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Tag: shipwrecks

Posted inFeatured, Latest News, News

Has this freighter made its final voyage?

by Great Lakes Now July 8, 2025

It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank in the Great Lakes. But in the summer of 2024, one freighter came dangerously close.

Posted inFeatured, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Shipwrecks

After 132 years, team finds wreck of the Western Reserve in Lake Superior

by Wisconsin Public Radio March 19, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Featured, Illinois, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks, Tourism, Who We Are and What We Do

Mapping the Great Lakes: Underwater discoveries await

by Alex Hill September 26, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Lake Huron, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks

Rogers City museum inducts Lake Huron shipwreck victims, honors lives

by The Alpena News August 11, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Lake Ontario, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, New York, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Tourism

Comments Requested: Lake Ontario marine sanctuary proposal moves forward

by Noah Bock July 19, 2021
Posted inCulture, Lake Huron, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks

BEN is back! Autonomous vessel launches into Lake Huron from Rogers City, Michigan

by The Alpena News June 11, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inLake Huron, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks

Marine archaeology research crew up from University of Texas

by The Alpena News June 8, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Age of Nature, Events and Special Broadcasts, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes Now Watch Parties, Latest News, News, PBS, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks, Who We Are and What We Do

What Grows: “Shipwrecks and Ecosystems” watch party for Great Lakes Now and “The Age of Nature”

by Sandra Svoboda October 21, 2020
Posted inAge of Nature, Fish, Birds and Animals, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, PBS, Pennsylvania, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Shipwrecks, Wisconsin

Shipwreck Life: How fish and other aquatic species utilize Great Lakes shipwrecks

by Kathy Johnson, Great Lakes Now October 8, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inDetroit River, Michigan, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipwrecks, Video, Welland Canal

Ships and Shipwrecks – Episode 1002

by GLN Editor May 18, 2019

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