by Roger LeLievre | October 16, 2026 | Boatnerd News
TOLEDO, OH – In honor of the 51st Anniversary of the loss of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975, the National Museum of the Great Lakes is offering a weekend of special tours. Take a guided tour of the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship, using our lake...
by Roger LeLievre | October 16, 2026 | Boatnerd News
ANN ARBOR, MI – If the Trump administration had its way, an Ann Arbor-based research lab that studies the Great Lakes and its coastal ecosystems would be gone. So far, the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory has survived the administration’s attempt to...
by Roger LeLievre | October 15, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Duluth-Superior Harbor Mesabi Miner departed the Superior Entry at 15:30 central Wednesday afternoon carrying iron ore pellets destined for Lake Erie Works at Nanticoke. The Duluth entry didn’t see any ship traffic until later in the day when Algoma Intrepid arrived...
by Roger LeLievre | October 15, 2026 | Boatnerd News
A powerful fall storm system will bring widespread rain and potentially hazardous winds to Michigan beginning Thursday afternoon, with gale warnings issued for all Great Lakes waters surrounding the state. Strong northerly winds will develop Friday as the storm system...
by Roger LeLievre | October 15, 2026 | Boatnerd News
THUNDER BAY, ON – “Northern Ontario” and “exotic” aren’t two things that pop into the minds of residents. But for international travelers, including visitors from the U.S., the Great Lakes evoke something mystical and alluring. The rugged Canadian Shield whiskered...
