Ironton Cove Landings

Come and visit the Ironton Cove Landings located on the South Arm Narrows of beautiful Lake Charlevoix at the Ironton Ferry, one of the country’s oldest cable ferries still in operation. The restaurant and marina are easily accessible by car on M66, four miles south of Charlevoix, or we have lots of dock space for watercraft of any size – large and small. Relax, sit back and enjoy a cold beer or a frozen “Foo-Foo” drink and take in the view! (Isn’t that why you came up North?) If we get backed up a little, we apologize but we do the best we can with a hot plate, a crock pot and a borrowed fry baby! Come inside and check out our Ironton Wall of Pictures! Are you on the wall?

Captain Sam Alexander of the Ironton Ferry made it into Ripley’s Believe It or Not? for traveling over 15,000 miles and never being more than a ¼ mile from home. The first ferry boat (a rowboat) was in operation in 1876 and by the 1880’s had grown into a barge capable of hauling men and their equipment to build Pine Lake Iron Company’s ore smelter. Ironton (Iron-town) received its name from the great pig iron smelting furnace. By 1890 the village of Ironton was larger than Charlevoix or East Jordan. Mr. Cherrie, the plants owner, vowed to get out of business immediately if the Democrats won the 1892 presidential election. Well, they won and he shut down the smelter, stripped the grounds of everything valuable and moveable, brought in dynamite to demolish everything left standing and departed for Chicago. Hmmm... Interesting - Isn’t it?


Open 11:00am – 9:30pm, Everyday May 18th – September 3rd Big Boat Docking, Marine Gas Available Marine Fuel Dock open everyday 9am - 8pm	The Landings Restaurant and Ironton Cove Marina 10231 Ferry Rd., Charlevoix, MI 49720 Phone: 231.547.9036 4515'23"N, 8511'6"W