Tuesday, October 10, 2023
On a Saturday afternoon in June 2023, Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick set out on their boat from a launch near their home in Larsen Cove, Ont., a tiny community on the shore of Lake Huron. They were joined by two friends and a dog. The group had planned a casual day on the water, catching up and checking out an unusual bump on theTuesday, October 3, 2023
The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board has gone back to following Plan 2014 directives as Lake Ontario levels continue their seasonal decrease. On Sept. 2, the board began deviating from Plan 2014 to provide higher and more predictable water levels on Lake St. Lawrence and the upper St. Lawrence River. Dry weatherMonday, 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, thereFriday, 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,” saidTuesday, 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 yearsFriday, 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 willWednesday, 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 OntarioThursday, 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 captainsWednesday, 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 autonomousFriday, 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
