Ric Mixter with "Valley Girls: Shipwrecks from the Saginaw Valley"

Please note: The location for this presentation is not at our usual location of Bay City’s Trinity Episcopal Church. It will be at the SRMHS Museum and Gift Shop, located near the center court fountain in the Bay City Town Center (formerly known as Bay City Mall).

March 2026 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation...
FREE Program: Ric Mixter with "Valley Girls: Shipwrecks from the Saginaw Valley"
​Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Location: Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Gift Shop (located near the center court fountain) in the Bay City Town Center (formerly known as Bay City Mall). Bay City Town Center address is 4101 E. Wilder Rd., Bay City, Michigan

Michigan was once a Mecca for shipbuilding, and Bay City led the world in wooden ship building with massive oak freighters reaching over 300 feet in length. Ric dives the remains of these massive ships and shares the stories behind the most famous hulls constructed on the Saginaw River. Featuring stories of the CITY OF BANGOR, SEVONA, PRETORIA, destroyer escort USS RICH, and the largest ship lost on Lake Huron, the DANIEL J. MORRELL. Ric also shares footage of the KNORR, the research ship that found TITANIC.
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Ric Mixter is a shipwreck historian, lecturer, author, documentarian, and videographer.

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The public is welcome!

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

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Photo of Ric Mixter, taken during his presentation for the SRMHS on April 19, 2025.

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• Happening on, 17th January, 06:30 pm, Cassandra Sadler with "Follow the Fish: Evolution of Gill-Net Fish Tugs on the Great Lakes" in Bay City
• Happening on, 21st February, 06:30 pm, Mike Mishler with "Lighthouses and Ships of the Great Lakes" in Bay City
• Happening on, 18th April, 06:30 pm, Jan McMeans with "Journey Aboard a Great Lakes 1000 foot Freighter" in Bay City

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