

February 3, 2025
Become an Assistant Lighthouse Keeper!
Lighthouse enthusiasts can volunteer with the Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Maritime Museum to serve as an assistant lighthouse keeper and stay in the assistant keeper’s house built in 1908! Groups…

December 2, 2024
Mackinaw City Contest Names New Trail
Mackinaw City hosted a contest to help name a community trail that has been maintained for 20 years, but never named. The trail runs from Mackinaw City marina on Lake…
July 23, 2024
New Coastal Trail Opens Along Lake Huron
A new 5-mile-long coastal trail along Lake Huron has opened in the town of Thessalon, Ontario. The Thessalon Coastal Trail is a wilderness trail with several loops to hike, offering…

September 5, 2023
Property Owners Asked to Remove Temporary Sandbags Along Lakes Michigan, Huron, St. Clair and Erie
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES AND ENERGYEGLE has issued an announcement asking property owners along Lakes Michigan, Huron, St. Clair and Erie to remove temporary…

August 8, 2022
New Project Sets Out to Map Great Lakes
PHOTO COURTESY OF GREAT LAKES OBSERVING SYSTEMA Thunder Bay project on Lake Huron manned by NOAA scientists is just one in a series of projects whose goal is to map…

June 20, 2022
Great Lakes Cruising Returns for a Record Year
PHOTO COURTESY OF CRUISE THE GREAT LAKESAfter a two-year hiatus, cruising on the Great Lakes is back and 2022 is expected to be a record-breaking year with more cruise ships…

March 24, 2021
Experience the New Soo Lock Through Virtual Reality
PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND SCOPE LIBRARY The public can now get an idea of what the new lock at The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie,…