Maritime History – The Betsie Current Newspaper

2025 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Hotels/Motels , Issue 1 , Maritime History , Native American Culture & History , Print Editions , Railroad History , Real Estate

A Tale of Two Piers

Jed Jaworski March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 0 comment

And the city they built

2025 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 1 , Maritime History , Print Editions , Railroad History , Real Estate

The Frankfort Land Company

Andrew Bolander February 19, 2025March 4, 2025 0 comment

And the men behind it

2024 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Non-profits , Print Editions

Sailing on Crystal Lake

Grant Brown October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 0 comment

A history of the Crystal Lake Yacht Club

2024 , Businesses , Canoeing , Featured Stories , History , Issue 6 , Maritime History , Nature , News , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore , Stand-up Paddle Boarding , Swimming

Riverside Canoes Celebrates 60 Years

Jacob Wheeler July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 0 comment

And wins National Park lawsuit, again

2022 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 2 , Maritime History , Print Editions

Point Betsie’s Lost Ship

Jed Jaworski May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 1 comment

The wreck of the St. Lawrence appears

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 15 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Print Editions

154-year-old Shipwreck on Frankfort Beach

Jed Jaworski February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 1 comment

Hazard, tourist attraction, or priceless historical artifact?

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 14 , Maritime History , Native American Culture & History , Print Editions

Big Boats

Staff Reports January 29, 2022January 31, 2022 2 comment

Local ships bring maritime history alive

2021 , Featured Stories , Issue 11 , Maritime History , Music , Musician , Print Editions

‘Song of the Lakes’ Keeps Sailing Onward

Staff Reports September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 0 comment

Iconic band celebrates 40 years

2021 , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 10 , Maritime History , News , Print Editions

Roaring Dan Seavey

Staff Reports August 20, 2021February 6, 2022 1 comment

The pirate of Lake Michigan

2021 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Issue 9 , Maritime History , Print Editions

A Tale of Two Ships

Jed Jaworski July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 3 comment

An odd dock

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 9 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

The Makings of the “Crown Jewel” of South Fox Island

Staff Reports July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 1 comment

How volunteers make it happen

2021 , Businesses , Featured Stories , History , Issue 8 , Maritime History , Non-Profit , Non-profits , Print Editions

A Three-hour Tour

Staff Reports July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 1 comment

Tours to North Manitou lighthouse crib begin

2021 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 2 , Maritime History , Print Editions

The Royal Frontenac

Jed Jaworski February 22, 2021June 3, 2021 6 comment

A brief, golden age of Frankfort… but not the last

2020 , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 6 , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Frankfort or Ludington? The Mystery of Father Marquette’s Death, 345 Years Later

Staff Reports June 4, 2020July 10, 2020 1 comment

2019 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 12 , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Unburied Treasure

Jed Jaworski December 15, 2019 1 comment

Erosion from fall storms and record high water levels revealing shipwrecks

2017 , Featured Stories , History , Issue 4 , Maritime History , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Preventing Drowning Deaths

Jacob Wheeler April 3, 2018 0 comment

National Park increases water-safety awareness

2016 , Events , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Baby Bears at Sleeping Bear

Staff Reports July 7, 2016December 29, 2016 0 comment

Especially for kids at the National Park

2015 , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Nature , News , Print Editions

Le Griffon & Confederate Gold: Treasure Hunt Off the Frankfort Coast

Jed Jaworski June 17, 2015 2 comment

Gold fever attracts media frenzy

2015 , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Nature , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Point Betsie Lighthouse Illuminates Still

Jacob Wheeler June 9, 2015June 15, 2015 0 comment

Museum and exhibit celebrate first full year

2014 , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Witch of November

Jed Jaworski November 14, 2014 6 comment

First-person account of a fall storm from the deck

2019 , Businesses , Featured Stories , Historical , History , Iconic Person , Issue 10 , Maritime History , Print Editions , Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Fishing Legacy Lies at Bottom of Betsie Bay

Jed Jaworski March 2, 2014October 14, 2019 2 comment

The tale of a faithful ship and the “Good Will” of a community

Featured Stories , History , Maritime History

Mystery of the W.H. Gilcher

Jed Jaworski July 11, 2005January 25, 2014 0 comment

ship lost with all hands near the Manitou Islands

2005 , Featured Stories , History , Maritime History , Print Editions

Resurrecting a Shipwreck Tale After 125 Years

Jed Jaworski May 31, 2005September 10, 2014 1 comment

mystery of woman’s death still haunts maritime history<