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Monday, October 2, 2023

PreviousNext 1 / 4 Checking out one of the large winches on the Michigan.David Gilchrist It has been claimed there are 10,000 wrecks in the Great Lakes. And each year, with modern technology, more and more of these lost vessels are being found. In Lower Georgian Bay, in the area of Hope Island near Christian Island, there

by: David Gilchrist, Barrie Today

tags: Canada, Georgian Bay, Great Lakes, Lake Huron, Shipwrecks

Friday, September 15, 2023

The storms of Aug. 24 saw 214 millimetres of rain dumped on Harrow and Colchester in Essex. The Colchester Lagoon took in 14 times the normal volume of water to its treatment facility. The Harrow Lagoon, eight times the normal amount, according to town staff. “There was just so much water it just had nowhere to go,” said

by: Melanie Kentner, CTV News

tags: Canada, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Weather

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

The waterfront in Kingston, Ont. is shown in this drone shot taken on April 20, 2023. (Michel Aspirot/CBC) A new course at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., is offering students an opportunity to immerse themselves in Lake Ontario, both figuratively and literally. "A lot of Queen's students come to Kingston, spend four years

by: CBC News

tags: Canada, Education, Great Lakes, Lake Ontario

Friday, August 11, 2023

SMITHS FALLS, ON, August 4,2023 –Le Boat has revealed plans to expand on the Trent Severn Waterway for 2024 and cruises are now on sale for the 2024 boating season. . Le Boat is Europe’s largest boat rental company will be launching on the Trent Severn Waterway with a fleet of 8 Luxury Horizon Cruisers and their base will

by: Le Boat

tags: Canada, Lake Ontario, Promotions & Giveaways

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Mitchel Bortolon, a student public health inspector, is shown in this 2018 file photo taking a water sample from Lake Huron at Canatara Beach as part of Lambton Public Health's beach water sampling program. File photo/Postmedia Network PHOTO BY FILE PHOTO /Paul Morden/The Observer Local MPPs recently announced the Ontario

by: The Sun Times

tags: Canada, Environmental Impact, Great Lakes, Lake Huron

Thursday, July 27, 2023

A portion of an algae bloom is shown in Lake Erie in the summer of 2014. (Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press) Despite often being described as smelly and not nice to look at, Eric Hirzel and Matthew Hehn say they find algae blooms helpful when it comes to catching more fish in Lake Erie. Both are longtime charter fishing captains

by: Bob Becken, CBC News

tags: Algae Bloom, Canada, Environmental Impact, Lake Erie, Michigan, Ohio

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

USGS - A saildrone in Charlevoix headed out to northern Lake Michigan. The government is using three uncrewed research vessels in the Great Lakes. These autonomous vessels are gathering data on fish. One vehicle is on the surface on northern Lake Michigan. Another is on Lake Erie. There’s also a long-range autonomous

by: Lester Graham, Michigan Radio

tags: Canada, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Wisconsin

Friday, July 7, 2023

Featured image: This aerial photograph of Middle Island in Lake Huron shows the roughly 20 yard deep and 100 yard wide Middle Island sinkhole. (Photo credit: Bopi Biddanda and Scott Kendall, GVSU) Earlier this year, a group of Michigan scientists published a study in The Journal of Great Lakes Research entitled “Extant mat

by: Sharon Oosthoek, Great Lakes Now

tags: Canada, Great Lakes, Lake Huron, Michigan

Friday, June 30, 2023

Study suggests using the European model for short-sea shipping to reduce the amount of cargo traveling by road between the U.S. and Canada A new study proposes reducing the reliance on trucking in transporting goods between the U.S. and Canada by increasing short-sea shipping on the Great Lakes. The study authored by Fluid

by: Maritime Executive

tags: Canada, Great Lakes, Michigan, Ohio

Friday, May 12, 2023

Charter boat captain Dave Spangler holds a sample of algae from Maumee Bay in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Scientists estimate about 85 percent of the Maumee's phosphorus, which promotes algal growth, comes from croplands and livestock operations. (Paul Sancya/AP) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric

by: CBC

tags: Canada, Environmental Impact, Lake Erie, Michigan, Ohio

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