C Patrick LaBadie
C. Patrick Labadie directed Duluth's Canal Park Marine Museum (now Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center) from its founding in 1973 until 2001. During those years he became a noted speaker and writer on Duluth-Superior and Great Lakes history. The son and grandson of shipyard workers, Labadie was reared in Detroit and attended the University of Detroit. He began his career with the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, became director of the Saugatuck (Michigan) Marine Museum, then earned a master's...See more
C. Patrick Labadie directed Duluth's Canal Park Marine Museum (now Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center) from its founding in 1973 until 2001. During those years he became a noted speaker and writer on Duluth-Superior and Great Lakes history. The son and grandson of shipyard workers, Labadie was reared in Detroit and attended the University of Detroit. He began his career with the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, became director of the Saugatuck (Michigan) Marine Museum, then earned a master's license for tugs and worked for Gaelic Tugboat Company in Detroit. In 2003 he was appointed historian for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan. Labadie collaborated with Bill Beck in chronicling the early years of Pride of the Inland Seas. See less
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