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, ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— A historic tugboat is making waves at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, providing cadets with new training opportunities. The Robinson Bay, donated by the U.S. Great ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Whitefish Point museum holds the ship's bell, and hosts an annual ceremony at which family members gather to remember the ...