Images from left to bottom: 1. Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Trail NOAA, Thunder Bay NMS; 2. Every year, nearly 100,000 visitors make the pilgrimage to Alpena to experience 10,000 square feet of interactive exhibits exploring Great Lakes natural and cultural history. Features include a shipwreck artifact gallery, theater, roof garden, and NOAA Science on a Sphere. NOAA, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary; 3. Shallow shipwreck Monohansett, sunk Nov. 23, 1907 4. Every spring and fall, schools from around the region take advantage of field trip opportunities in the waters of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary aboard the glass bottom boat Lady Michigan. NOAA, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Opposite Page: The sanctuary’s crystal clear water invites paddlers of all kinds to peer back in time to see the skeletons of our maritime past. Michael Beaulac
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