District Lodge - Lake Michigan No. 8 is part of the Vasa Order of America, a Scandinavian fraternal, cultural, and educational organization. District 8 comprises of 19 lodges in the four states surrounding Lake Michigan (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin) as well as a children's club called Nordikids, which is based in Munster, IN. Also located within District Lodge Lake Michigan #8 is the Vasa Archives, Vasa Park and the Viking Ship of 1893.
