Established by treaty to protect our fishery. The Great Lakes fisheries is a binational asset…
Browsing: Great Lakes
Every year this annual event commemorates the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald and the…
A waterspout is a powerful columnar vortex that forms over water and typically resembles a…
The Henry Steinbrenner freighter had a 31-person crew when it sank in a Lake Superior…
The most significant navigational risk on Lake Superior was a reef, which is where the…
In order to create the Try-A-Trade: Ship Repair and Fabrication Program, Heddle Shipyards in Hamilton,…
The Northerner was a two-masted schooner measuring 81 feet in length (24.7 meters). On November…
As Divers we tend be very aware of the environment we explore. We are especially…
A commercial fisher caught a single adult female Grass Carp in Lake Ontario’s Bay of…
The sea lamprey is an invasive species that has been kept under control in Canada’s…
Seaway Queens focuses on the design and beauty of the most celebrated Lakes vessels built…
We’ve all heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald and her November 10, 1975 disaster, which was…
The Audubon collided with the Defiance, a wooden two-masted schooner with a wreck length of…
Scuba divers can dive to some of the best shipwrecks in The Great Lakes, which…
Anna Garrity was one of the first female lighthouse keepers on the Great Lakes. Anna…
Terry Rees is the Executive Director of the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations (FOCA), a…
Ice eggs, also known as ice balls, are a rare phenomenon caused by a process…
The City of Cleveland is the largest and most difficult-to-access wreck in the Tobermory area.…
The Detroit River Canadian Cleanup (DRCC) executes the Remedial Action Plan (RAP) on behalf of…
Shelf ice forms when a portion of a lake’s surface freezes. It is frequently washed…
A documentary film about Canadian Great Lakes commercial fisheries. Last Boat on the Lake is…
The 138 foot schooner Gilbert Morrison disappeared somewhere in the Manitou Passage in 1873 during…
This annual event commemorates the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975,…
Is a sixth great lake hidden beneath the Ottawa River? Jill Heinerth investigated the largest…
Gert Wellisch (1896-1966) spent her summer vacations as a child in the Apostle Islands. Her…
More than 600 people have drowned in the Great Lakes since 2010. Jamie Racklyeft was…
The five great lakes of North America – Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario –…
In this breathtaking feature-length documentary from 1982, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail…
Registration is open for the 2022 Great Lakes Public Forum, which will take place in Niagara Falls,…
Ice pancakes, a rare phenomenon that creates icy circles in the water, appeared in Lake…
Ice volcanoes can be fascinating to observe, but keep a safe distance. They have brittle…
Many books on scuba diving/maritime disasters have been published over the course of time, almost…
Canadian scuba diver Terry Irvine is pleased, honoured and excited to be presenting at the…
During World War II, some of the Tuskegee Airmen—the first African-American fighter pilots for the…
The Great Lakes and the difficulties they face are discussed in this four-part Zoom series,…
Stuart Seldon’s 11th edition of his Reefs and Wrecks Calendar has gone to the printer…
The SS Regina was a Merchant Mutual Line cargo ship that was based in Montreal,…
In the male-dominated maritime shipping industry, Capt. Charlene Munden is making her mark. She’s balancing…
A accident was avoided near Port Huron, Michigan, thanks to a series of alarm horns…
During a storm in November 1902, the propeller-driven bulk freighter Bannockburn went missing with 20…
“Sweetwater Sailors” will take you on a Great Lakes trip. Bob Ojala, a former Coast…
The Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre (BCM&CC) is pleased to announce that they have…
Wicked Winds and Wrecks. The Witch of November is mentioned in Gordon Lightfoot’s song “The…
NOAA today released for public comment a draft plan for a national marine sanctuary in…
Chris’s Chat’s, third edition is a recent dive on the shipwreck called the Acme in…