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Resource Guide Index Places Home Page Quick Guide Name, City, Type of Resource		This country came from the sea. Almost all of us have ancestors who came across oceans to be here, much of our early growth and prosperity came from fishing, boat building and trade, and the oceans served as a protective barrier for many years. Here are nine pages of places that celebrate that heritage. Let us know of those we've missed.
	Maritime Michigan to Munising
	Maritime Pages: AK-CA, CA-DE, FL, GA-LA, MA, MD, ME, MI to Mun, MI-NC, NH-OH, PA-ZZ
powered by FreeFind	Michigan Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum Address Phone Web Site www.greatlakeslore.org/ Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Michigan Alpena Thunder Bay Underwater Preserve c/o Alpena CVB Alpena MI 49707 Phone Web Site http://www.michigan.gov/deq/1,1607,7-135-3313_3677_3701-14591--,00.html Toll Free 800 582-1906 Alt Web http://www.alpena.com/thunder_bay_underwater_preserve.htm Description 288 Square mile underwater preserve, numerous shipwrecks Type of Resource History Related Organization Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship Michigan Bay City Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum 3372 East Woodland Drive Bay City MI 48706 Phone 989 686-3125 Web Site http://www.cfadams.org/ Toll Free 888 820-SHIP E-mail mailto:kegley@cfadams.org Description Group is attempting to obtain guided missile destroyer USS Charles F Adams and turn it into a floating museum Type of Resource History Related Organization Primary Focus Maritime Industry /Profession Naval New or Updated: 06/26/2003 Michigan Beaver Island Marine Museum On the Harbor at St James Box 263 Beaver Island MI Phone 616 448-2254 Web Site http://www.ring.com/counties/charattr.htm Description memorabilia of commercial port including industrial uses, shipwrecks, and ship building Type of Resource Museum Primary Focus Maritime Industry Profession Logging Era 1906 Owner/Operator: Beaver Island Historic Society Michigan Cheboygan US Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw Address Cheboygan MI Phone 231 627-3181 Web Site http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/ships/ship266.html Alt Web http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/usa/guard.htm Description active cutter since 1944, specially built Great Lakes Ice cutter, tours when docked Type of Resource History Related Organization Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship		Google
Search this site	Michigan Detroit Detroit Hydroplane Museum 2121 Franklin St Detroit MI 48207 Phone 313 393-3366 Web Site Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship Collection G-M Hydroplane Dossin Great Lakes Museum 100 Strand Dr Detroit MI 48207 Phone 313 852-4051 Web Site www.detroithistorical.org/index.html Description on Belle Isle, history of Great Lakes and Detroit River maritime Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime
	MI Douglas Keewatin Maritime Museum Blue Star Highway & Union Street PO Box 638 Douglas MI 49406 Phone 616 857-2464 Alt Phone 517 589-8635 Web Site http://www.keewatinmaritimemuseum.com/ E-mail mailto:info@keewatinmaritimemuseum.com Alt Web http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/ships/lists/name_2j.htm Description several boats & land exhibits focusing on 1907 350 foot excursion steamboat Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship New or Updated: 7/29/2004 MI Ecorse Steamer SS Columbia Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co South Slip Ecorse MI Web Site http://sscolumbia.org/Home.html Description steamer used to transport visitors to Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park, oldest passenger steamer in US, restoration efforts underway Type of Resource History Related Organization Building Type Ship Owner/Operator: Steamer Columbia Foundation New or Updated: 8/22/2007 Michigan Empire Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station/Maritime Museum MAIL 9922 Front Street Empire MI 49530 Phone 231 326-5134 Web Site http://www.nps.gov/slbe/ Description part of national lakeshore which also includes lighthouse & historic rural farm district Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Industry /Profession Lifesaving New or Updated: 7/30/2004 The Cannery Historic Boat Collection Glen Haven, M-109/M-209 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Empire MI 49630 Phone 231 326-5134 Web Site http://www.nps.gov/slbe/ E-mail mailto:SLBE_Interpretation@nps.gov Alt Web http://www.leelanau.com/dunes/ Description boat collection with vessels, motors, equipment Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship
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	MI Escanaba Sand Point Lighthouse Museum Sand Point, Ludington Park PO Box 484 Escanaba MI 49829 Phone 906 786-3763 Web Site http://www.exploringthenorth.com/sandhills/inn.html E-mail mailto:frabotta@up.net Alt Web http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/4278/sandpoint.html Description restored to 19th century appearance, including Keeper's cottage Type of Resource Lodging Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Lighthouse Era 1867 Owner/Operator: Delta County Historical Society New or Updated: 10/29/2003 Michigan Manistee S S City of Milwaukee 51 Ninth Street Manisteee MI 49660 Phone 231 398-0328 Web Site www.carferry.com/ E-mail mailto:info@carferry.com Description last remaining Great Lakes train/passenger ferry -- overnight stays aboard ship available Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Building Type Ship Owner/Operator: Society for the Preservation of the SS City of Milwaukee Michigan Marquette Marquette Maritime Museum 200 Lakeshore Drive Marquette MI 49855 Phone 906 226-2006 Web Site www.uproc.lib.mi.us/maritime/maritime.htm Description Type of Resource Specialty Museum Primary Focus Maritime Michigan Munising Alger Underwater Preserve Alger Chamber of Commerce PO Box 139 Munising MI 49862 Phone Web Site http://www.michigan.gov/deq/1,1607,7-135-3313_3677_3701-14591--,00.html Alt Web http://www.munising.com/Attractions/preserve.html Description underwater diving area featuring caves, shipwrecks, underwater trails Type of Resource Activity Primary Focus Maritime		Now Get it all for Less. Visit Cheap Tickets today. 1,300 Titles. 50 Categories. LOWEST PRICES Online. MAGAZINES.com. Alibris connects people who love books, movies and music to thousands of independent sellers around the world.
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