When the Endangered Species (ESA) Act took effect in 2008, Lake Sturgeon was listed as…
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Known as “The Blue-Collar Titanic”, in 1915 a passenger ship named the Eastland capsized in…
A 72-foot (22 m) brigantine (two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two…
The ice shelves have made their way back into Lake Huron specificity at the Sarnia…
HMS Ontario, a British warship, sunk during a storm in Lake Ontario on October 31,…
According to Dusty Klifman, the Gorgeous wreck of the F.T. Barney sits 165′ down in…
A free online interactive map of lighthouses in the Great Lakes area has been published…
From Environmental Defence Canada We’re launching a special project with documentary photographer Colin Boyd Shafer…
Minnesota Shipwreck Hunters, Ken Merryman and Jerry Eliason recently discovered the Pere Marquette 18 in…
The new 420-page book “DANIEL J. MORRELL-Lost, But No Longer Forgotten” is now accepting pre-orders.…
There are few shipwrecked vessels in all of the Great Lakes that can match the…
The Marine Museum has moved from the Kingston Dry Dock site at 55 Ontario St. to a new site at 53 Yonge St., at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston. The museum ship Alexander Henry is no longer on display.
Where is the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes? The Marine Museum has moved from the Kingston…
Black Friday happened October 20 1916. On this day, a “perfect storm” hit Lake Erie, sinking four large ships, and killing forty-nine people. Two high pressure systems and a minor hurricane converged together in the western part of Lake Erie to create whipping shallow water into a fury. a devastating force that day.
Black Friday happened October 20 1916. On this day, a “perfect storm” hit Lake Erie, sinking four…
For centuries, the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes have shaped the story of Canada. The Descending team of Scott Wilson and Andre Dupuis takes a trip through history and visits the world’s best collection of freshwater shipwrecks to discover what makes this water so great.
For centuries, the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes have shaped the story of…
The Niagara Divers’ Association will present its 24th Annual Shipwrecks Symposium on Saturday, April 7th, 2018. This one-day symposium on shipwrecks will feature multimedia presentations with internationally renowned speakers from both the United States and Canada.
The Niagara Divers’ Association will present its 24th Annual Shipwrecks Symposium on Saturday, April 7th,…
There are so many SHIPWRECKS in the Great Lakes, with more than 2,000 of them…
Sometimes it is as difficult to prove the identity of a sunken ship as it is to find it. That is central to the story of the long-sought Griffon, which disappeared in 1679.
Sometimes it is as difficult to prove the identity of a sunken ship as it…
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters has long called on the Government of Canada…
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters has long called on the Government of Canada…
The Canadian government has announced a ban on microbeads, and this progressive move will keep this harmful plastic pollutant out of Canada’s waterways. When products containing microbeads, such as cleansers, lotions and toothpastes, are used and rinsed down the drain, these bits of plastic — typically 1.0 millimetre or smaller in diameter — are too small to be caught by wastewater treatment facilities. Instead, they are flushed directly into lakes, rivers and streams, where they wreak havoc on wildlife. Scientists have found millions of microbeads in the Great Lakes, with the highest concentrations occurring near urban areas.
The Canadian government has announced a ban on microbeads, and this progressive move will keep…