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UPCOMING EVENTS Apr. 26 G.L.M.I. Entertainment Meeting - Dossin Great Lakes Museum Grounds - 12:00 -4:00 pm The Annual 'SPRING FIT OUT' will have tours of the Sea Scout vessel, the Gray Fox, at the dock next to the museum parking lot. Additional programming is currently under review and an announcement will be forthcoming. Free with paid admission or G.L.M.I. membership. May 17 G.L.M.I. Entertainment Meeting - DeRoy Hall - 1:00 pm Thad Koz, a world renowned expert on Tall Ships will give an illustrated lecture of the current status of Tall Ships and what will be coming to the Great Lakes this summer. If you are a fan of these sailing vessels, come and be informed as to what vessels, where, and when they will be here. Don't miss this opportunity- then make your summer plans. Tickets are $5.00 with paid admission or G.L.M.I. membership. WEB CAMERA TO LINK PATRONS TO THE DETROIT RIVER The Great Lakes Maritime Institute and the Dossin Great Lakes Museum are fundraising to install a web camera on top of the William Clay Ford pilothouse on Belle Isle. The new "River Watch" will capture the passing lake and ocean freighters, motor and sailboats, rowing shells, the coming tall ships, and water conditions. Kicking off the project at the 2003 Detroit Boat Show, a number of incentives for donors are being offered. For a donation of $20.00 or more you will receive an original Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company Stock Certificate, or a special Bob-Lo Island commemorative package. These reminders of Michigan's nautical heritage will be used to raise funds to promote a live link to current activities on the Detroit River. Since the Dossin Great Lakes Museum is located on a main shipping channel, plans call for the 'River Watch' to be interactive. Control access will be available to viewers on a limited time frame to actually follow and zoom in on a passing vessel. It is hoped funding will allow the project to come on line later in the spring of 2003. Donations can be sent to the Great Lakes Maritime Institute, c/o Dossin Great Lakes Museum, 100 Strand Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48207 or call 313-852-4051 for additional information. Thank you for your interest in the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes. CONTENTS • TASHMOO.................................................................3 Great Lakes & Seaway News............................................... 10 OUR COVER PICTURE . . . "Downriver Night Run: the Steamer Tashmoo" by Amherstburg, Ontario artist, Peter Rindlisbacher. (E-mail: pjrindli@sympatico.ca for information on this and additional artwork by Peter Rindlisbacher Telescope© is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit. Visit our Website at: http://www.glmi.org Published at Detroit, Michigan by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing, Inc.