Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Learn everything there is to know about a lock along with an engineering milestone which occurred between 1853-1855 on Lake Superior’s American Side. Discover which Michigan City per the state’s Upper Peninsula Region is home to America’s oldest city. Explore what Canadian Lake Freighter SS Kamloops was built to perform along with discovering if she was more than just a steamship. Learn about the assignment Kamloops got tasked with come late November 1927. Explore what exact weather hurdle made its presence felt on Lake Superior come December 5,1927. Agree if weather elements such as ice contributed to weighing Kamloops down including other factors like fog making navigation non practical. Determine if another bulk freighter spotted Kamloops in the distance along Isle Royale’s rocky shoals. Learn if the Coast Guard encountered hurdles during their search and rescue mission. Go behind the scenes and explore why Coast Guard conducted another search come Spring 1928. Figure out significance behind a particular breakthrough involving SS Kamloops come December 1928. Learn what sport divers discovered when they explored Kamloops wreck site. Get an in depth analysis into the reforms which evolved following Kamloops sinking. Learn how Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, invested heavily in the iron and mineral industries. Get introduced to Mr. Edmund Fitzgerald from his job post to family background connected with Great Lakes. Learn everything that went on come June 7,1958, day SS Edmund Fitzgerald got christened. Determine exactly just how big SS Edmund Fitzgerald was including the most common natural resource item she transported. Learn how extravagant the Fitzgerald’s interior truly was for being an Iron Ore Freighter as well as multiple nicknames she earned.

Agree if Lake Superior is so big to where the other four Great Lakes could fit in based upon water volume. Discover what name the Ojibwe or Chippewa People called Lake Superior including interpretations by both French & British. Get introduced to Isle Royale including its oldest lighthouse being Rock Harbor Lighthouse. Explore why Isle Royale had so many shipwrecks occur. Learn exactly what made SS Western Reserve unique for her time come year 1890 including what purposes she served. Discover the nickname SS Western Reserve got bestowed with including type of steel used for building her. Determine how many people were onboard the bulk freighter including a brief timeline of events between August 28-30,1892. Agree if a rare freakish August Gale Storm broke out around late evening come August 30,1892 including any disadvantages working against SS Western Reserve. Determine how quick it took Western Reserve to sink including breakdown of lifeboats. Discover how many survivors there were including significance behind Deer Park Station. Learn more into the reforms made following SS Western Reserve’s sinking. Explore what Western Reserve and RMS Titanic had in common. Agree if the wreck of SS Western Reserve had remained a mystery for some time.

Discover what became so significant about steamboats Frontenac and Ontario. Learn what purposes a Drill Scow serves including getting introduced to Scow Ship John B.King. Understand why shipping channels are so important. Figure out where the John B.King was working in Canada come late June 1930. Receive an in depth analysis report behind what happened to John B.King on June 26,1930. Determine how old SS Noronic was come mid September 1949 including the primary purposes she served. Agree if the Noronic held fancy title known as “Queen of The Lakes”. Discover where SS Noronic was embarking upon starting around September 14,1949. Get an idea of just how many passengers and crew members were onboard the ship come day of departure. Explore what unravels two days after the voyage began. Discover what Noronic Passenger Don Church detected come 2:30AM on September 17. Go behind the scenes and discover the severity into what happened onboard SS Noronic after midnight September 17. Learn about the reforms that followed after Noronic’s internal incident including what happened just months later.

Discover what Ontario itself means including a breakdown of well known American and Canadian Cities whom call this Great Lake home. Get an in depth analysis behind Lake Ontario’s presence as a base for different trading posts during 17th and 18th Centuries. Learn what HMS’s initials represent. Get introduced to British Warship HMS Ontario including the ship’s primary functions. Understand importance behind Provincial Marine’s duties prior to and during Revolutionary War. Explore what unraveled around late October 1780 involving HMS Ontario. Agree if HMS Ontario was in fact the largest British Warship to have sailed along Great Lakes Waters between May-October 1780. Learn how HMS Ontario was referred to as a Snow. Get to know a Snow’s operational purposes. Understand the decision making behind British Military Command Forces following what happened to HMS Ontario after October 1780. Explore what came about 228 Years later in May 2008 including determination behind who claimed rightful ownership to HMS Ontario’s whereabouts.

Discover who the first European Explorer was behind setting foot on Lake Michigan’s waters. Get a breakdown behind the areas where Lake Michigan has had high concentrations of shipwrecks. Explore where America’s population stood come around year 1860. Understand the significance behind what happened come year 1851 in Buffalo, New York. Figure out what the term steamboat itself actually refers to. Receive a short in depth overview analysis behind James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin. Determine just how big Paddle Steamer Lady Elgin was including the different routes she traversed along the Great Lakes. Figure out where Paddle Steamer Lady Elgin was departing from come morning of September 6,1860. Determine just how many passengers Lady Elgin was equipped to transport while also discovering her capacity state come late evening September 7. Get an idea behind what the atmosphere was like onboard Lady Elgin going into late hours of September 7 including early morning next day. Learn what exactly unraveled on Lake Michigan around 2:30AM September 8,1860 involving Paddle Steamer Lady Elgin. Determine how Lady Elgin Captain Jack Wilson assessed the situation following his ship’s collision with Augusta of Oswego. Learn just how quickly it took for Lady Elgin to sink including lifeboats used along with total number of passengers saved. Explore acts of heroism which took place during morning of September 8. Get a brief background behind Augusta of Oswego including her Captain, D.M. Malott as well as the ship’s ultimate fate. Learn about the various reform which followed in the wake of Lady Elgin’s sinking.

Agree if anger soon replaced sorrow shortly after funeral services were held for those Bradley Crewmen whom perished. Get an in depth analysis behind the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation’s inquiry into what they believed caused the Bradley’s sinking as well as recommendation improvements. Understand why families whose loved ones perished went about suing U.S.Steel Corporation. Discover U.S.Steel Corporations Defense Strategy in response to the plaintiffs accusations. Get introduced to Global Marine Expedition Company including their surveys of the Bradley Wreckage Site. Learn how Frank Mays and Elmer Fleming responded to Global Marine’s findings including what U.S.Steel Corporation did in return to the two Bradley Survivors. Discover just how much the SS Carl D.Bradley was truly worth leading up to her sinking. Determine whether or not Frank Mays and Elmer Fleming returned back to Great Lakes Waters after having recovered from their harrowing ordeal. Get a timeline behind what Frank Mays was involved in regarding the Bradley Wreck between 1995-1997. Understand why the legacy of Frank Mays, the SS Carl D.Bradley’s last survivor, is so important. Go behind the scenes and explore just how dangerous Lake Michigan’s waters were over a ten day course between October 22-31,1929.

Agree if it’s fair to say that only one of the five Great Lakes lies entirely within the United States. Find out exactly what the word Michigan itself means. Understand importance behind why the Straits of Mackinac were constructed from a waterways standpoint. Get introduced to the Great Lakes Triangle. Discover where Rogers City is located in Michigan including a unique distinction it held come year 1958 and into present day. Discover what evolved come year 1912 from a business foundation standpoint as well as what occurred in 1927 when two ships were built with one of them holding title known as “Queen of the Lakes” for 22 Years. Get introduced to SS Carl D. Bradley and the records she set for transporting a unique natural resource. Explore the Bradley’s mishap’s between early April 1957 into November 1958. Reveal what transpired late evening before midnight struck ending on November 17,1958. Learn just how well aware the Bradley Crewmen were of their ships’ aging infrastructure. Discover what ensued on the SS Carl D. Bradley just ten minutes after 5:20PM come November,18, 1958. Determine how many lifeboats the Bradley had onboard including the severity of the situation after First Mate Elmer Fleming issued a May Day Alert. Get introduced to Deckhand Crewman Frank Mays and how he made it onto the life raft. Discover just how many crewmen made it onboard the life raft besides Frank Mays himself. Learn what U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sundew came upon just after 8:30AM on November 19. Learn just how quickly word spread throughout Rogers City regarding the Bradley’s disappearance. Determine just how many Bradley Crewmen were rescued by Coast Guard Cutter Sundew. Learn about the rescue mission for other survivors and the impact behind Rogers City Families.

Learn firsthand if any of the ships that sank during the 1913 Great Storm off Lake Huron were ever discovered. Go behind the scenes and learn everything possible about Georgian Bay including its role in the War of 1812. Determine who exactly was Daniel Johnson Morrell and whether or not he lived long enough to see a Great Lakes Freighter get built in his honor. Learn what specific characteristics SS Daniel J. Morrell and her sister ship SS Edward Y. Townsend had in common. Discover just how old these two ships were by the mid 1960’s. Receive a brief timeline description of SS Daniel J. Morrell’s last voyage which began November 26, 1966. Get introduced to 26 Year Old Dennis Hale, Daniel J. Morrell Watchman. Explore the timeline of events impacting Dennis Hale himself between 9:30PM November 28-2AM November 29. Determine the Morrell’s state once Dennis himself reached the vessel’s deck. Reveal what Dennis and his crew mates learned per the second major loud sound deeply impacting the ship’s structural integrity. Go behind the scenes and learn how Dennis Hale fought for survival between November 29-30. Understand exactly why nobody onshore had determined what officially happened to the Morrell around November 29. Discover just how many hours it took to realize something drastically happened to the Morrell. Learn just how many days Dennis Hale spent recovering in the hospital including whether his return home was one of genuine welcome. Go behind the scenes and explore just how many different reform measures emerged following the Morrell’s sinking. Learn what became of Morrell’s Sister Ship, the SS Edward Y. Townsend.