Author: Ed Neal

Elaine Marsh, Friends
of the Crooked River

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Cuyahoga River, a 100 mile long ribbon of water that starts by flowing south and then u-turns north to empty into Lake Erie, is a national reference point in environmental history. In the...

Ray Myers, Great Lakes Sailor

Ray spent a portion of his life sailing as a cook and steward aboard Great Lakes freighters of the Oglebay Norton fleet. He transferred his skills ashore and today, he operates the Great Lakes...

Steamship William G. Mather

The Ship that Built Cleveland

Presentation on the Great Lakes carrier William G. Mather Les and Kathy Weston gave a slide talk on the history and restoration of the Great Lakes freighter WILLIAM G. MATHER . The boat was...

Old Woman Creek

Old Woman Creek Estuary

Presentation by: Heather Elmer Dept. of Fisheries Ohio Department of Wildlife  Old Woman Creek and Lake Erie form an estuary located a few miles east of Huron, Ohio. What is an estuary? It is...

A Year in Paradise

Guest Presenters Stephen and Margaret Watterson For one year, Stephen and Margaret Watterson lived a dream. All of us have dreamt of a cruising adventure to someplace far away but few of us have...

CALYPSEE and The Underwater View

John Blazy blends professional furniture-making craftsmanship with a knowledge of chemistry and plastics to address boatbuilding challenges. His inspiration to build a boat started with a strong desire to see down into the water....