On Friday, January 29, Stephanie Gandulla, maritime archaeologist and research coordinator at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, will speak on “Our National Marine Sanctuaries, Protecting America's Underwater Treasures: A Survey of Michigan’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve.” 12 p.m., online via Zoom. Register here.
Preserved by the cold freshwater on which they once served, more than 200 shipwrecks are believed to rest in Lake Huron’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The sheer number of shipwrecks is impressive. However, it is their excellent state of preservation and what they represent—a century and a half of maritime commerce and travel on the Great Lakes—that make them truly special.
Stephanie Gandulla will take us on a freshwater journey to a time when schooner and steamer ruled the Great Lakes. We will explore some of the nation’s best-preserved shipwrecks and how the first marine sanctuary in the Great Lakes was designated and became part of the Michigan History Center's statewide system of museums and historic sites.
The event is open to the public.
