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Monday, October 30, 2023

One of the world's largest remaining Edwardian steamships, the S.S. Keewatin, has arrived at its new home at a museum in Kingston, Ont., after sailing through the Great Lakes from Georgian Bay near Barrie. The vessel is older than the Titanic. It had been docked at Port McNicoll in Georgian Bay, which was once a vital stop

by: CBC News

tags: Canada, Georgian Bay, Great Lakes, history, Lake Huron

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

The 1,200-pound mussel-encrusted engine from a P-39 World War II-era fighter plane flown by a member of the famed Tuskegee airmen is moved, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum in Detroit. The plane was flown by a member of the famed Tuskegee airmen that crashed during training nearly 80 years ago

by: Matt Durr, MLive

tags: history, Lake Huron, Michigan

Friday, July 28, 2023

Little Traverse Bay Ferry Company's newest boat is the Harbor Princess, which is booking sunset cruises now. Photo provided by Little Traverse Bay Ferry Company's Harbor Princess. PETOSKEY, MI - When big boats motor into Petoskey’s beautiful Little Traverse Bay, they tend to attract attention. The neighborhood’s newest

by: Tanda Gmiter, MLive

tags: Great Lakes, history, Lake Michigan, Michigan

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Built in 1843 the schooner Home, is one of the oldest shipwrecks discovered in Wisconsin. Tamara Thomsen/Wisconsin Historical Society photo KEWAUNEE COUNTY – Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is working toward community engagement for its region on Wisconsin’s shore of Lake Michigan. The National

by: Kris Leonhardt

tags: education, history, Lake Michigan, Shipwrecks, Wisconsin

Friday, April 7, 2023

The Clinton-Macomb Public Library North Branch will host Arrgh: A History of Piracy on the Great Lakes on April 19. Pictured is Dan Seavey, one of the Great Lakes pirates that will be featured in the presentation. (Courtesy of National Museum of the Great Lakes). The Seven Seas weren’t the only home for pirates from the

by: Nicole Tuttle

tags: Boat Museum, Great Lakes, history

Friday, March 10, 2023

Kingston — A 116-year-old steamship that ferried passengers and goods in the upper Great Lakes is bound for the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston. The museum announced last Friday that it had acquired the SS Keewatin from a development group in Port McNicoll, east of Midland, where it has been a museum ship

by: Elliot Ferguson

tags: Boat Museum, history

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Traverse City, MI— Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel. The 191-foot (58-meter) cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both. The

by: John Flesher, Associated Press

tags: history, Lake Huron, Michigan, Shipwrecks

Friday, February 24, 2023

Toledo, OH – The National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) is proud to introduce a brand new online and micro exhibit—Waving Through Time: Flags of the Sweetwater Seas. This 2-part exhibit highlighting commercial and recreational flags on the Great Lakes has launched Part 1 with a focus on the Great Lakes Industry. The

by: National Museum of the Great Lakes

tags: education, Event, Events, Great Lakes, history

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Toledo, OH – On Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. the National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) begins their annual spring lecture series by exploring the life of nineteenth century surveyor Admiral Henry Wolsey Bayfield. “Considered a Master Chart Maker of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, The Admiral’s

by: National Museum of the Great Lakes

tags: Boat Museum, Event, Events, history

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Whitefish Point, MI – The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) is thrilled to announce the discovery of the 144-foot Barquentine Nucleus. The Nucleus was found under 600 feet of water around 40 miles northwest of Vermilion point on Lake Superior. The Nucleus sank on September 14th, 1869, when it was downbound from

by: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society

tags: history, Lake Superior, Shipwrecks

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