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“These targets don’t always amount to anything … but this time it absolutely was a shipwreck. A wreck with an interesting, and perhaps mysterious story," said Bruce Lynn, executive director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society.
Recognitions and grants from the state of Michigan will help preservation efforts in downtown Calumet.
“The historic lighthouses lining our freshwater shoreline — the longest in the world — are part of the splendor of Pure Michigan,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said.
“Protecting the Keweenaw Heartlands is a global priority for The Nature Conservancy, and I am thrilled we finalized this purchase so everyone can enjoy and appreciate these iconic lands and waters forever,” said Helen Taylor, state director for The Nature Conservancy in Michigan.
“Cora Reynolds Anderson is such an important part of Michigan’s history. As the first woman elected to the Michigan House of Representatives – and the first Native American woman to serve in any state legislature – she paved the way for so many women, including me, to hold public office,” Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow said.
“People will be using these images for the next century and beyond to understand what life was like in the U.P. during the 19th and early 20th century. His work, and collection, is an important repository of the ‘Yooper’ way-of-life,'" said Dan Truckey, director of NMU’s Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center.
Once the heart of many downtowns, older movie theaters across Michigan are being turned into restaurants, distilleries and shops.
"It gives me great pride to represent the manufacturing community of the Upper Peninsula and to manufacture products here that ship all over the world,” Bob Jacquart says.
“Our goal is to “Re-Activate” a public space that was widely used but has exceeded its useful life cycle,” says Craig Cugini, a member of the South Shore Fishing Association.
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