Features

VIDEO: Recalling the day the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, a local perspective

November 3, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — As Nov. 10 approaches, many in the Great…

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The shipwrecks of 1929: The Halloween sinking of the Senator

October 31, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. Part 4: S.S. Senator By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The last four months of 1929…

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The story of Ida Anderson, Ludington’s Titanic connection

October 21, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief A small and shiny marker sits at the corner of…

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White Lake area’s Mouth Cemetery, solemn and perhaps slightly eerie.

October 18, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. Editor’s Note: I tend to focus on history that is related to Mason County.…

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Working the Lakes: Undaunted/PM41; Visiting the shipyard, part 2

October 17, 2025

By Mark Varenhorst, MCP Contributing Writer October 7, 2025 found me boarding the S.S. Badger for a trip to Manitowoc, Wis. and then to Fincantieri Bay Ship Building in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., — known to locals as Bay Ship.  I boarded the Badger at 7 a.m. that morning meeting up with my editor and friend Rob Alway.  When onboard I…

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