Frederick Stonehouse holds a Master of Arts degree in History from Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan and has authored thirty books on maritime history, many of them focusing on the Great Lakes and contributed to several others. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Great Lakes Lighthouse Tales are regional best sellers. Wreck Ashore, the U.S. Life-Saving Service on the Great Lakes, won a national publishing award and is the predominant work on the subject. Another book, Haunted Lakes, Great Lakes Maritime Ghost Stories, Superstitions and Sea Serpents, has opened an entirely new genre in Great Lakes study. His book, Final Voyage, is the first Great Lakes shipwreck book for children. 

Fred has taught Great Lakes maritime history at Northern Michigan University and is an active consultant for numerous Great Lakes oriented projects and programs. In April 2000, he began teaching two Internet based courses on Great Lakes lighthouses, the first time such instruction has been offered on the web.   A new internet based course, Great Lakes Maritime History started in the Fall of 2002. This course is on hiatus.

His articles have been published in  Lake Superior Magazine, Wreck and Rescue Journal and Great Lakes Cruiser magazines as well as other publications. He is President of the Board of the Marquette Maritime Museum, President of the National Board of Directors of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association and a former member of the Michigan Iron Industry Museum Advisory Board (Gubernatorial appointment). Fred makes his home in Marquette, Michigan with his wife Lois and son Brandon.

Fred is also active in the Marquette Community, serving on several boards and committees, including: Northern Michigan University Alumni Board, The Marquette County Economic Club, Marquette Harbor Advisory Committee (chair) and the Northern Michigan University De Vos Art Museum Advisory Board.  In addition he chaired the Mayor's Ad Hoc Task Force to develop the Marquette Harbor Master Plan. Fred also delivered the alumni welcome at Northern Michigan University's graduation on December 16, 2006.

Good Fishing My son Brandon and I had a good day fishing. The photo of course was taken at Florida's Universal Studios.	Lens Work Working on the restoration of the Stannard's Rock 2nd order Fresnel lens at the Marquette Maritme Museum. The Museum has the best collection of lens (2nd, 3rd and 4th order) on the Great Lakes.	Governor Granholm Presenting a copy of my Haunted Lakes book to Michigan's Governor Granholm when she visited the Maritime Museum.
Novadoc Wheel The steamer Novadoc was wrecked off Pentwater, Michigan in the infamous 1940 Armistice Day storm. A local fishing tug rescued her crew when the Pentwater Coast Guard refused to go out!	CSpan Books I was recently interviewed by CSpan for later broadcast on the books program. The interview featured the new edition of the Edmund Fitzgerald book.	Sykes Engineroom Standing at the engineroom controls of the steamer Wilfred Sykes. When she came out in 1949 she was the largest and most powerful freighter on the Great Lakes.