Sanctuary Lecture Series – Celebrating 150 years of Great Lakes’ Iconic Bulk Freighters
Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center 500 West Fletcher Street, Alpena, MI, United StatesGreat Lakes Maritime Historian Patrick Labadie describes the introduction and subsequent development of the iconic Great Lakes vessels, and their effect on the Midwest. The commerce of the American Midwest has always been closely linked with the efficiency of Great Lakes transportation. Eighteenth-century fur trade, 19th century agriculture, lumbering and mining were all dependent upon […]