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Historic image of the schooner barge Harvey Bissell, which now lies sunken in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Images such as these are available in Special Collections at the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library.

Thunder Bay Sanctuary Research Collection

Discover more about our area shipwrecks and Great Lakes shipping through the Special Collections at the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library with an overview of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Collection and other maritime collections housed at the library.  Learn how to access photographs and information on approximately 13,000 Great Lakes vessel right at your fingertips. Presented by Marlo Broad, who has been a part of the development of the Library's Special Collections department for the past 17 years. Free and open to the public!