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Welcome to Inland Seas Online—a new virtual feature publishing stories from back issues of  Inland Seas©. For 75 years, Inland Seas© has been the cornerstone of the Great Lakes Historical Society, and now the National Museum of the Great Lakes! This award-wining journal is why we have members in all 50 states and within 5 countries world-wide. We look forward to updating this page with new posts regularly as a way to continue our mission to preserve and make known the history of the Great Lakes.

Are you interested in reading more Inland Seas® stories? We still published new issues of Inland Seas® four times a year featuring Great Lakes stories. To received these issues, join us by becoming an Inland Seas Member with the National Museum of the Great Lakes.

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The St. Lawrence Seaway – Spring 1950

June 22, 2020
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Lake Michigan Shipping 1830-1850 – Summer 1949

June 15, 2020
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A Great Lady Passes – Spring 1949

June 10, 2020
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Oldest Ferry in Service – Winter 1948

June 8, 2020
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Captain Chesley Blake – Fall 1948

June 5, 2020
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The Wreck of the KERSHAW, MOONLIGHT, and KENT – Summer, 1948

June 3, 2020
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Peninsula, the Pic River Region, and Modern Marathon – Spring 1948

June 1, 2020
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Lucky Stones – October 1947

May 29, 2020
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Horace Greeley Tours the Great Lakes – July 1947

May 27, 2020
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Snake Stories of the Lake Erie Islands – April 1947

May 25, 2020
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Big Tugs and Big Rafts: A Story of Georgian Bay Lumbering – January 1947

May 22, 2020
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Six Little Schooners – July 1946

May 20, 2020
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Fishing in Lake Superior – April 1946

May 18, 2020
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The Chicago Kid – January 1946

May 15, 2020
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The Bruce – October 1945

May 13, 2020
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Fighting Ships from Bay City – July 1945

May 11, 2020
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Abigail Becker: Heroine of Long Point, Lake Erie – October 1946

May 8, 2020
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Captain Bundy’s Gospel Ship – April 1945

May 6, 2020
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Recovery of the Steamer Humphrey – January 1945

May 4, 2020
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Sinking the ARGO – Winter 2015

May 1, 2020
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Pig Iron Miller: Cleveland Hero or Hooligan? – Fall 2015

April 29, 2020
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Albatross in the Red Sky on Friday: Does Irrational Superstition on the Great Lakes Make a Difference – Summer 2015

April 27, 2020
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A Lost Treasure… “At the Mercy of Neptune” – Spring 2015

April 24, 2020
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Eva and Me – Winter 2014

April 22, 2020
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The Actions of the H.P. BOPE, L.C. HANNA, J.G. MUNRO, and the Tragedy of the CLARION on December 8, 1909 – Fall 2014

April 20, 2020
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Buck Mullin – Summer 2014

April 17, 2020
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HALONIA: The Story of a Yacht Turned Warrior – Winter 2013

April 15, 2020
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War of 1812 Underwater Archaeology, Black River Bay, Lake Ontario – Fall 2013

April 13, 2020
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The Tow-Barge System Revisited – Summer 2012

April 10, 2020
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Postscript to the War of 1812 NEWASH, TECUMSETH, and US/Canada Border Relations – Spring 2012

April 8, 2020
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McDougall’s Patented Anchor – Winter 2011

April 6, 2020
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Four Boats Named CHIPPEWA! A Pictorial History – Fall 2011

April 2, 2020
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Let the Lower Lights be Burning – Spring 2011

April 1, 2020
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Records from the U.S. Customs House on Mackinac Island: Witness to Early Life on the Upper Great Lakes – Winter 2010

March 30, 2020
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“She Always Looked That Way”: The Loss of the CITY OF PORT HURON – Summer 2010

March 27, 2020
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The Life and Times of Captain Alfred Parker – Fall 2009

March 24, 2020
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