Cassandra Sadler with "Follow the Fish: Evolution of Gill-Net Fish Tugs on the Great Lakes"

January 2026 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation...
FREE Program: Cassandra Sadler with "Follow the Fish: Evolution of Gill-Net Fish Tugs on the Great Lakes"
​Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan
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Cassandra Sadler is a maritime archaeologist and Research Protection Specialist for NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, based in Alpena, Michigan. Hailing from Delaware, she spent her academic career participating in projects in Rhode Island, the Mid-Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Bass Strait, Bermuda, and Cyprus before moving up to the Great Lakes in 2022. As a NOAA Diver, Cassandra enjoys exploring and documenting the dozens of historic shipwrecks scattered throughout northern Lake Huron's sanctuary waters.

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The public is welcome!

Light refreshments will be available during an intermission.

Please use the Fifth Street entrance at the back of the church.

A Google Map showing the location of Trinity Episcopal Church: https://tinyurl.com/mw9fpykn

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The Saginaw River Marine Historical Society (SRMHS) is an all volunteer organization interested in the maritime history of the Saginaw River and its connecting waters. We have seven monthly presentations a year and they start at 6:30 pm on the third Saturday of each month USUALLY at Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan (unless there is a different location / day / time for a specific presentation). Customarily, there are no presentations in May, June, July, August, and December.

Photo: Casandra Sadler

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