Great Lakes Shipwreck Society to Host 'Sea Chanteys and Shipwrecks' Fundraiser

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. - The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announces its first Sea Chanteys and Shipwrecks Fundraiser on Thursday, August 25th.

This event features the popular Great Lakes Balladeer Lee Murdock (leemurdock.com), and his songs of the inland seas. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit ongoing historic restoration of the Whitefish Point Lighthouse Keepers Quarters, located at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum historic campus on Lake Superior.

This event will begin at 5pm in the pavilion waiting room at Dock # 1. Noted Great Lakes Balladeer Lee Murdock will be providing music for this exciting fundraiser, with boarding of the Soo Locks Cruise Boat at 5:45pm, and departure at 6:00 pm. Cost of this event is $50 per person, which includes drinks, appetizers aboard and a full dinner. The cruise will include transit through the Soo Locks, a cruise around Soo Harbor, and weather permitting, Lee Murdock continuing his performance on the upper deck.

Tables aboard can be reserved for parties up to 8 persons, with several tables available for parties of 6 and 4. Credit cards are accepted when making reservations; the vessel is limited to a full group of 70 persons. Tickets can be purchased online, or by calling the Shipwreck Society's administrative offices in the historic Weather Bureau Building at Locks Park in Sault Ste. Marie, at 906-635-1742.

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