This week's episode sounds more like a trip to the gym than a shipwreck, at least initially. Join hosts Andrew and Michelle as they learn about the wide-spreading mussel (not muscle) problem of the Great Lakes, but how these little buggers have inadvertently helped uncover the long lost SS Africa. So come out of your shells, don't clam up now, and come aboard this shuck-filled adventure! Okay, maybe they went a bit overboard, but they crack themselves up. These jokes practically write themselves!

Sources:

https://www.michiganseagrant.org/topics/great-lakes-fast-facts/

https://watershedcouncil.org/invasive-species/zebra-mussels/#:~:text=In%20just%20a%20few%20years,dominance%20in%20our%20Great%20Lakes.

https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/fish-and-invertebrates/zebra-and-quagga-mussels/#:~:text=Although%20similar%20in%20appearance%20to,flat%20underside%2C%20will%20fall%20over.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_drum#:~:text=Aplodinotus%20grunniens,-Rafinesque%2C%201819&text=The%20freshwater%20drum%20is%20also,Canada%2C%20and%20the%20United%20States.

https://inspiredplanet.ca/uncategorized/africa-shipwreck-discovery/

https://www.shorelinebeacon.com/news/local-news/finding-africa-in-lake-huron-a-shipwreck-revealed

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/documentary-filmmakers-find-1895-steamship-wreck-in-lake-huron/

https://waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu/the-recently-discovered-shipwrecks-of-the-great-lakes/

https://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/2023/10/10/shipwreck-found-off-the-bruce-peninsula-though-to-be-the-africa/

https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/returning-to-africa/

Join hosts Andrew and Michelle as they unbiasedly cover perhaps the cutest little boat they've learned about yet. Meet Sport - a 1873 tugboat who holds the titles of being the first steel tugboat on the Great Lakes, the first vessel made out of Bessemer steel (the new way to process steel) in North America, and the first shipwreck in Michigan to receive her own Michigan Historical Marker. Join your hosts in getting attached to one of the cutest things to float on the lakes and welcome aboard!

Sources:

https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/great-lakes/great-lakes-aquatic-invasive-species-/#:~:text=Yet%20the%20lakes%20also%20hold,in%20the%20Great%20Lakes%20basin.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/metallurgical-coke#:~:text=1%20INTRODUCTION,to%20the%20NSC%20test%20procedure.

https://hawkinsrails.net/mainlines/ble/ble.htm

https://nmgl.org/the-operation-of-tugboats-on-the-great-lakes-spring-1981/#:~:text=Tugboats%20seen%20in%20Great%20Lakes,tug%20and%20often%20considerably%20longer.

https://nmgl.org/fire-fighting-ships-fall-1961/#:~:text=Early%20Use%20of%20Tugs,tug%20with%20a%20suitable%20pump.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_(shipwreck)

https://3dshipwrecks.org/shipwreck-sport-tug/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XGTpgCEgZg

https://lakeorionreview.com/great-lakes-great-dives/

Some shipwrecks are just so old that facts can be a bit contradicting. The PS Niagara is one of those wrecks. Join hosts Michelle and Andrew as they weed through the probable embellishments that make the storytelling about the night the PS Niagara went down even more intense. And listen in for how the ship almost claimed two more modern-day lives as well as the uncovering of a small doll that survived the wreck.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_steamer

https://www.wkar.org/history/2015-08-31/luxury-on-the-great-lakes-the-era-of-palace-steamers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steerage#:~:text=Steerage%20is%20a%20term%20for,down%20on%20steerage%20passengers%20below.

https://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories/shipwrecks-great-lakes-niagara

https://wisconsinshipwrecks.org/vessel/Details/455

https://diveaai.com/niagara

https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS10122

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107951490/mary-keck

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/2016/12/09/artifacts-help-tell-story-steamships-past/95214932/

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47079

https://tripsintohistory.com/2013/02/09/the-palace-steamers-of-the-great-lakes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_gale#:~:text=November%20gale%2C%20the%20Witch%20of,Gulf%20air%20from%20the%20south.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam_engine#:~:text=A%20beam%20engine%20is%20a,of%20compounding%20an%20existing%20engine.

http://www.oceantreasures.org/blog/wreck-diving/lake-michigan-shipwreck-of-1856-almost-claims-2-more-lives.html