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August 23, 2024

National Museum of the Great Lakes Raffles Off Freighter Trip

The National Museum of the Great Lakes is once again raffling off a multi day trip for two aboard a working Great Lakes freighter as part of its fundraising efforts…

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July 15, 2024

Museum To Host Freighter Golf: Hole-in-One Challenge

The Museum of the Great Lakes is hosting a Hole-in-One challenge onboard the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship, presented by Savage & Associates. The event is open Friday, July…

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September 15, 2022

First Great Lakes-Built Freighter in Nearly 40 Years

PHOTO COURTESY OF INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP COMPANYThe Interlake Steamship Company’s Mark W. Barker, christened on Cleveland’s waterfront in August 2022, is the first Great Lakes freighter built on the freshwater lakes…

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October 21, 2021

WW2-Era Great Lakes’ Freighter Mississagi Takes Her Final Voyage

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGANOne of the few remaining freighters built before 1950 plying the great lakes, the 78-year old, 620-foot Mississagi recently made her final voyage…

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National Museum of the Great Lakes Raffles Off Freighter Trip

Museum To Host Freighter Golf: Hole-in-One Challenge

First Great Lakes-Built Freighter in Nearly 40 Years

WW2-Era Great Lakes’ Freighter Mississagi Takes Her Final Voyage

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