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New shirts are in!

Posted November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment | Share this

New shirts, four different colors, get yours to represent the Upper Peninsula or get a couple as holiday gifts this season.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Posted November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment | Share this

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald in the St. Mary’s River in May, 1975.  Courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, by Bob Campbell, Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Thirty-four years the Edmund Fitzgerald foundered on Lake Superior, about 17 miles from the entrance of Whitefish Bay.  All 29 crew members passed away.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was christened on June [...]

Great Lakes storm of 1913

Posted November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment | Share this

“The ill-fated Henry B Smith that was sunk in the Big Storm of November 1913. She is shown in Ashtabula Harbor in this 1910 postcard,”  Boat Nerd.  The Henry B Smith took all 25 lives on board, sinking off shore near Marquette, MI.  The ship has never been found, and is estimated to be [...]

Marquette team shoots movie for national film challenge

Posted November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment | Share this

Squatch Watch- Written, Shot and Edited in 72 hours as part of the 2009 National Film Challenge. The required elements were: Genre: Mocumentary; Character: Mark Shapiro- Unemployed; Prop: Book of Matches; Line of Dialog: This is like Deja vu all over again.
The Making of “Squatch Watch”
This post was contributed by Christina Henderson of Escanaba. [...]

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