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Remoteness helps Apostles' appeal
Toronto Sun (4/27)
Located 145 kilometers from the nearest airport, and 300 kilometers from any large Canadian city, Apostle Islands National Park is a secluded Great Lakes gem, offering camping, fishing, paddling, and diving activities on Lake Superior.

Workshop to focus on underwater archaeology
The Toledo Blade (4/9)
The Maritime Archaeological Survey Team, or MAST, a nonprofit group that studies and documents Lake Erie shipwrecks, will teach the basics of underwater archaeology to those interested in helping survey these pieces of sunken history.

Sunken ship in Lake Michigan is named to National Register of Historic Places
The Republic (1/2)
A Lake Michigan ship, the canaller Walter B. Allen, that sank in 1880 in southeastern Wisconsin has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.

West Michigan Underwater Preserve would protect 150 miles of shore waters
The Holland Sentinel (1/2)
A proposed West Michigan Underwater Preserve would protect more than 150 miles of southern Lake Michigan shore waters, highlighting shipwrecks and natural features popular with divers.

Lake Huron find raises hopes in search for signs of ancient human activity
Winnipeg Free Press (12/25)
The recovery of a pole-shaped piece of wood that's 8,900 years old and some 30 metres below the surface of Lake Huron has offered hope that more intact evidence of human activity will be found in the area.

University of Michigan researchers find clue to ancients on Lake Huron bottom
Detroit Free Press (12/14)
Researchers from the University of Michigan, exploring the bottom of Lake Huron, discovered remnants of an 8,900-year-old land bridge linking lower Michigan to central Ontario.

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General Resources
All Seasons Diving Co.
Come Dive the Clear Blue Waters of Lake Huron for the Finest Shipwreck Diving in Michigan.

Diving Michigan's Underwater
RING! Online
Michigan's nine underwater preserves include nearly 1,900 square miles of Great Lakes bottomland; this site provides a description of each of the preserves.

Michigan Underwater
Detroit Download Central
Articles on diving in Michigan.

Shipwreck Diving Charters on Lake Ontario
Includes a location map of shipwrecks found in Lake Ontario.

Shipwrecks and scuba diving in Lake Superior
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Information on diving in Lake Superior.

Southwest Michigan Underwater Preserve
There are numerous shipwrecks in the preserve area as well as geological formations including clay banks and underwater rock piles.

Wisconsin's Maritime Trails
Through Web sites, interpretive signage, public presentations and shipwreck moorings, the Maritime Trails initiative encourages divers, snorkelers, boaters, maritime enthusiasts, and tourists to visit and enjoy Wisconsin's diverse collection of maritime resources.

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Related Resources
GLIN: Boating in the Great Lakes Region
GLIN: Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes Region

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