique harbor, tearing off her starboard shaft and wheel.
- January 12, 1883 -- The ANN ARBOR NO 1 encountered a gale on a westbound passage and sought shelter in Manitowoc harbor, reaching Kewaunee three days after setting out.
- January 12, 1970 -- The GRAND HAVEN was gutted by fire
- January 13, 1909 -- The PERE MARQUETTE 17 was freed after her grounding on December 30, 1908.
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- January 14, 1920 -- The Grand Trunk carferry GRAND HAVEN was fast in the ice three miles out of Grand Haven.
- January 14, 2000 -- The CITY OF MILWAUKEE was moved from Elberta to Manistee.
- January 15, 1917 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 6 left Ecouse for Frankfort on her maiden voyage.
- January 17, 1902 -- The PERE MARQUETTE 2 ran aground at Ludington.
- Jauary 17, 1916 -- The PERE MARQUETTE 19 ran aground south of Big Point Sable.
- January 17, 1931 -- The CITY OF MILWAUKEE arrived Grand Haven on her maiden voyage.
- January 19, 1927 -- The Grand Trunk carferry MADISON was christened with a bottle of Wisconsin milk. She entered service in March of 1927.
- January19, 1921 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 6 held for weather in Ludington. Shortly after leaving Frankfort for Manitowoc, a gale spang up from the southeast and sought shelter in Ludington. She left at 7 PM the next day.
- January 20, 1911 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 5 made her first trip into Kewaunee on her mainden voyage.
- January 20, 1917 -- Captain Joseph "Joe" Russell took command of the PERE MARQUETTE 18 (II).
- January 21, 1939 -- The CITY OF FLINT and the PERE MARQUETTE 21 were damaged when they struck the Ludington breakwater within a few hours of each other in a feak storm.
- January 22, 1913 -- The SAINTE MARIE (2) was launched
- January 23, 1980 -- Protesting the Russian invasion of Afganistan, workers refused to unload the Russian freighter KHUDOZHNKI PAKHOMOV docked at Dow Chemical in Ludingtonl.
- January 28, 1911 -- The ANN ARBOR NO. 3 ran up on the rocks while leaving Manistique.
- January 29, 1916 -- The PERE MARQUETTE 19 was released by the PERE MARQUETTE 18 (II). twelve days after being beached in a gale at Ludington.
- January 29, 1987 -- The BADGER almost capsized at her dock due to a broken water intake pipe.
- January 30, 1911 -- The PERE MARQUETTE 18 (II) arrived Ludington, Capt. Joseph Russell in command.
- January 31, 1930 -- While the Grand Trunk carferry MADISON was leading the way across Lake Michigan to Grand Haven, she was struck from behind by her sister ship GRAND RAPIDS.
- January 31, 1889 -- the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad was consolidated with the East Saginaw & St.Clair Railroad, the Saginaw and Clare County Railroad, the Saginaw & Mount Pleasant Railroad and the Manistee Railroad.
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