The author is a Great Lakes research historian and he has taken the time to tell some of the best stories he has heard about "strange happenings" on the Great Lakes.

Spirits, sea serpents and superstitions. The inland seas of the Great Lakes hold just as many spellbinding ghostly tales as the salt-water seas. One book simply couldn't carry all of the hauntings of these massive lakes - so now comes Haunted Lakes II, sequel to the popular Haunted Lakes. Once again noted maritime author Frederick Stonehouse compiles the mystifying tales of ghosts on boats, under water and in lighthouses, of underwater creatures and shipboard superstitions in an entertaining collection gathered from true believers. This is the perfect companion to the first Haunted Lakes and has become a Great Lakes classic in its own right.

Thrilling true stories of Great Lakes ships fill this 320-page volume. Highlights of events in Great Lakes history are told in the beginning chapter capsulizing great moments of adventure on the Inland Seas. This is followed by true tales of bygone and later ships of the lakes fleets, combining romance and industry to tell the saga of commercial shipping. Here are the tales of the sturdy lake vessels from the earliest explorer and fur trader to the more modern lake steamer. This book is "all boat" from cover to cover and includes nearly one hundred photographs. This expansive collection of pictures is a rare assemblage.Appeal is enhanced in this volume by a list of the Great Lakes major ship disasters, tables of sailing distances between various lake ports, sailing times for a normal transit, a nautical scale and a thorough index to the more than three hundred and fifty ships mentioned in the book.