Great Lakes News

The Asian carp invasion in Illinois has continued to advance, with current spawning moving nearly 100 miles upstream this year to within 25 miles of the electric barrier that is…

31st Street Harbor in Chicago, Illinois was recently designated as a "Clean Marina" by the Illinois Coastal Management Program of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Clean Marina certification is…

Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area in Saugatuck, Michigan is currently in the running to be named the “8th Wonder of the World.” It ranks in the top 50 contenders out of…

For the second time in three years, Windquest was the first boat to cross the finish line of the 105th Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, which took place Saturday,…

This year, Gage Marine and Lake Geneva Cruise Line’s Lady of the Lake celebrates her 50th year in operation.  Originally christened on June 6, 1963, the boat has enjoyed a…

Almost 100 years after the freighter Henry B. Smith sunk during a November 9 storm on Lake Superior, a group of shipwreck hunters thinks it has located the vessel —…

Robert “Bob” O. Cox, founder of the world-famous Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, New York, recently passed away at the age of 95. As a founding member of the Antique…

The remnants of a ship believed to be the oldest shipwreck ever discovered in the Great Lakes will soon be explored via a test excavation at its final resting place…

Tampa, Florida’s Terry Rinker is charging full-speed ahead — his Aero Lee tunnel hull fully trimmed out to the propeller — en route to his first-place Formula One race finish…

The Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently announced that water levels have risen significantly on Lake Michigan, and the Manistee County Visitors Bureau in Manistee, Michigan…