Great Ships on the Great Lakes by Green, Cathy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents 1 What Is Maritime History? 2 Lakes, Rivers, and Ice

People Tell Stories about Great Floods The Great Lakes under Water The Great Lakes under Ice Melting Glaciers Create Lakes Great Lakes Shorelines Wetlands Rivers and Their Watersheds

3 Paddles and Pelts

Native People of the Great Lakes Dugout Canoes Birchbark Canoes Europeans Travel the Great Lakes The Canoes of the French Fur Traders The Mysterious Disappearance of the Griffon Exploration, Not Settlement

4 Fighting for the Inland Seas

Europeans Build Forts The French and Indian War How Did the Revolutionary War Affect the Great Lakes? Pioneering Spirit Battle on the Lakes: The War of 1812 African American Sailors Why Were Sailing Ships Important to the War of 1812?

5 Connecting with Canals

The Push West The Erie Canal The Great Lakes and the Great Eight Building along the Great Lakes Waterways

6 Sail and Steam

Early Shipping The Great Lakes Schooner How Locks Work Steam Engines Bigger and Faster Ships Great Lakes Shipping Today

7 Sailors and Keepers

The Sailor’s Life Lighthouses Lighthouse Keepers Lighthouse Families

8 Shipwrecks

The “Shipwreck Century” Shipwreck Alley Thunder in Thunder Bay: The Isaac M. Scott Shallows and Shoals: The New Orleans Crowded Shipping Lanes: The Pewabic Fire! The Montana The Death’s Door Passage “Captain Santa” and the Christmas Tree Ship A Superior Shipwreck: The Sinking of the Lucerne

9 Exploring Shipwrecks

Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks Everywhere The Sinking of the Cornelia B. Windiate Searching for Shipwrecks Documenting Shipwrecks Conserving Shipwrecks What is a National Marine Sanctuary? Past, Present, and Future

Time Line Glossary To Learn More Places to Visit About the Authors Index