July 2, 2025
Sights Set on Canada
If a typical week on the loop isn’t exciting enough, this past week was extra exciting. From a country-wide heat wave to a new dinghy, then ending the week crossing…
June 22, 2025
URI Students Document 17 Lake Ontario Shipwrecks
A team of eight students, scientists and engineers from the University of Rhode Island conducted the first survey of known shipwrecks in Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. The survey utilized…
August 5, 2024
Lake Ontario Gets New National Marine Sanctuary
On June 5, the Biden-Harris Administration designated a 1,722-square-mile area in eastern Lake Ontario as America’s 16th national marine sanctuary. Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary — adjacent to New York’s…
January 4, 2023
New Edition of “The PORTS Cruising Guide: Lake Ontario and the 1000 Islands” Released
PHOTO COURTESY OF PORTS CRUISING GUIDESThe newest 2023 edition of "The PORTS Cruising Guides: Lake Ontario and the 1000 Islands" is now available for pre-order by retailers, and will ship…
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…
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