Frederick Stonehouse's Website: http://www.frederickstonehouse.com/
Frederick Stonehouse (1948- ) has authored over thirty books on maritime history, many of them focusing on the Great Lakes and contributed to several others. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Great Lakes Lighthouse Tales are regional best sellers. Wreck Ashore, the U.S. Life-Saving Service on the Great Lakes, won a national publishing award and is the predominant work on the subject. Another book, Haunted Lakes, Great Lakes Maritime Ghost Stories, Superstitions and Sea Serpents, has opened an entirely new genre in Great Lakes study. His book, Final Voyage, is the first Great Lakes shipwreck book for children.
He has been a consultant for both the U.S. National Park Service and Parks Canada and has been an "on-air" expert for National Geographic, History Channel and Fox Family, as well as many regional media productions. Awards for contributions to Great Lakes maritime history have been received from Underwater Canada, Our World Underwater, Marquette Maritime Museum and Marquette County Historical Society. He is also the recipient of the 2006 Association For Great Lakes Maritime History Award for Historic Interpretation. The Award is presented annually in recognition of an individual making a major contribution over many years to the interpretation of Great Lakes maritime history in furtherance of the goals of the Association. In addition he was named the Marine Historical Society of Detroit’s “2007 Historian of the Year.” The award is the result of election by past MHSD Historians and recognizes persons who have actively contributed to the study of Great Lakes history. He holds a Master of Arts degree in History from Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan.
Fred teaches Great Lakes maritime history at Northern Michigan University and is an active consultant for numerous Great Lakes oriented projects and programs. In April 2000, he began teaching two Internet based courses on Great Lakes maritime history: Great Lakes Lighthouses and Great Lakes Maritime History. This is the first time such instruction has been offered on the web.
Major presentations have been given at: the National Maritime Conferences, Great Lakes Aquarium, Erie Maritime Museum, Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival, Michigan Lighthouse Conference, Gales of November, (Duluth), Ghost Ships Festival (Milwaukee),
Keeper of the Light Festival (Bayfield) Underwater Canada and Our World Underwater among many others.
His articles have been published in Lake Superior Magazine and Wreck and Rescue Journal as well as other publications. He is President of the Board of the Marquette Maritime Museum, President of the National Board of Directors of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, Vice Chair of the Michigan Port Collaborative and a former member of the Michigan Iron Industry Museum Advisory Board (Gubernatorial appointment). Fred makes his home in Marquette, Michigan with his wife Lois and son Brandon.
Fred is also active in the Marquette Community and was elected in November 2008 to the position of City Commissioner. In addition he is or has served on several boards and committees, including: Northern Michigan University Alumni Board, The Marquette County Economic Club, Marquette Harbor Advisory Committee (past chair), the Northern Michigan University De Vos Art Museum Advisory Board and chaired the Mayor's Ad Hoc Task Force to develop the Marquette Harbor Master Plan. On December 16, 2006 Fred delivered the alumni welcome at Northern Michigan University's graduation .