Muskegon: Former industrial waterfront makes room for cruise ships and passengers

Destinations like Niagara Falls, Chicago and Mackinac Island have been consistent passenger favorites since the Great Lakes cruise ship industry began in the 1920s. Now, with greater investment from state and federal agencies along with buy-in from a number of coastal cities throughout the Great Lakes Basin, new stops are continually being added to cruise itineraries.

Recent efforts are raising the prospects of greater tourism revenue but those come with concerns about the added costs that could be required to remain a consistent port of call year after year.

Muskegon, like so many other coastal cities around the Great Lakes, once boasted a prominent industrial center along its lakeshore. And like those other cities, Muskegon has seen the end of these industries, leaving behind abandoned buildings that are being cleared away to draw in a new industry: cruise ship tourism.

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