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Books, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageFreightersHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksFifty years later: The little-known story of the families the Fitz left behind
-After the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, grieving families faced another storm: unequal insurance payouts, corporate pressure and a legal system stacked against them.
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After 132 years, team finds wreck of the Western Reserve in Lake Superior
-Nonprofit group that hunts for Great Lakes shipwrecks discovers the find of a lifetime.
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CollaborationGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipwrecksA Great Lakes ‘Pompeii’? Lake Huron’s depths hold secrets of human history
-Ten years ago, scientists discovered ancient hunting camps beneath the lake. Now, DNA samples could produce more revelations about the prehistoric Great Lakes.
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Books, Authors, Art and MusicFeature HomepageFreightersHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksTourismSpooky Lake Superior: The SS Kamloops
-Just in time for Halloween, learn about the SS Kamloops — an eerie story about a shipwreck in Lake Superior, and “Old Whitey” who seems to follow divers around the wreck.
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CollaborationDetroitFreightersHistory and CultureLake MichiganLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksWisconsinShip doomed on Lake Michigan now moored on National Register of Historic Places
-A Detroit-built sailing ship that sank in Lake Michigan during an 1864 storm has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior
-Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLake ErieLatest NewsMichiganNewsOhioRecreation and TourismShipwrecksTourismStrong winds uncover spectacular features and long-lost structures
-People on the western shore of Lake Erie witnessed a strange site after the weekend’s winter storm. Parts of the lake usually under water were suddenly dry and accessible.
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Tracing for human remains on shipwrecks with environmental DNA
-The study used environmental DNA, a revolutionary way to assist in studying life on earth. It allows scientists to uncover hidden aspects of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems by analyzing genetic material in the environment.
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AuthorsFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLake MichiganLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksWisconsinBehind the shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan
-A 150-year-old schooner that sank in 1881 was finally discovered in Lake Michigan.
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Lake Erie along Pennsylvania’s shoreline on its way to becoming national marine sanctuary
-President Joe Biden’s administration took the first step Thursday toward designating the Pennsylvania-owned section of Lake Erie as the state’s first national marine sanctuary.
