Upcoming Monthly Presentations
On the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society (SRMHS) YouTube channel at youtube.com/@srmhs, you will find FREE video recordings of some of the past SRMHS monthly presentations. You can subscribe to the SRMHS YouTube channel to be notified about new presentations and other content.
The Saginaw River Marine Historical Society has seven monthly FREE 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). Please use the Fifth Street entrance at the back of the church. A map with the location of the church from Google Maps is here. NOTE: Our regular presentations are open to the public and there is no charge to attend. Customarily, there are no presentations in May, June, July, August and December. However, there is a presentation on May 17, 2025, because the presentation on February 15, 2025, was postponed due to snow.
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 Store in the Bay City Town Center.
Click or tap the photo above to watch the video with WSGW's (100.5 FM and 790 AM in Saginaw, Michigan) Art Lewis interviewing Ric Mixter on March 28, 2025. This short excerpt from their talk is about the presentation, "Howling Winds: The Misadventures of Maritime Mascots," Ric will give to the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society on the evening of Saturday, April 19, 2025.
April 2025 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation
FREE program: Ric Mixter with "Howling Winds: The Misadventures of Maritime Mascots"
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: The Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Store (located next to Zales Jewelers) 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 48706.
Map to the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Store inside Bay City Town Center on Google Maps is here.
Ric Mixter is a marine historian, author, videographer, lecturer.
“Howling Winds” is a presentation by Ric Mixter about the famous dogs that served as mascots on Great Lakes ships. Dogs were a common choice for mascots on Great Lakes ships, and Ric's presentation highlights some of the most famous storms and the dogs that survived them.
The following presentation with Mike Kelly was originally scheduled for Saturday, February 15, 2025, and was postponed because of snow. It was rescheduled to Saturday, May 17, 2025.
Click or tap the photo above to watch the short video with an excerpt of an interview Mike Kelly, from the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network (Saginaw Bay WIN), did on WSGW's (790 AM and 100.5 FM in Saginaw, Michigan) The Art Lewis Show starting at 9:10 am on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Matt Felan with the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance was guest host for Art.
May 2025 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation
FREE program: Mike Kelly with "Coreyon Reef: Restoring Fish Habitat in Saginaw Bay"
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan.
Map with the location of Trinity Episcopal Church from Google Maps is here​.
Mike Kelly manages the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network (Saginaw Bay WIN). He will talk about two recently restored reefs located in the Saginaw Bay and he will show a 15-minute film showcasing the Coreyon Reef. Mike will also talk about the national and local fishing tournaments held on the Saginaw River over the past few years and any upcoming river events.​
Synopsis of the short film "Coreyon":
The Coreyon Reef restoration is aimed at bringing open water spawning reef habitat back to Lake Huron’s Saginaw Bay. Throughout history, land use, pollution, overfishing and invasive species have damaged native fish populations in the Great Lakes. But the Saginaw Bay is experiencing an era of restoration, with the Coreyon Reef restoration project being the latest effort toward building up resilient and self-sustaining native fish populations. Coreyon tells the story of this important restoration project for the Great Lakes fishery.
September 2025 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation
FREE programs (titles to be announced) by Andrea Guerriero (from "DRE Designs - Great Lakes Marine Products" Facebook page that has over 145,000 followers) and Chrissy Kadleck (Director of Communications at Interlake Steamship Company)
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan
Map with the location of Trinity Episcopal Church from Google Maps is here​.