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New facility fuels growth as Marine Trades Institute Purchases Taylor Lumber Property Excitement abounds at Marine Trades Institute in Cedarville, Michigan, as the institution embarks on a new chapter of growth and innovation. Following a rebranding that formally established the esteemed Boat Building School and the cutting-edgeTuesday, March 18, 2025
Great Lakes Boat Building School Rebrands as Marine Trades Institute, Honoring Tradition While Expanding Student Opportunities Great Lakes Boat Building School is pleased to announce its rebranding as Marine Trades Institute, a new name encompassing the growth of the school’s educational programs and reflecting itsFriday, August 16, 2024
Discovering America's Great Loop Certain adventures seems to rise above the rest to take on iconic roles on American life. There is walking the Appalachian Trail or climbing Mt. Denali or biking across the country. All have been accomplished by a relatively few hearty souls yet many hanker to do something special like that inMonday, August 12, 2024
Epic Mackinac Affairs It was a year for the record books and the ages for both of the Races to Mackinac Island as the 100th Anniversary for the Bayview Yacht Club’s Race from Port Huron and the Chicago Yacht Club’s 115th Race checked off all the boxes with a pair of exciting and suspenseful, action-packed sailboat racesMonday, November 6, 2023
A sunset at Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula. (National Conservancy of Canada photo) Federal money will help accelerate habitat protection near Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of 10 parks prioritized in a new program announced last week. The Landscape Resiliency Program includes $15 million from Parks Canada, which theMonday, October 30, 2023
One of the world's largest remaining Edwardian steamships, the S.S. Keewatin, has arrived at its new home at a museum in Kingston, Ont., after sailing through the Great Lakes from Georgian Bay near Barrie. The vessel is older than the Titanic. It had been docked at Port McNicoll in Georgian Bay, which was once a vital stopThursday, October 19, 2023
A diver examines a sinkhole in Lake Huron as part of research to study microbes and bacteria similar to those found in the Earth’s earlier shallow seas. Photo courtesy of Michigan Maritime Museum When people think of sinkholes they often think of ones that happen on land, but sinkholes also exist in the Great Lakes, aTuesday, 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 theMonday, 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, thereMonday, September 11, 2023
A surfer and a seagull walk along a Lake Superior beach in Duluth on Sept. 7, 2023. Water levels on the lake are still above their long-term average, but they rose little during the summer due to dry conditions. Danielle Kaeding/WPR Water levels on the Great Lakes rose sharply earlier this year due to a very wet spring, but they
