Lake Michigan and the St. Joseph River created a water highway that connected southwest Michigan with Chicago. Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, a fleet of schooners and steamers carried passengers, freight, and produce between the port cities of St. Joseph/Benton Harbor and Chicago.

Join us at the North Berrien Historical Museum for “Crossing the Inland Sea: Sailing from the Windy City to St. Joseph/Benton Harbor.” Presented by Bob Myers, Director of Education at the Historical Society of Michigan, this program will cover stories of ships, sailors, lighthouses, and shipwrecks of Michigan’s inland sea.

No RSVP is required for this free program. A recording of the presentation will be made available on the Museum’s Facebook page the following week.