Courtesy photo The Pearl Mist Cruise Ship will visit Escanaba on Wednesday, July 3 at 11 a.m. and is scheduled to depart at approximately 7 p.m. The Pearl Mist also visited Escanaba on Sunday, June 23, which is when this photo was taken.

ESCANABA — The Pearl Mist cruise ship, owned by Pearl Seas Cruises, is scheduled to dock again at Escanaba’s North Shore Marine Terminal & Logistics Dock, located along 1st Avenue North, behind the Escanaba Public Library, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 3. The ship will stay docked in Escanaba all day, and is scheduled to depart at approximately 7 p.m. Wednesday.

To welcome the cruise ship passengers and crew to on Wednesday, the Escanaba City Band will play patriotic music starting at 11 a.m. at the North Shore dock, and Mayor Mark Ammel will present a framed ceremonial “Key to the City of Escanaba” to Pearl Mist Captain George Ciortan. The community is invited to come down to the North Shore Dock to welcome the Pearl Mist and its passengers and crew members to our city.

“We are grateful that Pearl Seas Cruises has chosen our Waterfront Community as a stop during the Pearl Mist’s voyages across the Great Lakes this summer,” said Delta Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Vickie Micheau. “We hope the warm hospitality that our residents and businesses show to the passengers and crew keeps them coming back as they plan future cruise itineraries.”

The Pearl Mist also visited Escanaba on Sunday, June 23.

Wednesday’s stop in Escanaba is part of the Pearl Seas ‘Great Lakes Explorer’ 15-day itinerary, which includes Toronto; Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, along with the following ports of call: Cleveland; Detroit; Midland, Ontario, Canada; Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; Mackinac Island; Sault Ste. Marie; Marquette; Thunder Bay, Ontario; and Duluth, Minn. For more information on Pearl Seas Cruises, visit www.pearlseascruises.com/pearl-mist.