February 2, 2024
U.S. Coast Guard renames sectors
USCGThe U.S. Coast Guard has renamed Sectors Buffalo and Sault Ste. Marie to Sectors Eastern Great Lakes and Northern Great Lakes, respectively. The sector names are changing from their city…
January 25, 2024
Great Lakes states in Top 5 of registered boats
Three Great Lakes states made it to the top five states with the most registered boats for 2022 — Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio — according to NMMA’s 2022 U.S. Recreational Boating…
January 15, 2024
Shipwreck Society Discovers a WWI-Era Steel Bulk Freighter
Photo Courtesy Great Lakes Shipwreck historical societyThe Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) has discovered the steel bulk freighter Huronton 100 years after sinking more than 800 feet to the…
January 8, 2024
Little Traverse Conservancy to Establish Nature Preserve on 56 Acres Along Lake Michigan
PHOTO COURTESY OF LITTLE TRAVERSE CONSERVANCYThe Little Traverse Conservancy announced its biggest investment in land to date — the procurement of 56 acres in Emmet and Charlevoix counties that was…
January 5, 2024
S.S. Norisle has been recycled
In October 2023, the historic Manitoulin Island ferry, the S.S. Norisle — which was in operation from 1946 to 1974 and later functioned as a museum in Manitowaning — was towed…
December 18, 2023
Updated Public Access Maps Help Visitors Explore Lake Erie Shoreline
PHOTO COURTESY OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESOhians and visitors can now more easily access and explore Lake Erie Shoreline thanks to two new online resources from the Ohio Department…
November 14, 2023
Tawas Point Lighthouse Restoration
Photo Courtesy of Mihm Enterprises, Inc.The historic 136-year-old Tawas Point Lighthouse at Tawas Point State Park will reopen to the public in 2024 following a $455,000 restoration.
October 25, 2023
Great Lakes Hotels Awarded 10Best
Two Great Lakes hotels were awarded USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Best Historic Hotels: Mackinac Island’s The Island House (No. 10); and Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s The Pfister Hotel (No. 6).
October 20, 2023
Shipwreck Satellite Discovered in Lake Superior
Photo Courtesy of GLSHSThe Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) has announced the discovery of the long-missing tugboat Satellite, which sank in Lake Superior in 1879 in less than 300…
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