GET YOUR CHILD SIGNED UP FOR THIS 2- DAY CAMP DURING SPRING BREAK Come explore the amazing world of sharks existing within the National Marine Sanctuary system. During this two-day program, students will learn all about sharks through games, films, crafts, and activities at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena. Programs are divided [...]
Presented by Dr. Ashley Lemke Archaeologist, Anthropologist, and Explorers Club Fellow Take a journey back in time to learn about archaeological sites that are thousands of years old preserved below Lake Huron's waters. Dr. Ashley Lemke has been working on underwater sites in the Great Lakes, exploring ancient landscapes, for more than 10 years. One [...]
In July, our monthly lecture series at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center will feature the SCUBAnauts and is entitled, "Teenagers Scientific Diving from Reefs to Shipwrecks." This group of Florida and Georgia teenagers are working with Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary to document shipwrecks and learn about this special ecosystem - very different from [...]
The last weekend of every month is a Great Lakes Now Weekend where you can catch the latest episode of this popular show from Detroit PBS. On this episode of Great Lakes Now: It’s been 50 years since a freighter sank in the Great Lakes, but in June 2024, one ship came dangerously close. For [...]
On Saturday, December 27 and Sunday, December 28, you can catch “The Fitzgerald's Legacy and the Power of Tugs,” the latest episode of Great Lakes Now from Detroit PBS. On this episode of Great Lakes Now, learn why the Edmund Fitzgerald was the last major shipwreck on the lakes and how the shipping industry has [...]
On Saturday, February 28 and Sunday, March 1, you can catch “Sorting Fish and a Breakaway Buoy,” the latest episode of Great Lakes Now from Detroit PBS. On this episode of Great Lakes Now, explore a project on a Michigan river that keeps undesirable fish away. Then take a canoe out onto the Au Sable [...]
On Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29, you can catch “Restoring Grayling and Salting Roads,” the latest episode of Great Lakes Now from Detroit PBS. On this episode:- Almost a century ago, arctic grayling vanished from Michigan’s waters.- Explore an effort to restore this long-lost fish. In Ontario, citizen scientists work to understand the [...]
Explore the Deep: Virtual Dive Days at the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center Virtual Dive Days are coming to the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center this April! For many, this will be a fun new way to experience Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, offering a high-tech window into the "Shipwreck Alley" of Lake Huron. Event [...]
On Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31, you can catch “Banding Birds and Breaking Ice,” the latest episode of Great Lakes Now from Detroit PBS. On the next episode of Great Lakes Now, you will visit Kelleys Island, where Tom and Paula Bartlett are on a mission to band 100,000 birds. Plus, when winter [...]
Inside the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center is an incredible and powerful tool that is too often missed. This is your chance to receive an interactive presentation of Science on a Sphere! There are less than 200 of these in the United States and Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS) is home to one of [...]