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DetroitFeature DetroitFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLake SuperiorLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganMinnesotaNatasha BlakelyNewsOhioPennsylvaniaShipwrecksWisconsinEdmund Fitzgerald 2021: Attend a shipwreck memorial service in person or virtually
-All around the region this week, events are focused on honoring the lives lost on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and other Great Lakes ships. Many of these shipwreck services and ceremonies will be streamed live online.
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History and CultureLake HuronLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsShipwrecksRogers City museum inducts Lake Huron shipwreck victims, honors lives
-The ship broke up in a storm on Lake Huron in late November of 1966 before it could reach the protection of Thunder Bay, killing 28 of the 29 men aboard. Until recently, photos and biographies of only six of the ship’s crew hung on the museum’s walls.
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Service held for last survivor of ’58 Great Lakes shipwreck
-A memorial Mass has been held in northern Michigan for the last remaining survivor of a Lake Michigan shipwreck that killed 33 people in 1958.
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History and CultureLake OntarioLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsNew YorkNewsShipwrecksTourismComments Requested: Lake Ontario marine sanctuary proposal moves forward
-NOAA announced a public comment period on the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Lake Ontario marine sanctuary, including feedback on what areas the sanctuary should include.
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NOAA to designate Wisconsin coastline as national sanctuary
-The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has published the final rule designating the sanctuary.
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CollaborationLake HuronLatest NewsLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyShipwrecksThe Alpena NewsBEN is back! Autonomous vessel launches into Lake Huron from Rogers City, Michigan
-From coast to coast in the U.S., to American Samoa, and back to Lake Huron, the autonomous surface vessel is in Rogers City this month for lake floor mapping.
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CollaborationLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyShipwrecksThe Alpena NewsMarine archaeology research crew up from University of Texas
-A trio of researchers who have been studying the Alpena-Amberley Ridge in Lake Huron are joined this month by a group of undergraduate students from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Shifting sand, water again reveal shipwreck from 1880s
-A change in Lake Michigan water levels has revealed the shipwreck from the 1880s that is visible in western Michigan for the first time since 2018.
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Events and Special BroadcastsFreightersGreat Lakes Now Watch PartiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLighthouses, Museums and Cultural InstitutionsShipping and PortsShipwrecksWelland CanalWatch Party: Ships and Shipwrecks
-Come aboard a boat that delivers mail to ships on the Great Lakes, learn about life on a Great Lakes…
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipCollaborationCOVID-19Latest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismShipwrecksTourismCOVID-19 pushed people outdoors. Michigan’s ski industry is ready for them.
-Recreational activity skyrocketed in Michigan through spring and summer. Now the state’s snowsports businesses hope they’ll get a similar burst of sales.
