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Why Are There So Many Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes?

Beneath the waters of the Great Lakes, thousands of shipwrecks, hulking carcasses of a bygone era, have been hiding for ...

Great Lakes’ deadly history: Edmund Fitzgerald was last major wreck, but far from the only one

It's been 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank among huge waves on Lake Superior, and its legend is just as gripping as ...
The Mining Journal

Author shines light on the importance of protecting Great Lakes’ lighthouses

The book “Mastering the Inland Seas” (University of Wisconsin Press, $36.95) helps explain the history of Great Lakes lighthouses and navigational aids and the importance of protecting them. ...
WTOL

National Museum of the Great Lakes announces fall lecture series lineup

TOLEDO, Ohio — The National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) announced its 2025 fall lecture series lineup, featuring historical talks and presentations on Great Lakes history. In a press release, ...

Annual NMU Sonderegger Symposium focuses on maritime history

The theme, inspired by the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, is Above and Below the Surface: Maritime ...

There's a hidden collection of Great Lakes artifacts in Milwaukee's Central Library

Milwaukee Public Library's Central Library is home to a collection of artifacts and files from a plethora of ships, including ...
Michigan Advance

‘The gales of November come early’: Michigan remembers the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years later

Fifty years after the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, the 729-foot freighter that sank on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, ...

Santa to bring donated Christmas trees to families in need at National Museum of the Great Lakes

Santa is bringing a boatload of Christmas trees to the National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) for local families as part of the museum’s largest community giveback event of the year.The museum will ...