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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

to all Great Lakes Cruisers...

Take a tour of the first Thanksgiving ship, the Mayflower...

 

A Little History-November Gales

Many think of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking as the greatest Great Lakes tragedy. But a far greater storm occurred in 1913. Story is here...

 

New Membership Definition

At the annual meeting in Chicago, the Club adopted a new definition of "membership." Read the full text here...

 

New Breakwater Lights for Safety, Navigation

New breakwater lights in Muskegon serve dual purpose—intended for safety but a boon to navigation. Story here...

 

Plan Ahead

Time to plan ahead. The major GLCC events of the 2009 year are now listed—see the "Events" page. Details and updates will be added as they become available.

 

The Chicago Annual Meeting Photos

The Chicago Annual Meeting and party, October 3 & 4, was a great event. For a few photos, click here. Full details will be in the December Lifeline...

 

New Membership Definition

At the October Annual meeting, the GLCC Board of Directors revised its definition of "membership" in the club. Formerly, only one person was included in a membership. Now a membership is defined as "an individual or two persons in a family or domestic relationship." In discussions of the matter, the predominant thinking was that the change brings Club membership classification in line with 21st-century practices. For those couples who want individual memberships, the current  "spousal" category of membership will be retained.

GLCC Songbook

Many thanks to Sharon and Denny Dutcher for providing words to many of our popular sing-a-long festivities, along with a few more "colorful additions."

Download your own copy of the GLCC Songbook.

And—extra treat—download the lyrics for the special song created for the GLCC 2008 Wilderness Rally.

The Lakes in 3008

Here's a projection of what the Great Lakes will look like in 1000 years, if current trends continue. Open the full-size image.

Bay City Ship to Become Chicago Preserve

The 100-foot USS Dexter, built in 1925 as a rum-runner patrol boat, will be scuttled off Chicago to become an underwater diver's site this fall. The photo shows the Dexter being launched at Defoe Shipbuilders in Bay City, Michigan. Among other things, she created an international incident with Canada in 1929.  Newspaper story here...