400 million year old limestone was used to create two of the most expensive lighthouses ever built. Learn how it was done and some of the stories that originated in these Offshore Outposts.

Join the lighthouse team here: https://spectaclereef.org/member-areas-2

Ric does an overview of Great Lakes air bases from biplanes to B-52s including his flights from Sawyer and Wurtsmith.

Ric digs into the lakes’ salty past- 400 million years ago. Featuring ships lost with salt cargoes on all five Great Lakes (including a recent discovery on Superior!) https://www.glccschool.com/product/briny-depths?fbclid=IwAR1J1nbhKbzBOdWH8xZDhY_dvv_wvjXXmGlvFG3elvVE0fwf0xJLZIMwPyM

Join Ric as he takes you through the drained locks for winter maintenance. We’ll also look at the construction of each of the locks and how they are making a new modern lock.

https://www.glccschool.com/product/history-and-future-soo-locks

Special Zoom presentation on the Edmund Fitzgerald

Ric returns to host Canada’s largest dive show- with many speakers and lunch!

learn more here: https://shipwrecks.niagaradivers.com/wp/

Ric shares more on his article from January’s Michigan History Magazine featuring the state’s salt industry and ships lost carrying that cargo to market

register here
https://hsmichigan.org/2024-michigan-perspective-local-history-conference

Ric shares the history of aviation in Michigan, including his flights on the final missions of B-52’s in our state. Alcona County Library, 312 W. Main Street, Harrisville

Ric shares insight into ships lost carrying Michigan salt to market.

Ric explores a century of treasure hunting on the Great Lakes. Is there gold in them thar Lakes?

Register here for the online lecture:

https://d7kflx81lr55a.cloudfront.net/epifany/home/bwe/lifeFile/Winter%202024%20Member%20Registration%20Forms.pdf

Up from the Briny Depths: Ric opens the Livonia show with his look at the salt industry and the many shipwrecks associated with it. 19525 Victor Parkway Embassy Suites. Ric kicks off the show at 9am!

Ric explores the most famous ship ever to sail the Great Lakes- including his visit to the wreck in 1994

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The Soo Locks are critical to transporting grain, coal and especially iron ore to all parts of the world. Ric Mixter takes you below the locks for an exclusive look at the history and the 4 billion dollar upgrade underway now.

Ric kicks off Bay County Museum’s Second Saturday series with a look at the region’s salt industry- complete with ships that never made it to port. Includes a new discovery in Lake Superior

Copper and Gold has caused many treasure hunters to lose fortunes searching the freshwater of the Great Lakes. Ric chronicles the stories behind stories of the Pewabic, Westmoreland, Dean Richmond, Waterwitch and the quest for the Poverty Island Gold.

Join me as I share the most famous messages found in bottles. Titanic and the Great Lakes!

Ric shares the Coast Guard’s finest moments with stories on the Escanaba, Mackinac, Hollyhock and Sundew. Includes shipwrecks Bradley, Nordmeer, Dorchester, Cedarville and others

https://mnscu.rschooltoday.com/public/costoption/class_id/279994

Ric returns to Clarkston library to share stories of the six largest shipwrecks in the Great Lakes

https://events.getlocalhop.com/shipwreck-and-lighthouse-lectures/event/HcDA5DgFvY

It’s been dubbed the “King of Storms” for good reason. A dozen ships vanished with their entire crews, including modern freighters and a brand-new lightship. Ric shares insight into what caused the disasters and eyewitness accounts from a sailor who watched four ships disappear.

Ric investigates Michigan’s salt industry and two ships that were lost carrying sodium across Lake Superior.

https://www.ruthmottfoundation.org/events/?from=aw

Ric shares his dive and 30 years of interviews and research into the Great Lakes most famous shipwreck. http://www.ntal.org

Ric shares his insight from his dive and 30 years of research into the Edmund Fitzgerald.

https://www.warrenlibrary.net/category/adults/

Ric shares his personal dive to the Edmund Fitzgerald, along with interviews of the men who built, sailed and investigated the shipwreck. https://www.cortlandbreakfastrotary.org

Ric shares the stories of ships lost while bringing Christmas trees to market. Includes the Rouse Simmons!

Ric shares his personal interviews with the men who built, sailed and investigated the largest shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

The worst autumn gales with underwater video and interviews from survivors