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, ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The historic Robinson Bay tugboat was officially handed off to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City. The transfer ceremony hosted by the Great ...

Artifacts span centuries of maritime history, including a piece of the frame of the USS Niagara, which led the United States to victory in the Battle of Lake Erie; an 1898 chamber pot from the luxury ...

As we go about the routine tasks of our daily lives, it can be easy to forget that we live in the shadow of the largest group of freshwater lakes on the surface of the Earth. A trip to Olcott Beach in ...

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, ...