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The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station 11 miles (18 km) north of Paradise in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The light station property was transferred to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS), the Michigan Audubon Society (MAS), and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in 1996.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is open during the tourist season from 10 am to 6 pm, every day through October 31. [23] The organization that operates the museum got 80.079% of its funding from the public in the year 2010. [24] The light is considered iconic, and has been the subject of memorabilia. [25]
Whitefish Point is a cape of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, United States, marking the entry point of Whitefish Bay. It is 11 miles (18 km) north of the unincorporated community of Paradise, Michigan. Whitefish Point is known for the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, its Lake Superior shoreline, the Whitefish Point Lighthouse and
The State of Michigan filed a lawsuit against the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) for illegal removal of artifacts from Great Lakes bottomlands. [6] The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) obtained a search warrant in 1992 and raided on the GLSHS's offices and Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. [6] The DNR found evidence ...
By one estimate, there are 6,000 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes, 550 in Lake Superior alone, including the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in 1975 and is immortalized in a folk song by Gordon Lightfoot.
The Museum Ship Valley Camp is over 100 years old, and has a long history both as a shipping freighter and as a museum in the city. Great Lakes history up close: Inside the Museum Ship Valley Camp ...
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum: Michigan: Port Hope: Pointe aux Barques Light: Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine: Michigan: Rogers City: Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum: Michigan: Sault Ste. Marie: River of History Museum: Michigan: Sault Ste. Marie: Soo Locks Visitor Center: Michigan: South Haven: Michigan Maritime Museum: Y Michigan ...
The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Now, an invasive mussel is destroying shipwrecks deep in the depths ...