CHEBOYGAN, MI – The traditional Christmas Tree Ship is underway with more than 1,000 Northern Michigan conifer trees bound for Chicago. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw WLBB 30 pushed off on ...

LAKE MICHIGAN – The shipwreck legend of Michigan’s famed “Christmas Tree Ship” remains shrouded in equal parts myth and mystery. But what we do know is this: 110 years ago this week ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) --A U.S. Coast Guard ship carrying 1,200 Christmas trees from Michigan arrived Friday at Navy Pier. The cutter Mackinaw made the annual Christmas Tree Ship voyage to deliver those ...

That year, the Rouse Simmons — the “original Christmas tree ship” — capsized during a storm on Lake Michigan. The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw and local volunteers help ...

MANITOWOC – The Christmas Tree Ship the Rouse Simmons will be the focus of a program at Wisconsin Maritime Museum on the anniversary of its disappearance. The Rouse Simmons, known as the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The National Museum of the Great Lakes will be hosting the Christmas Tree Ship on Dec. 2 along with free admission to the museum for all. The Christmas Tree Ship tradition is ...