Whaleboat "Lake Sturgeon" at Leland Parade

Lake Sturgeon cruises down Main Street in Leland during the 4th of July Parade

Thanks to Russ Carew for use of his truck.

Chuck Dickerson pulled the raffle canoe

 

Thanks to all those who helped with the whaleboat project and on this day in Leland.  --Capt. Tom

ISEA's Motor Whaleboat "Lake Sturgeon" in the Leland 4th of July Parade

Please join us on July 4th in Leland for the annual parade.  We will be there with our motor whaleboat Lake Sturgeon.

Motor Whaleboat Lake Sturgeon

Fact Sheet

Type:  Navy 26’ Motor Whaleboat

Year Built:  1968

Builder:  Miami Yacht Builders, Miami Beach, FL

Material: Fiberglass (FRP)

Hull No.:  26MW6843

Registration: MC 2362 PF

LOA: 26’    Beam: 8’     Draft: 1’

Displacement: 5,600 lbs

Engine: Yanmar 3-cylinder diesel, Model 3GM30F, 24 hp.  (original engine: Westerbeke 4-107)

Owner:  Inland Seas Education Association, Suttons Bay, MI

Service:  Passenger, USCG Sub-Chapter T (pending)

Former Name:  Water Bug

ISEA will be offering 1 hour programs aboard Lake Sturgeon later in July. 

Leland Heritage Day - Sept. 17, 2011

Thanks to all ISEA Volunteers who helped with our information display and Boat Shop exhibit. 

Past Schoolship Students/Interns - Where are they now?

Well, here are two of them, hard at work yesterday (note the smiles!).  They are aboard the US Geological Survey research vessel Dragonfly at Leland Harbor, just before departing for a day of sampling and underwater photography related to the botulism problem in this area.  Emma Kelly (left) is a former Young Women in Science participant (and Capt. Tom's daughter) and Emily Tyner (right) is a former ISEA student and summer intern.  Emma is currently enrolled at U. of Michigan in the Program in the Environment and Emily is in graduate school at U. Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Both are summer employees of the National Park Service.  Emily credits ISEA with determining her career path.  Emma blames it on her dad. 

Fishery Towns on the Great Lakes is Next Great Lakes Seminar Topic

The Inland Seas Education Association will present a seminar that focuses on the Great Lakes fishery at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, January 11th, at the Inland Seas Education Center in Suttons Bay. The program will be presented by Amanda Holmes, Executive Director of the Fishtown Preservation Society. This seminar is free and open to the public.

The shores of the Great Lakes and their islands were once fringed with commercial fisheries like Leland's Fishtown, where fish were processed for the burgeoning Midwest. As it has been for over a century, Fishtown is still a commercial fishery, although on a smaller scale. Holmes will share her explorations of some of the few remaining fishing operations throughout the Great Lakes, why they have survived, and what they have taught her about the rarity of Fishtown.

Amanda Holmes has worked with the Fishtown Preservation Society for four years and serves as its Executive Director. Holmes holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife and a Certificate in Historic Preservation, both from the University of Pennsylvania. She has written numerous architectural, landscape, and engineering studies for the National Park Service, as well as published an award-winning history of Omena, Michigan. Her background in Folklore has led her to gather as many stories as possible about Fishtown, and to broaden her scope to capturing the stories of commercial fishing and fishermen from all over the Great Lakes. 

Inland Seas at the Leland 4th of July Parade

ISEA made a good showing yesterday in the Leland 4th of July Parade. Thanks to all those who helped design, build and walk with the float.

Lenora cleans up the schooner model after a long winter in the shed.

Tom and Graham cut the uprights to hold the sign.

The ship model is complete, with foaming (foam) waves.

Anne and Kim attach the whitefish.

Zoe gets aquainted with the sea lamprey

July 4th, as the parade begins.