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Wisconsin's Maritime Trails
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Why is water so important to the history and development of Wisconsin? How and why do underwater archaeologists do what they do? Find answers to these questions (and more!) here.

Kids
Dive into the past and find out why water is so important to Wisconsin

Teachers
Download a classroom shipwreck activity and get details on the WHS publication "Working With Water"

What is underwater archaeology?
How and why do underwater archaeologists do what they do?
Kid in a diving mask

Read Notes From the Field 2005
Follow a chronicle of shipwreck exploration as underwater archaeologists from the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) examine several Lake Michigan shipwrecks throughout the summer and fall.

Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks
Find in depth histories, underwater images, video, archaeological maps and more at this WHS and UW Sea Grant collaborative Web site.

See it for yourself
Explore Wisconsin's historic shipwrecks through underwater video

How was a Great Lakes schooner built?
Check out a 3D model of a typical Great Lakes schooner

Maritime Wisconsin Newspaper Database
Search thousands of entries in the Door County Advocate

Find more historic photographs
Visit the Great Lakes Maritime History Project

What is it?
A glossary of nautical terms
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