Great Lake: An Unnatural History of Lake Michigan

Submitted by Larry on Sun, 09/27/2026 - 1:37pm

Saturday, January 9, 2027 at 10:00 a.m.
Edgewater Branch, Chicago Public Library
Betty A. Barclay Community Room
6000 N. Broadway, Chicago 60660

The history of Lake Michigan is deeply connected to Chicago from the city’s founding to its largest infrastructure projects. The lecture will touch on some of the ever-escalating and divergent demands we have placed on Lake Michigan, and how the lake’s ecosystem responded to those changes. Theodore J. Karamanski, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of History and founder of the Public History Program at Loyola University Chicago. Click here for a flyer.

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