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The Madeline is a 92-foot wooden schooner built more than 30 years ago by volunteers with the Maritime Heritage Alliance.
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The sinking of a WWI-era steel bulk freighter tells the story of a daring dog rescue.
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There’s at least a dozen offshore lighthouses miles from the mainland on the Great Lakes. These lights mark shoals, the shallower parts of the Great Lakes where ships could run aground.
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The Underground Railroad had routes that crossed land and sea, including in the Great Lakes region.
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The SS Arlington, a 244-ton bulk carrier whose shipwreck was discovered last summer, has a mystifying story involving its captain.
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Over the weekend, a 689-foot freighter hit an unknown object near Isle Royale in Lake Superior and began taking on water. That got us thinking about the folks who rush to the aid of ships in distress on the Great Lakes.
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The "John Bigler" was a schooner built in 1866 when canals made it possible for ships to go from Lake Erie to Lake Michigan. The Bigler hauled lumber and other cargo on the Great Lakes.
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Shanties were the tune to nautical labor ships out at sea and that includes the Great Lakes. Shanties were used to coordinate tasks and improve efficiency of the work.
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Steamboats were the way to travel from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
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The Great Lakes Historical Society has confirmed it found the wooden steamship Adella Shores, missing since 1909.