The Michigan Maritime Museum will kick off its 2026 Lecture Series with a presentation titled "History of the Great Lakes in 12 Shipwrecks." The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25. The lecture ...

Two historic Michigan lighthouses – one in Grand Haven and the other in the Upper Peninsula – will split $120,000 in grants.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society will have two memorials in honor of the 50th anniversary since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior. The commemorative ceremonies will happen on ...

WHITEFISH TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The location of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is no coincidence. "We do have 200 shipwrecks, approximately, right in this area of Whitefish Bay," said Bruce Lynn. "If we ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most famous shipwrecks in Great Lakes history, but it's just one of hundreds of vessels lost to these waters. For researchers, ...

No one knows exactly how many shipwrecks lie at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Estimates range between 4,000 and 10,000, but only a fraction of those sunken vessels have been found. When the ...

Winter storms on the Great Lakes can temporarily lower water levels, revealing shipwrecks and other submerged features. Strong, sustained winds during colder months push water from one end of a lake ...

Beneath the waters of the Great Lakes, thousands of shipwrecks, hulking carcasses of a bygone era, have been hiding for generations, just waiting to be revealed. Once someone stumbles upon one of ...