The schooner Roseway completed its last day of sailing from the St. Ignace harbor for the season Monday, September 5.

The 137-foot, wooden, two-masted ship and its crew from the World Ocean School of Camden, Maine, traveled 2,000 miles through the St. Lawrence Seaway and Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Huron to arrive in St. Ignace in mid-June. The ship offered day sails from St. Ignace this summer.

The St. Ignace day sailing project enjoyed a good season in its first year, said David Swope of St. Ignace Hospitality Growth, the group that launched the program.

“We had really good support from around town, and those who sailed with the Roseway really enjoyed the experience,” Mr. Swope said. Hospitality Growth is seeking a similar ship to offer day sails next summer, he said, as a return trip to St. Ignace would not fit the mission of the Roseway’s owner, World Ocean School, which prefers to focus on using the ship as an educational platform for its programs.

Mr. Swope pointed out that the local group was satisfied with the first season’s results, and building a strong sailing program from the St. Ignace harbor will be an ongoing project for St. Ignace Hospitality Growth.

“It will take a few years to build this up,” he said. “We can’t expect in its first year that it will just explode.”

The Roseway , built in 1925, is a National Historic Landmark. It was first built to be a private fishing vessel, but has been used as a yacht, a pilot boat, a Coast Guard Reserve patrol vessel during World War II, and a windjammer.