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Carrie Sowden2020-12-07 08:30:082020-11-17 09:36:51The Discovery and Exploration of the Ancient Sheguiadah Site, Manitoulin Island – Fall 1954
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Carrie Sowden2020-12-07 08:30:082020-11-17 09:36:51The Discovery and Exploration of the Ancient Sheguiadah Site, Manitoulin Island – Fall 1954
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Carrie Sowden2020-11-30 08:30:462020-11-16 15:40:16The Pulpwood Fleet – Summer 1954
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Carrie Sowden2020-11-20 08:30:162020-11-16 13:21:53ROUSE SIMMONS and the Port of Chicago – Winter 1987
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Carrie Sowden2020-11-16 08:30:342020-11-09 15:51:54Singapore: Michigan’s Imaginary Pompeii, Part 2 – Spring 1954
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Carrie Sowden2020-11-09 08:30:092020-11-02 14:41:11Singapore: Michigan’s Imaginary Pompeii – Winter 1953
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Carrie Sowden2020-11-02 08:30:492020-10-20 16:00:56In Grandpa’s Wake – Fall 1953
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Carrie Sowden2020-10-26 08:30:402020-10-20 15:26:46The Spirits of ’26 – Summer 1953
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Carrie Sowden2020-10-20 14:36:222020-10-20 15:19:20McDougall’s Dream: The Whaleback – Spring 1953
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Carrie Sowden2020-10-12 08:30:452020-10-14 13:17:44A Voyage into the Past on the J.T. WING – Winter 1952
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Carrie Sowden2020-10-07 13:54:012020-10-14 13:02:45An Unknown Visit of an Unknown Painter on the Great Lakes – Fall 1952
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Carrie Sowden2020-08-24 08:30:102020-08-18 17:29:56John Island’s Stolen Sawmill – Summer 1952
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Carrie Sowden2020-08-17 08:30:242020-08-18 17:24:30Waters Astern – Spring 1952
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Carrie Sowden2020-08-10 08:30:552020-08-03 15:30:44St. Lawrence Steamboat Days – Winter 1951
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Carrie Sowden2020-08-03 08:30:542020-07-30 16:00:15The Devil and Champlain – Fall 1951
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Carrie Sowden2020-07-30 13:33:092020-07-30 13:33:09Southern Divines on the Great Lakes and at Niagara Falls – Summer 1951
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Carrie Sowden2020-07-20 10:37:192020-07-16 10:53:41Wooden Ship Building – Spring 1951
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Carrie Sowden2020-07-13 08:30:102020-07-11 10:26:51The Location of British Fort Sandusky – Winter 1950
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Carrie Sowden2020-07-06 08:30:542020-06-30 10:44:42An 1860 Vacation Jaunt – Fall 1950
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Carrie Sowden2020-06-29 08:30:012020-06-22 14:12:45The Story of the Schooner HERCULES – Summer 1950
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Carrie Sowden2020-06-22 08:30:572020-06-17 15:32:44The St. Lawrence Seaway – Spring 1950
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Carrie Sowden2020-06-15 08:30:492020-06-12 13:59:11Lake Michigan Shipping 1830-1850 – Summer 1949
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Carrie Sowden2020-06-10 08:30:132020-08-05 10:47:53A Great Lady Passes – Spring 1949
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Carrie Sowden2020-06-08 08:30:022020-08-05 10:47:57Oldest Ferry in Service – Winter 1948
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Carrie Sowden2020-06-05 08:30:182020-08-05 10:48:01Captain Chesley Blake – Fall 1948
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Carrie Sowden2020-06-03 08:30:002020-08-05 10:48:06The Wreck of the KERSHAW, MOONLIGHT, and KENT – Summer, 1948
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Carrie Sowden2020-06-01 08:30:242020-08-05 10:48:12Peninsula, the Pic River Region, and Modern Marathon – Spring 1948
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-29 08:30:442020-08-05 10:48:17Lucky Stones – October 1947
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-27 08:30:072020-08-05 10:48:22Horace Greeley Tours the Great Lakes – July 1947
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-25 08:30:462020-05-21 15:21:22Snake Stories of the Lake Erie Islands – April 1947
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-22 08:30:552020-08-05 10:49:14Big Tugs and Big Rafts: A Story of Georgian Bay Lumbering – January 1947
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-20 08:30:062020-08-05 10:49:19Six Little Schooners – July 1946
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-18 08:30:422020-08-05 10:49:25Fishing in Lake Superior – April 1946
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-15 08:30:242020-08-05 10:49:33The Chicago Kid – January 1946
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-13 08:30:522020-08-05 10:49:37The Bruce – October 1945
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-11 08:30:272020-08-05 10:49:41Fighting Ships from Bay City – July 1945
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-08 08:30:392020-08-05 10:49:45Abigail Becker: Heroine of Long Point, Lake Erie – October 1946
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-06 08:30:082020-08-05 10:49:49Captain Bundy’s Gospel Ship – April 1945
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-04 08:30:502020-08-05 10:49:56Recovery of the Steamer Humphrey – January 1945
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Carrie Sowden2020-05-01 08:30:322020-08-05 10:50:01Sinking the ARGO – Winter 2015
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-29 08:30:002020-08-05 10:50:07Pig Iron Miller: Cleveland Hero or Hooligan? – Fall 2015
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-27 08:30:242020-08-05 10:50:11Albatross in the Red Sky on Friday: Does Irrational Superstition on the Great Lakes Make a Difference – Summer 2015
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-24 08:30:502020-08-05 10:50:16A Lost Treasure… “At the Mercy of Neptune” – Spring 2015
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-22 08:30:592020-08-05 10:50:23Eva and Me – Winter 2014
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-20 08:30:152020-08-05 10:50:27The Actions of the H.P. BOPE, L.C. HANNA, J.G. MUNRO, and the Tragedy of the CLARION on December 8, 1909 – Fall 2014
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-17 08:30:172020-08-05 10:50:31Buck Mullin – Summer 2014
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-15 08:30:292020-08-05 10:50:35HALONIA: The Story of a Yacht Turned Warrior – Winter 2013
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-13 08:30:082020-08-05 10:50:41War of 1812 Underwater Archaeology, Black River Bay, Lake Ontario – Fall 2013
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-10 08:36:182020-08-05 10:50:46The Tow-Barge System Revisited – Summer 2012
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-08 08:45:382020-08-05 10:50:52Postscript to the War of 1812 NEWASH, TECUMSETH, and US/Canada Border Relations – Spring 2012
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-06 08:30:002020-08-05 10:50:58McDougall’s Patented Anchor – Winter 2011
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-02 13:44:532020-08-05 10:51:04Four Boats Named CHIPPEWA! A Pictorial History – Fall 2011
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Carrie Sowden2020-04-01 13:01:062020-08-05 10:51:10Let the Lower Lights be Burning – Spring 2011
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Carrie Sowden2020-03-30 15:39:072020-08-05 10:51:19Records from the U.S. Customs House on Mackinac Island: Witness to Early Life on the Upper Great Lakes – Winter 2010
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Carrie Sowden2020-03-27 12:15:092020-08-05 10:51:25“She Always Looked That Way”: The Loss of the CITY OF PORT HURON – Summer 2010
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Carrie Sowden2020-03-24 11:26:492020-08-05 10:51:30The Life and Times of Captain Alfred Parker – Fall 2009
HOURS
Monday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Closed on Tuesdays: November 1 - April 30
Museum is Closed New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve
SS Col James M. Schoonmaker and Tug Ohio
open May – October
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Closed on Tuesdays: November 1 - April 30
Museum is Closed New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve
SS Col James M. Schoonmaker and Tug Ohio
open May – October