Alpena MI Michigan
122
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Viking Ocean Cruises (122 Cruises)
Viking Octantis
58 Cruises
| 2 March | 69 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
| 3 March | 66 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
| 15 March | 63 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
| 16 March | 60 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
| 19 March | 63 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
| 20 March | 60 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
Viking Polaris
64 Cruises
| 1 June | 6 days | One-way from Milwaukee WI to Toronto |
| 7 June | 15 days | One-way from Toronto to Duluth MN |
| 21 June | 15 days | One-way from Duluth MN to Toronto |
| 14 March | 63 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
| 15 March | 60 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
Frequently Asked Questions
Great Lakes ships call at Alpena in Thunder Bay, on the north-east shore of Lake Huron. Depending on the vessel, they tie up at the municipal dock or tender in: downtown and the heritage centre are both walkable.
Shipwrecks. Thunder Bay and its approaches hold nearly two hundred wrecks, 19th-century schooners, steamers and freighters caught by the fog and shoals of a passage sailors called Shipwreck Alley.
Because cold fresh water preserves them as no sea can: masts standing, hulls intact, cargo still in place. Some lie in five metres of water, others in sixty.
The first freshwater marine sanctuary in the United States, a protected area of several thousand square kilometres that documents and monitors these sites the way others protect coral reefs.
No. Glass-bottom boat tours show several shallow wrecks without getting wet, and the waterfront heritage centre tells the rest. Diving stays reserved for certified divers.
The Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, a glass-bottom boat trip over the nearby wrecks, then downtown and the waterfront. A full programme without rushing.
The US dollar, cards accepted everywhere. Sales tax is added at the register and tipping is expected American-style.
English. French is not spoken locally, despite the French names scattered across the Great Lakes region.
Very much so. Wrecks seen through a glass bottom and the heritage centre's exhibits hold children's attention, and the town is easy to walk.
May through October, the Great Lakes sailing season. The water is clearest in early summer; late in the season, wind off Lake Huron can cancel boat trips.
