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August 23, 2006
Amistad Atlantic Freedom Tour
Earlier this month, as part of the Amistad Atlantic Freedom Tour, Halifax was visited by the Amistad, hosted by The Amistad Freedom Society of Nova Scotia which is made up of members from the African Nova Scotian community, government and private sector partners. During her stay the Amistad wasbe moored at the Halifax watefront at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic wharf. Take a look >>
Posted by victoria at 03:41 PM
August 21, 2006
Shipwreck Activity on Lake Michigan
There has been a lot of Shipwreck Activity on Lake Michigan lately. Check out these articles:
Lake Michigan shipwreck discoveries announced
Saturday, August 19, 2006
By Myron Kukla
The Grand Rapids Press
HOLLAND -- Michigan shipwreck experts say a "treasure trove of history" in the form of a wood-hulled cargo ship has been discovered off South Haven nearly 80 years after it went to the bottom of Lake Michigan. more >>
The graves of Thunder Bay - The sunken bones of 200 Lake Huron shipwrecks tell tales of long ago
August 20, 2006
BY SUSAN AGER
FREE PRESS COLUMNIST-Before my parents' parents' parents were born, a crew of men built a wooden ship a few miles downriver from the city of Detroit.
Before my ancestors traveled from Poland to America to make their living mining coal and making steel, that ship sank in Lake Huron. Hauling coal, it caught fire in the night. more >>
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