Members of the Shipwreck Society are familiar with the 1923 U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat House, and with our acquisition of USCG 38381, an original 36-foot Motor Lifeboat now under restoration at Mertaugh Boat Works in Hessel, Michigan.… Read More...
CG36381 Motor Lifeboat on display at Mertaugh Boat Works on Saturday, August 10.
A Francis Metallic Life-car on its way to the Shipwreck Museum!
Thinking about a trip to the Eastern Upper Peninsula before summer ends?… Read More...
As many of you know, the 2018 Michigan Lighthouse Festival will be coming to Paradise, Michigan this coming August 3, 4 and 5, 2018! Join the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society/Whitefish Point Light-Station, Crisp Point Lighthouse and Iroquois Point Lighthouse for this special event, coming to the Eastern Upper Peninsula for the first time!… Read More...
The Shipwreck Society is pleased to announce to its members and visitors that the 2018 Summer Appeal has opened! This annual fundraiser is a campaign to support Historic Preservation and Capital Improvement work for the Society, where the year-end Annual Appeal is oriented to seeking contributions for operational funding.… Read More...
Frank Mays, survivor of the tragic 1958 sinking of the Carl D. Bradley will sign his book, If We Make It ’till Daylight at the Shipwreck Coast Museum Store, Whitefish Point.
Frank is today the only living survivor of a major Great Lakes Shipwreck and is one of the most fascinating people the Shipwreck Society has ever known. His shipwreck is well-detailed in his book, and he invites questions from visitors. A genuine survivor in the most literal sense of the word, Frank credits a positive attitude among many things that keep him going.… Read More...
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society officially announces that its 2018 Annual Dinner and Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2018, at the Cisler Center of Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste.… Read More...
Members of the Shipwreck Society are familiar with our Annual Appeal fundraiser, which is designed to raise operational support funding from our visitors, guests, and members before the end of the 2017 tax year.… Read More...
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society is very proud to announce that the group, Stand Up For Great Lakes, has selected us to be their beneficiaries in 2018! The guys in Stand Up For Great Lakes put their bodies on the line and act…they don’t talk, they do.… Read More...
This is one of two appeals conducted each year by the Society, to ask our members and friends for contributions related to Capital Improvement work at the Shipwreck Museum site, Whitefish Point Light Station, Whitefish Point, Michigan.… Read More...
If We Make It ’till Daylight
Frank Mays, survivor of the tragic 1958 sinking of the Carl D. Bradley will sign his book, If We Make It ’till Daylight at the Shipwreck Coast Museum Store, Whitefish Point.… Read More...
