SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — South Haven historians are gearing up to commemorate the 48th anniversary of what is known as the largest shipwreck of Lake Superior. When it was first launched, the Edmund ...

A piece of Great Lakes maritime history hit the auction block this weekend in Detroit. A life ring and wooden plank believed to be from the Edmund Fitzgerald sold for $150k.

STURGEON BAY - The Door County Maritime Museum's annual Maritime Speaker Series kicks off its 2023-24 season Oct. 5 with the chance for guests to watch, listen and learn both in person and online.

Artifacts span centuries of maritime history, including a piece of the frame of the USS Niagara, which led the United States to victory in the Battle of Lake Erie; an 1898 chamber pot from the luxury ...

LUDINGTON, MI – A maritime museum on the shore of Lake Michigan takes visitors on a journey around the Great Lakes, exploring shipwrecks, piloting a car ferry, testing their strength against a ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The National Museum of the Great Lakes announced an upcoming expansion as well as a change in leadership during their annual State of the Museum update, changes that come during the ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The historic Robinson Bay tugboat was officially handed off to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City. The transfer ceremony hosted by the Great ...

SOUTH HAVEN, MI -- The love for lighthouses runs deep in the Great Lakes State. Michiganders have a true appreciation for the valiant efforts of lighthouse keepers who directed ships across ...

Located on Strand Drive on Belle Isle, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum is dedicated to showcasing the story of the Great Lakes, with a special emphasis on Detroit’s role in regional and national ...

Often when we see portraits of people from the 19th century, they appear rigid and unsmiling. It makes sense why they seem so stoic when we consider most people during that period only had one or two ...

Beware of the "gales of November" on the Great Lakes this month, as singer Gordon Lightfoot warned, because this month has been particularly deadly for sailors on the lakes for hundreds of years. Over ...