Summary: Building the Mighty Mac: The story of the building of the Mackinac Bridge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mighty Mac Films 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 977 BUICopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BUISummary: Today, travelers cross the Mackinac Straits without ever leaving their cars, but until 1957 all traffic was carried across the Straits by a fleet of five ships. This is the story of that fleet of ferries and their predecessors that formed the first link between Michigan's two peninsulas. The carferries operated along with the famous train ferry Chief Wawatam. While the "Chief" operated into...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mighty Mac Films 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BEFRoxburgh, Chris
Summary: A book of photographs by underwater photographer and technical diver Chris Roxburgh with brief descriptions of various shipwrecks throughout Leelanau County, Michigan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chris Roxburgh/Great Lakes Diver 0000
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1 available in Local Author, Call number: OVS 917.704 ROX1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 917.704 ROX
Oleszewski, Wes
Summary: "Those who had yet to be born when World War II raged cannot imagine the fear, anger, suffering and sacrifice experienced by those who witnessed and fought in that conflict. Not only was freedom threatened, but the very fabric of human civilization was in danger. In order to preserve their very existence, free people had to mobilize and fight the evil that threatened to envelope the world. When...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2018
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Summary: "This book is an exploration of the biology and ecology of a vital, ever-changing terrain. Written by one of Canada's best-known science and nature writers, it is intended not only for those who live in the Great Lakes basin but for anyone captivated by the splendor of the natural world and sensitive to the challenges of its preservation."--Jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature GradyCampbell, Robert B.
Summary: Robert Campbell's Classic Ships of the Great Lakes presents a visually stunning array of historical and present-day inland shipping including passenger ships, whaleback, bulk carriers, self-unloaders, cement carriers, oil tankers, car ferries, super ships, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 386 CAMZoss, Neel R.
Summary: The history of the whalebacks, on the five Great Lakes and onthe seven seas, is long and colorful. Many thrilling adventures, many mishaps, several mysteries and numerous heroic rescues all played a part in the whaleback story. Several of the whalebacks sailed for close to three quarters of a century before being dismantled as scrap. Sadly, many other whalebacks sailed for far less time...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.452 ZOSFriis-Hansen, Dana
Summary: "At the invitation of the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), in 2013, Alexis Rockman began research for the Great Lakes Cycle, an ambitious suite of paintings and works on paper that the artist created over the course of four years. It will debut in Grand Rapids in 2018 and tour throughout the Great Lakes region"--introduction.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 FRISummary: Stories of the men who built the Midwest, with descriptions and histories of the shores, the woods and lakes, rolling farmland, the rise of the great metropolises of Chicago and Minneapolis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Castle 1986