The Mighty Huron is the tough-built ferry that pushes through to Mackinac Island each day from the U.P. mainland, as long as winter conditions allow.

After taking thousands of pictures of winter scenes, it was hard to pick my favorites for this post, but here’s a selection of snow shots from the region that span numerous snowstorms.

Although not as dramatic as the Blizzard of 1993 – a monster storm that hit Alabama on March 12-13, 1993, covering the state in up to 20 inches of snow – the winter weather made Alabama folk ...