About Ice Balls
Ice eggs, also known as ice balls, are a rare phenomenon caused by a process…
Browsing: Great Lakes
Scuba Diving The City of Cleveland Shipwreck
The City of Cleveland is the largest and most difficult-to-access wreck in the Tobermory area.…
Restoring Beneficial Uses with the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup
The Detroit River Canadian Cleanup (DRCC) executes the Remedial Action Plan (RAP) on behalf of…
About Shelf Ice
Shelf ice forms when a portion of a lake’s surface freezes. It is frequently washed…
Last Boat on the Lake – Watch The Trailer
A documentary film about Canadian Great Lakes commercial fisheries. Last Boat on the Lake is…
Still Missing From 1873: The Gilbert Mollison Schooner
Photo Credit: Michigan Mysteries The 138 foot schooner Gilbert Morrison disappeared somewhere in the Manitou…
2022 Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting
This annual event commemorates the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975,…
Discovering the ‘Sixth Great Lake’ From Below
Is a sixth great lake hidden beneath the Ottawa River? Jill Heinerth investigated the largest…
Gert Wellisch, the Woman Who Saved the Sand Island Lighthouse
Original Photo Credit Unknown Gert Wellisch (1896-1966) spent her summer vacations as a child in…
The Hidden Danger in the Great Lakes
More than 600 people have drowned in the Great Lakes since 2010. Jamie Racklyeft was…
Great Lakes Untamed – Trailer
The five great lakes of North America – Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario –…
Throwback Video – St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
In this breathtaking feature-length documentary from 1982, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail…
Great Lakes Public Forum 2022
Registration is open for the 2022 Great Lakes Public Forum, which will take place in Niagara Falls,…
Learn More About Ice Pancakes In Canada
Ice pancakes, a rare phenomenon that creates icy circles in the water, appeared in Lake…
Learn more about Ice Volcanoes
Ice volcanoes can be fascinating to observe, but keep a safe distance. They have brittle…
Books: White Hurricane – A Great Lakes November Gale and America’s Deadliest Maritime Disaster
Many books on scuba diving/maritime disasters have been published over the course of time, almost…
Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival TM
Canadian scuba diver Terry Irvine is pleased, honoured and excited to be presenting at the…
Red Tails, Blue Water: The Tuskegee Airmen Project
Photo captions from left: Lt. Frank Moody. Photo: Air Force Historical Research Agency; Wayne Lusardi…
Environment and Climate Change Presents a Series on the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes and the difficulties they face are discussed in this four-part Zoom series,…
2022 Reefs and Wrecks Calendar
Photo Credit via Facebook Stuart Seldon’s 11th edition of his Reefs and Wrecks Calendar has…
Maritime History: Shipwreck of the SS Regina
The SS Regina was a Merchant Mutual Line cargo ship that was based in Montreal,…
Plotting her course: Newfoundland Captain is among the First Women to take on the Great Lakes
In the male-dominated maritime shipping industry, Capt. Charlene Munden is making her mark. She’s balancing…
Near Miss – Great Lakes Freighter vs Sailboat
A accident was avoided near Port Huron, Michigan, thanks to a series of alarm horns…
A Look Back: SS Bannockburn, AKA “The Flying Dutchman”
During a storm in November 1902, the propeller-driven bulk freighter Bannockburn went missing with 20…
Books: Sweetwater Sailors
“Sweetwater Sailors” will take you on a Great Lakes trip. Bob Ojala, a former Coast…
Bruce County Museum Receives First Donation from Family of Arthur Amos
Arthur Amos (pictured here at the launch of Tobermory’s Hyperbaric Chamber in 2016) was a…
Books: The Witch of November
Wicked Winds and Wrecks. The Witch of November is mentioned in Gordon Lightfoot’s song “The…
NOAA Seeks Public Input on Preserving Lake Ontario’s Maritime Heritage
NOAA today released for public comment a draft plan for a national marine sanctuary in…
Chris’s Chats on TikTok – Third Edition
Chris’s Chat’s, third edition is a recent dive on the shipwreck called the Acme in…
A Look Back: SS South American, Queen of the Great Lakes
The Queen of the Inland Seas, the S.S. South American, was the last of the…
Save Ontario Shipwrecks Presents: The Next Step in Shipwreck Photogrammetry by Ken Merryman
Image via Facebook Save Ontario Shipwrecks is inviting both members and the general public to the…
1871 C.H. Hurd Unsolved Mystery
A “missing” story intrigues us and solving it is the best part of a mystery.…
Virtual Welland Canal Opening 2021
With an unofficial virtual celebration, we’re celebrating the official opening of the Welland Canal for…
Learn more about the Endangered Sturgeon
When the Endangered Species (ESA) Act took effect in 2008, Lake Sturgeon was listed as…
Learn more about the SS Eastland Shipwreck
Known as “The Blue-Collar Titanic”, in 1915 a passenger ship named the Eastland capsized in…
The Tall Ship, St Lawrence II
Photo Credit: Helen Cooper A 72-foot (22 m) brigantine (two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast…
Ice Shelves Return to Sarnia
The ice shelves have made their way back into Lake Huron specificity at the Sarnia…
HMS Ontario, the oldest fully intact British warship ever found in the Great Lakes
HMS Ontario, a British warship, sunk during a storm in Lake Ontario on October 31,…
Learn more about the F.T. Barney Shipwreck
According to Dusty Klifman, the Gorgeous wreck of the F.T. Barney sits 165′ down in…
Online Interactive Map of Lighthouses
A free online interactive map of lighthouses in the Great Lakes area has been published…
North of Long Tail – Behind the Lens
Photo Credit – Facebook From Environmental Defence Canada We’re launching a special project with documentary…
Discovery of the Pere Marquette 18 In Lake Michigan
Minnesota Shipwreck Hunters, Ken Merryman and Jerry Eliason recently discovered the Pere Marquette 18 in…
Pre-order the new Daniel J Morrell Book
The new 420-page book “DANIEL J. MORRELL-Lost, But No Longer Forgotten” is now accepting pre-orders.…
Westmoreland Shipwreck
There are few shipwrecked vessels in all of the Great Lakes that can match the…
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston
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.