Gales of November 2025

Friday, November 7

 

Speaker List

• David Schauer, LSMMA President - Welcome
• Sara Summers-Luedtke - Visitor Center Update
• Scott Bjorklund- South Breakwater Light History
• Al Finlayson - Lighthouse Renovation
• Fred Stonehouse - Fitzgerald Sinking, Evolution of Theories
• Jayson Hron and Kate Ferguson - Duluth Seaway Port Authority Update

Buffet luncheon 

Time: 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Cost:$50.00 per person
Location: The Garden - 425 South Lake Avenue

Friday Bus Tour and Reception

 

Bus Tour

Join Us as we board a motor coach and head for tours:

 

Midwest Energy

Fraser Shipyards

BNSF Allouez Taconite Facility

 

Time: 1:45 and returns at approximately 4:30.
Cost:$30.00 per person
Location-Motorcoach departs and returns at the Garden 

 

Reception

Friday evening reception will follow at TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saturday, November 8

 

Speaker List

• David Schauer, LSMMA President - Welcome
• Sara Summers-Luedtke - Visitor Center Update
• Ian Grant - Henry Steinbrenner Shipwreck
• Hayes Scriven, Lee Radzak, Split Rock Beacon Lighting
• Keynote Speaker: Ric Mixter - Fitzgerald Investigations
• Steve Ackerman - Explore the storm that sunk the Fitzgerald
• John Bacon - the Edmund Fitzgerald disaster

Includes an Italian buffet luncheon & a cash bar.

Silent Auction

A silent auction will run from 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM

 

 

Time: 8:30 AM - 3:45 PM
Cost: $90.00 per person

Location: DECC

 

Reception

A reception will follow at the DECC