The Port Burwell landmark faces a $1.5-million restoration.
The Port Burwell landmark faces a $1.5-million restoration.
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The northern Michigan beach town of Ludington is leaning into cultural tourism by highlighting its more than 150 years of history – including museums, lighthouses and lumber baron homes – through a […]
The northern Michigan beach town of Ludington is leaning into cultural tourism by highlighting its more than 150 years of history – including museums, lighthouses and lumber baron homes – through a […]
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Written by Bruce Krug (September 1965) and submitted by the Bruce County Historical Society On Nov. 21, 1883, the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine. She was a wrecking tug owned by a Windsor firm. Previously “Erie Belle” had been a passenger steamer, first on the Atlantic coast […]
Written by Bruce Krug (September 1965) and submitted by the Bruce County Historical Society On Nov. 21, 1883, the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine. She was a wrecking tug owned by a Windsor firm. Previously “Erie Belle” had been a passenger steamer, first on the Atlantic coast […]
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The historical society now overseeing the 1840 lighthouse has raised $455,000 but says major repairs will depend on further funding.
The historical society now overseeing the 1840 lighthouse has raised $455,000 but says major repairs will depend on further funding.
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The East Channel Lighthouse near Grand Island, Michigan’s, eastern passage, is one of the few surviving historic schoolhouse-style lighthouses in the Great Lakes region. Volunteers from across the country helped […]
The East Channel Lighthouse near Grand Island, Michigan’s, eastern passage, is one of the few surviving historic schoolhouse-style lighthouses in the Great Lakes region. Volunteers from across the country helped […]
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