Book Talk: Michigan's Venice - Free Admission!
Schedule
Thu May 16 2024 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Dossin Great Lakes Museum | Detroit, MI
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Join author Daniel F. Harrison as he discusses his new book Michigan's Venice: The Transformation of the St. Claire Maritime Landscape 1640-2000.6:30 - 6:50 PM Book Talk
6:50 - 7:15 PM Q&A
7:15 - 8:00 PM Networking
Few maritime landscapes in the Great Lakes remain so deeply and clearly inscribed by successive cultures as the St. Clair system—a river, delta, and lake found between Lake Huron and the Detroit River. The St. Clair River and its environs are an age-old transportation nexus of land and water routes, a strategic point of access to maritime resources, and, in many ways, a natural impediment to the navigation of the Great Lakes. From Indigenous peoples and European colonizers to the modern nations of Canada and the United States, this work traces the region's transformation through culturally driven practices and artifacts of shipbuilding, navigation, place naming, and mapmaking.
Daniel F. Harrison, PhD, is a maritime archaeologist, sailor, and diver specializing in the Great Lakes region. Recently retired from a forty-year career as an academic librarian, he has had his research in maritime archaeology published in peer-reviewed journals including Historical Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Michigan Historical Review.
Free with registration! Doors open at 6pm.
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Where is it happening?
Dossin Great Lakes Museum, 100 The Strand, Detroit, MI 48207-4372, United States,Detroit, MichiganEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
