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, ...

Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist and diving instructor, has helped uncover more than 100 shipwrecks across the region ...

Mar. 16—WHITEFISH POINT, Michigan — After 132 years, the final resting place of the 300-foot steel steamer Western Reserve has been discovered roughly 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The National Museum of the Great Lakes attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. Through pictures, artifacts and interactive exhibits, it highlights hundreds of years ...

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. ...

The fur trade played a large role in shaping early North American economies and cultures. The North American fur trade was a key economic and cultural system linking Indigenous and European peoples, ...

Two museum representatives will present programs this month at Marvin Memorial Library, 29 W. Whitney Ave., Shelby. "Shelby Tokens, Coins and More" will be featured Monday at 6 p.m. A representative ...

WHITEFISH POINT — The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society received the “Superior Award” from the Historical Society of Michigan (HSM), one of the oldest historical societies in the country. The ...

A Wisconsin angler with a family legacy of shipwreck discoveries has discovered one of the largest tugboats to ever tow on the Great Lakes, scrapped more than a century ago off the shores of Manitowoc ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — From summertime beach fun to the famous brewing company, the Great Lakes have made a name for themselves in a variety of ways. However, not everyone pictures its long history in trading ...