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Sep 2, 20263 min read

British Soldiers Held a Fort on Michigan Soil Until 1828. They Stayed Six Years After a Boundary Commission Ruled the Island Was American.

A British Army post operated on Drummond Island for thirteen years after the War of 1812. The Treaty of Ghent put it there, a boundary commission ruled against it in 1822, and the garrison...

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Escanaba Had an Actual Pirate. The Feds Chased Him Down With a Gunboat in 1908.

Roaring Dan Seavey, widely called the only man ever arrested for piracy on the Great Lakes, ran his schooner out of Escanaba....

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Jun 16, 20264 min read

The Henry B. Smith Sailed Out of Marquette in 1913 and Vanished With All 25 Men

In November 1913, a single storm tore across the Great Lakes for four days, sank a dozen ships, and killed more than...

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Great Lakes history

The latest Great Lakes history story

British Soldiers Held a Fort on Michigan Soil Until 1828. They Stayed Six Years After a Boundary Commission Ruled the Island Was American.

More Great Lakes history stories, newest first

Escanaba Had an Actual Pirate. The Feds Chased Him Down With a Gunboat in 1908.

The Henry B. Smith Sailed Out of Marquette in 1913 and Vanished With All 25 Men