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2011 Annual
Conference
September 8-10, 2011 – Toledo, Ohio
Hosted by the Great Lakes Historical Society
Plans for the three-day
conference include an opportunity to tour the Toledo Maritime Center,
the future home of the National Great Lakes Maritime Museum, and the
museum ship Col. James
Schoonmaker which will eventually become part of the new waterfront
museum. The program portion of the conference will include
presentations on Great Lakes watercraft, shipwrecks, boat building,
iron ore trade and lighthouses.
The event will
culminate with the Association’s Annual Dinner which includes the
presentation of the 2011 Henry N. Barkhausen Award for Original
Research in Great Lakes Maritime History, the Joyce S. Hayward Award
for Historic Interpretation, and the Association for Great Lakes
Maritime History’s Award for Historic Preservation. Click here for registration and lodging
information.
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