Ric Mixter- Off Shore Outpost

Ric Mixter will be presenting his lecture “Off Shore Outposts” at the Iosco County History Museum on October 17th at 6:00pm. Doors open at 5:30. Ric is a filmmaker, documentarian, author, diver, and former broadcaster from the Great Lakes Bay Region. He has spent decades researching maritime stories in the Great Lakes and is noted for interviewing survivors of shipwreck catastrophes. “Off Shore Outposts” showcases the most remote lighthouses in the Great Lakes, including Huron Island, Spectacle Reef, and Stannard Rock. The program also includes the first-ever interview with a survivor of the Stannard Rock lighthouse explosion, as well as the incredible renovations of offshore lights at St. Helena Island and DeTour Reef.