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Door County Maritime Museum	Mackinac State Historic Parks
Dossin Great Lakes Museum	Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston
Great Lakes Historical Society	Michigan Maritime Museum
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes	Wisconsin Marine Historical Society
UW Superior Jim Dan Hall Library Maritime Collection	Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Lake Superior Marine Museum Association	Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc.  120 N. Madison - Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Tel. (920) 743-5958 - Web Site: http://www.dcmm.org The Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society is a cultural and scenic haven on working waterfront complete with world-class maritime displays, ship models and ever-changing calendar of exhibitions and special events. There are three locations that make up the Door County Maritime Museum: museum facilities in Gills Rock and Sturgeon Bay, which includes the tug John Purves; and the 1869 Cana Island Lighthouse.
Dossin Great Lakes Museum Detroit Historical Society 100 Strand Dr., Belle Isle - Detroit, MI 48207 Tel. (313) 852-4051 - Web Site: http://www.detroithistorical.org The Dossin Great Lakes Museum offers visitors a comprehensive look at life on the Great Lakes and along the Detroit River. Located on the shore of historic Belle Isle, the Dossin is a “must see” cultural location for those who love maritime history and enjoy being near the water. A major attraction is the Gothic Room exhibit makes one feel like they are stepping back to a time when Great Lakes luxury passenger steamers like the City of Detroit III took travelers up and down the lakes during the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries.
Great Lakes Historical Society P.O. Box 435 - Vermilion, OH 44089 Tel. (800) 893-1485 - Web Site: http://www.inlandseas.org Founded in 1944, the Great Lakes Historical Society has operated the Inland Seas Maritime Museum since 1953 as a key attraction on Ohio's north coast. The museum contains one of the world's largest collections of Great Lakes maritime artifacts, documents, ship models, and original artwork. Its Clarence S. Metcalf Great Lakes Maritime Research Library is highly regarded by researchers and historians, and the Society's quarterly Inland Seas® journal is considered one of the best historical journals throughout the Great Lakes region.
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes Bowling Green State University Jerome Library, 6th Floor- Bowling Green, OH 43403 Tel. (419) 372-9612- Web Site: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/hcg The Historical Collections of the Great Lakes is part of the Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University whose purpose is to collect, preserve, and make available to scholars, students, and the public, historical materials documenting the Great Lakes region and connecting waterways. Its collections include materials related to commercial shipping, shipbuilding, navigation, maritime law, commercial fishing, shipwrecks, yachting, labor history, popular literature, freshwater ecology, recreation, and maritime history.
Lake Superior Marine Museum Association P.O. Box 177- Duluth, MN 55801-0177 Tel. (218) 727-2497- Web Site: http://www.lsmma.com The Lake Superior Marine Museum Association seeks to preserve the maritime heritage of Lake Superior and the Port of Duluth-Superior by supporting the activities and programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center in Duluth, and the Lake Superior Maritime Collection at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The LSMMA cooperates with both institutions to acquire, preserve and exhibit maritime artifacts, documents, publications, and photographs.
Mackinac State Historic Parks P.O. Box 30028 - Lansing, MI 48909 Tel. (517) 373-4296 - Web Site: http://www.mackinacparks.com Mackinac State Historic Parks is a family of living history museums and nature parks in northern Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac and is an agency within the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Its sites include Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island State Park, Historic Downtown Mackinac, and The Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum on Mackinac Island, and Michilimackinac State Park, Colonial Michilimackinac, Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park, and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse in Mackinaw City.
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston 55 Ontario St. - Kingston, Ont. K7L 2Y2 Tel. (613) 542-2261 - Web Site: http://www.marmuseum.ca Located adjacent to the only federally-built dry dock on the Great Lakes, the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes houses the original pumping station and steam engines for the dock which was built in 1891. The museum also has on display a wide ranging collection of marine artifacts and exhibits, and a significant fine art collection. It is also home to the Gordon C. Shaw Study Centre, Audrey Rushbrook Memorial Library, and the museum ship Alexander Henry, a former buoy tender and light icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard built in 1959.
Michigan Maritime Museum 260 Dyckman Avenue - South Haven, MI 49090 Tel. 1-800-747-3810 - Web Site: http://www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org Experience the rich maritime heritage of the Great Lakes by visiting Michigan's most distinguished institution of maritime research, preservation and education. Five separate buildings offer a variety of engaging opportunities for the Museum visitor including permanent and changing exhibits on Michigan maritime history, a center for the teaching of boat building and related maritime skills, and a regionally renowned research library. The museum’s historical replica of an early 19^th century sloop, the Friends Good Will provides the public with a wide variety of cultural and educational experiences.
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary 500 West Fletcher St.- Alpena, MI 49707 Tel. (989) 356-8805- Web Site: http://www.thunderbay.noaa.gov Located in northwestern Lake Huron, Thunder Bay is adjacent to one of the most treacherous stretches of water within the Great Lakes system. Unpredictable weather, murky fog banks, sudden gales, and rocky shoals earned the area the name “Shipwreck Alley.”Today, the 448-square-mile Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary protects one of America's best-preserved and nationally-significant collections of shipwrecks. Fire, ice, collisions, and storms have claimed over 200 vessels in and around Thunder Bay. To date, more than 50 shipwrecks have been discovered within the sanctuary and an additional 30 wrecks have been located outside of the sanctuary boundaries ranging from an 1844 side wheel steamer to a modern 500-foot-long German freighter.
UW Superior Jim Dan Hall Library Maritime Collection P.O. Box 2000 - Superior, WI 54880 Tel. (715) 394-8359 - Web Site: http://www3.uwsuper.edu/maritime The Lake Superior Maritime Collections Archives (LSMCA) seeks to build a research collection of high quality by identifying, collecting, preserving, and providing access to materials that tell the story of maritime history and activities relating to communities surrounding Lake Superior and the upper Great Lakes. While the focus of the collection is Lake Superior and its environs, the LSMCA also contains unique resources for the study of maritime history on the lower Great Lakes and beyond. These resources are intended to support faculty and student research, as well as the needs of the Lake Superior Marine Visitors Center, and professional and avocational historians.
Wisconsin Marine Historical Society Marine Room, Milwaukee Public Library 814 W. Wisconsin Ave.- Milwaukee, WI 53233 Tel. (414) 286-3074 - Web Site: http://www.wmhs.org The Wisconsin Marine Historical Society is one of the most important depositories of Great Lakes historical materials in existence. Affiliated with and housed in the Milwaukee Public Library for over 40 years, the Society has been a premier maritime organization, devoted to discovering, collecting, recording and preserving materials related to Great Lakes maritime history. In addition to publications and programs, the WMHS also maintains a collection of ship information as part of a cooperative effort with the Milwaukee Public Library.
Wisconsin Maritime Museum 75 Maritime Dr.- Manitowoc, WI 54220 Tel. (920) 684-0218 - Web Site: http://www.wisconsinmaritime.org Founded in 1970, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum has grown into one of the largest maritime museums in the Midwest. In addition to commemorating the maritime heritage of the Manitowoc-Two Rivers area and the submarines built there during World War II, the museum is now a leader in preserving the maritime history of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. With over 60,000 square feet of space, visitors can explore the rich maritime history of Wisconsin through exciting and interactive exhibits. The museum also includes a unique collection of model ships and boats, an operating steam engine, displays of historic vessels and marine engines, and the World War II submarine U.S.S. Cobia.

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Algonac-Clay Historical Society and Museum 1240 St. Clair Drive P.O. Box 228 Algonac, MI 48001 Tel.: (810) 794-9015 Web Site: http://www.algonac-clay-history.com Allen County Public Library Genealogy Department P.O. Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 Tel.: (260) 421-1200 Fax: (260) 421-1386 Web Site: http:/www.acpl.lib.in.us Alpena CountY GEORGE N. FLETCHER PUBLIC LIBRARY 211 N. First Avenue Alpena, MI 49707 Tel.: (989) 356-6188 Ext. 17 Fax: (989) 356-2765 E-mail: tbrc@alpenalibrary.org Web Site: http:/www.alpenalibrary.org Antique Boat Museum 750 Mary St. Clayton, NY 13624 Tel.: (315) 686-4104 Fax: (315) 686-2775 E-mail: info@abm.org Web Site: http://www.abm.org Ashtabula Marine Museum Great Lakes Marine & Coast Guard Memorial Museum P.O. Box 1546 Ashtabula, OH 44005-1546 Tel.: (440) 964-6847 Bay County Historical Society 321 Washington Ave. Bay City, MI 48708 Tel.: (989) 893-5733 Fax: (989) 893-5741 Web Site: http:/www.bchsmuseum.org Bland Memorial Library U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 300 Steamboat Rd. Kings Point, NY 11024 Tel.: (516) 773-5505 Fax: (516) 773-5502 Web Site: http:/www.usmma.edu/academics/library Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre 33 Victoria St. N. P.O. Box 180 Southampton, ON N0H 2L0 Tel.: (519) 797-2080 Fax: (519) 797-2191 Web Site: http:/www.brucecmuseum.ca Chicago Maritime Society 310 S. Racine St., 6th Floor Chicago, IL 60607 Tel.: (312) 421-9096 Web Site: http:/www.chicagomaritimesociety.org Cleveland Underwater Explorers Inc. 1226 Lakeland Ave. Lakewood, OH 44107 Tel.: (216) 956-2338 E-mail: clue@clueshipwrecks.org Web Site: http:/www.clueshipwrecks.org Dunkirk Historic Lighthouse & Veterans Park Museum 1 Lighthouse Point Dr. P.O. Box 69 Dunkirk, NY 14048-0069 Tel.: (716) 366-5050 E-mail: lst551@juno.com Web Site: http:/www.dunkirklighthouse.com Erie Quest Marine Heritage Area 38 Erie St. N. Leamington, ON N8H 2Z3 Tel.: (519) 326-5761, ext. 236 Fairport Harbor Historical Society 129 Second St. Fairport Harbor, OH 44077 Tel.: (440) 354-4825 E-mail: fhhs@ncweb.com Web Site: fairportlighthouse.com Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum P.O. Box 43 Northport, MI 49670-0043 Tel.: (231) 386-7195 Fax: (231) 386-7195 E-mail: gtlthse@triton.net Web Site: http:/www.grandtraverselighthouse.com Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping Online Inc. 51 First Street Port Huron, MI 48060-5445 Tel.: (810) 985-9057 E-mail: vantagepoint@boatnerd.net Web Site: http:/www.boatnerd.com Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association P.O. Box 219 Mackinaw City, MI 49701-0219 Tel.: (231) 436-5580 Fax: (231) 436-5466 E-mail: info@gllka.com Web Site: http:/www.gllka.com Great Lakes Science Center STEAMSHIP WILLIAM G. MATHER MUSEUM 601 Erieside Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114 Tel.: (216) 694-2000 Web Site: http:/www.greatscience.org or http:/www.wgmather.org Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society 7348 Symphony St. NE Fridley, MN 55432 Web Site: http:/www.glsps.org Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Foundation 7844 St. Anne Ct. Wauwatosa, WI 53213 Web Site: http:/www.ghost-ships.org H. Lee White Marine Museum P.O. Box 101 Oswego, NY 13126-0101 Tel.: (315) 342-0480 E-mail: info@hleewhitemarinemuseum.com Web Site: http:/www.hleewhitemarinemuseum.com Huronia Museum P.O. Box 638 Midland, ON L4R 4P4 Tel.: (705) 526-2844 Fax: (705) 527-6622 E-mail: info@huroniamuseum.com Web Site: http:/www.huroniamuseum.com Inland Seas Education Association P.O. Box 218 Suttons Bay, MI 49682-0218 Tel.: (231) 271-3077 Fax: (231) 271-3088 Web Site: http:/www.schoolship.org Keweenaw County Historical Society 670 Lighthouse Rd. Eagle Harbor, MI 49550 Web Site: http:/www.keweenawhistory.org Le Sault de Ste. Marie Historical Sites, Inc. 501 E. Water St. Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Tel.: (906) 632-3658 or 1-888-744-7867 Fax: (906) 632-9344 E-mail: admin@thevalleycamp.com Web Site: http:/www.saulthistoricsites.com Les Cheneaux Historical Association Les Cheneaux Historical Maritime Museum P.O. Box 301 Cedarville, MI 49719 Tel.: (906) 484-2821 E-mail: lcha@cedarville.net Web Site: http:/www.lchistorical.org Manistee County Historical Society 425 River St. Manistee, MI 49660 Tel.: (231) 723-5531 Fax: (231) 943-9098 Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Inc. 606 Laurel Ave. Port Clinton, OH 43452 Web Site: http:/www.mhsd.org Maritime Archaeological Survey Team P.O. Box 93352 Cleveland, OH 44101-5352 Tel.: (440) 967-3467 Web Site: http:/www.ohiomast.org Maritime Heritage Alliance 13268 S. West Bayshore Dr. Traverse City, MI 49684 Tel.: (231) 946-2647 Web Site: http:/www.maritimeheritagealliance.org Maritime Heritage Alliance 322 Sixth St. Traverse City, MI 49684 Tel.: (231) 946-2647 Fax: (231) 946-6750 Web Site: http:/www.maritimeheritagealliance.org Maritime Museum of Sandusky 125 Meigs St. Sandusky, OH 44870-2834 Tel.: (419) 624-0274 Fax: (419) 627-1563 E-mail: smmuseum@accsandusky.com Web Site: http:/www.sanduskymaritime.org

Marquette Maritime Museum P.O. Box 1096 300 Lakeshore Blvd. Marquette, MI 49855-1096 Tel.: (906) 226-2006 E-mail: mqtmaritimemuseum@yahoo.com Web Site: http:/www.mqtmaritimemuseum.com Marsh Collection Society 235A Dalhousie St. Amherstburg, ON N9V 1W6 Tel.: (519) 736-9191 Fax: (519) 736-7166 E-mail: research@marshcollection.org Web Site: http:/www.marshcollection.org Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute Mercyhurst College 501 East 38th St. Erie, PA 16546 Tel.: (814) 824-2581 Fax: (814) 824-2594 Web Site: mai.mercyhurst.edu Michigan Lighthouse Alliance P.O. Box 346 Acme, MI 49610 Web Site: http://www.michiganlighthousealliance.org Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates 1134 Goodwood Ct. Holland, MI 49424 Tel.: (616) 738-9233 Web Site: http://www.michiganshipwrecks.org Milwaukee Public Library Great Lakes Marine Collection 814 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53233-2309 Tel. (920) 286-3000 Fax: (414) 278-2137 Web Site: http://www.mpl.org/file/hum_marine_glakes.htm National archives and records administration (NARA) - Great Lakes Region 7358 S. Pulaski Rd. Chicago, IL 60629-5898 Tel.: (773) 948-9001 E-mail: chicago.archives@nara.gov Web Site: http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/chicago North Point Lighthouse Friends, Inc. 2650 North Wahl Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211 E-mail: milwaukeelight@yahoo.com Web Site: http://www.northpointlighthouse.org Ontario MariNe Heritage Committee 41 Hampton Place Kitchener, ON N2B 2S4 Owen Sound Museums 948 3rd Avenue West Owen Sound, ON N4K 4P6 Tel.: (519) 371-3333 Fax: (519) 371-8628 E-mail: marinerail.museum@e-owensound.com Web Site: http://www.marinerail.com Port Colborne Historical & Marine Museum P.O. Box 572 Port Colborne, ON L3K 5X8 Tel.: (905) 834-7604 Fax: (905) 834-6198 E-mail: museum@portcolborne.ca Rail-Marine Information Group 12107 Mt. Albert Rd. Ellicott City, MD 21042-1334 Tel.: (410) 531-3207 Fax: (410) 531-1148 Web Site: http://www.trainweb.org/rmig Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Library - Spiegel Grove Fremont, OH 43420-2796 Tel.: (419) 332-2081 Fax: (419) 332-4952 E-mail: hayeslib@rbhayes.org Web Site: http://www.rbhayes.org S.S. Willis B. Boyer Museum Ship Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority One Maritime Plaza Toledo, OH 43604-1866 Tel.: (419) 936-3070 Web Site: willisbboyer.org Saginaw River Marine Historical Society P.O. Box 2051 Bay City, MI 48707-2051 Save Ontario Shipwrecks P.O. Box 2389 Blenheim, ON N0P 1A0 E-mail: pro@saveontarioshipwrecks.com Web Site: http://www.saveontarioshipwrecks.on.ca Seul Choix Point Lighthouse Gulliver Historical Society 1906 W. County Rd. 432 Gulliver, MI 49840 Tel.: (906) 283-3169 Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012 NMAH-5007/MRC 629 Washington, DC 20013-7012 Tel.: (202) 633-3909 Fax: (202) 357-4256 Web Site: americanhistory.si.edu Split Rock Lighthouse Historic Site Minnesota Historical Society 3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Rd. Two Harbors, MN 55616 Tel.: (218) 226-6372 Fax: (218) 226-6373 E-mail: splitrock@mnhs.org Web Site: http://www.mnhs.org/splitrock St. Catharines Museum at Lock 3 1932 Welland Canals Parkway P.O. Box 3012 St. Catharines, ON L2R 7C2 Tel.: (905) 984-8880 or 1-800-305-5134 Fax: (905) 984-6910 E-mail: museuminfo@stcatharines.ca Web Site: stcatharines.ca St. Clair Shores Public Library 22500 Eleven Mile Rd. St. Clair Shores, MI 48081 Tel.: (586) 771-9020 Fax: (586) 771-8935 Web Site: http://www.libcoop.net/stclairshores/ Superior Public Museums/SS Meteor 906 East Second St. Superior, WI 54880 Tel.: (715) 394-5712 Fax: (715) 394-2043 E-mail: ska1919@msn.com Web Site: http://www.superiorpublicmuseums.org The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center 601 Main St. St. Joseph, MI 49085 Tel.: (269) 983-1191 Fax: (269) 983-1274 Web Site: theheritagemcc.org Tri-Cities Historical Museum 200 Washington Ave. Grand Haven, MI 49417 Tel.: (616) 842-0700 Fax: (616) 842-3698 Web Site: http://www.tri-citiesmuseum.org Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago P.O. Box 11752 Chicago, IL 60611 Web Site: http://www.uaschicago.org USS LST 393 Preservation Association 560 Mart Street Muskegon, MI 49440 Tel.: (231) 730-1477 Fax: (231) 722-0016 Web Site: www.lst393.org Western Lake Erie Marine Historical Society C/O Flag Sales & Repair 4849 N. Summit St. Toledo, OH 43611 Tel.: (419) 726-9571 Western Michigan University Department of History Public History Program Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5200 Tel.: (269) 387-4650 Fax: (269) 387-4651 Web Site: http://www.wmich.edu/history Wisconsin Historical Society Maritime Preservation & Archaeology Program 523 Atlas Avenue Madison, WI 53705 Tel.: (608) 221-5909 Web Site: http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association P.O. Box 6081 Madison, WI 53716-6081 E-mail: wuaa@mailbag.com Web Site: http://www.wuaa.org

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