Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Traverse City, MI — What’s happening in the Great Lakes during those long, frigid months when they’re often covered partially or completely with ice? A casual observer — and even experts — might be inclined to say, “Not much.” Lake scientists have long considered winter a season when aquaticSunday, January 22, 2023
Toledo, OH – The National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) is pleased to announce it has joined Museums For All—a program providing free and reduced admission to those receiving food assistance (SNAP) benefits. With the presentation of a SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, museum visitors receive free admissionThursday, December 22, 2022
Traverse City, MI — The Great Lakes have endured a lot the past century, from supersized algae blobs to invasive mussels and bloodsucking sea lamprey that nearly wiped out fish populations. Now, another danger: They — and other big lakes around the world — might be getting more acidic, which could make them lessMonday, December 12, 2022
Lansing, MI – A start-up company recently got design approval to build a ship that moves cargo with sails rather than fuel. And will cargo vessels on the Great Lakes be able to “veer” into alternative power? The 330-foot-long, hydrogen cell-powered sailing vessel is proposed by the Veer Group, a Bahamas-basedFriday, December 9, 2022
Ann Arbor, MI – Resource Recycling Systems Inc. (RRS) is excited to recognize the release of a five-year Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan, which was developed by the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) as part its Circular Great Lakes Initiative, with extensive research support and advice from RRS. CGLR’sThursday, November 3, 2022
Toledo, OH – On Wednesday, November 9 at 7:00 pm, the museum will host the final presentation of our 2022 Fall Lecture Series featuring the J.W. Westcott Company. Since 1874, the company has served the Great Lakes marine community through deliveries of mail and other items. It all began with John Ward Westcott, who was born intoTuesday, November 1, 2022
Detroit & Chicago – The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority and Cruise the Great Lakes celebrated a record-breaking 2022 cruise ship season for Detroit and the Great Lakes region while touring one of the last vessels to visit Detroit this year, PONANT’s small exploration ship Le Bellot. 2023 is projected to attractThursday, October 20, 2022
Toledo, OH – Beginning on Friday, October 28 through Sunday October 30, the National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) invites visitors to trick-or-treat aboard two of Toledo’s most haunted historic vessels—the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship and the Museum Tug Ohio. “Boo on the Boat has become a NationalSunday, October 16, 2022
A version of this article appeared in the Fall (September/October) 2022 of Great Lakes Scuttlebutt magazine. If you called Lake-of-the-Woods a Great Lake, you wouldn’t be far from right. It is the sixth largest lake in Central North America and has a range of impressive statistics. Despite this, it is a boater’s paradiseThursday, September 22, 2022
September 22, 2022 (Toledo, Ohio) – American Queen Voyages™, part of the Hornblower® Group, is partnering with the National Museum of the Great Lakes to create a new Lakelorian program for the Lakes & Oceans fleet. Kicking off the 2023 Great Lakes season in Toronto in May, Ocean Voyager™ and Ocean
