Maritime History Portal

About Maritime History

Michigan's maritime history spans thousands of years, from Indigenous navigation and trade networks to modern international shipping across the Great Lakes. The state possesses more freshwater coastline than any other state and has played a central role in exploration, commerce, shipbuilding, navigation, military operations, fisheries, maritime safety, and Great Lakes transportation.

This portal serves as the primary index for maritime history articles within Michipedia.

* Lake Superior * Lake Michigan * Lake Huron * Lake Erie * Lake Ontario * Lake St. Clair

* St. Marys River * Detroit River * St. Clair River * Tahquamenon River * Grand River * Muskegon River * Kalamazoo River * Saginaw River

* Soo Locks * Poe Lock * MacArthur Lock * Davis Lock * Weitzel Lock * Sabin Lock * Great Lakes Shipping Channels

* Whitefish Point Light Station * Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse * Big Sable Point Lighthouse * Point Betsie Lighthouse * Crisp Point Lighthouse * Fort Gratiot Lighthouse

* SS Edmund Fitzgerald * Western Reserve * SS Daniel J. Morrell * SS Carl D. Bradley * SS Cedarville * SS Kamloops * SS Henry B. Smith

* SS Arthur M. Anderson * SS Badger * SS Milwaukee Clipper * SS City of Milwaukee * SS Keewatin

* Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society * Lake Carriers' Association * Great Lakes Commission * Great Lakes Observing System * United States Life-Saving Service

* Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum * Dossin Great Lakes Museum * Michigan Maritime Museum

* Thomas Farnquist * Gordon Lightfoot * Ernest McSorley * Jesse Cooper * Jacques Marquette

* Sault Ste. Marie * Whitefish Point * Marquette * Alpena * Muskegon * Grand Haven * Escanaba

* The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald * Great Lakes Folklore * Mariners' Church of Detroit * Great Lakes Songs