Latest Posts

Do you stack firewood against your cottage? If so, you’re making a big mistake, especially if your home has wood siding, says Matt Gladwin, a certified arborist and the owner … Continued

The post How to stack firewood correctly appeared first on Cottage Life.

The key to a roaring blaze is the “fire triangle”—heat, fuel, and oxygen—and people often forget one element, says Daniel Kimia, the managing director at Zoroast The Fireplace Store in … Continued

The post How to build a fire that lasts appeared first on Cottage Life.

The Village of Minooka in northeast Illinois plans to add a $3.7 million water tank that will help with a Lake Michigan project which will tap into the lake as […]

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society is a group of divers and non-divers working to preserve shipwrecks and artifacts underwater. Their efforts have helped track zebra mussel infestations over time. […]

Lakeshore Keepers, an association that operates five lights along Lake Michigan, is seeking volunteer keepers for 2027. Read the full story by WXYZ-TV – Detroit, MI.

A Morton Salt mine thousands of feet below Lake Erie was forced to shut down after it suddenly sprang a massive leak. Seventy-seven workers were laid off and it’s unclear […]

An underwater archaeologist took Flint, Michigan, residents on a journey underwater and back in time as they explored some of the spookiest shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Read the full […]

In an effort to keep a healthy balance in the fishery, natural resource managers pull the only lever available and reduce stocking of hatchery-reared fish in Lake Michigan. Read the […]

Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands region of Lake Superior will experience a 15% legal reduction in lake trout harvest. The cut comes as lake trout populations are at their lowest in three […]

The R/V Neil Armstrong is sailing its way to the Twin Ports for the first time. The 238-foot vessel is expected to arrive in Duluth, Minnesota, on November 9th, 2026 […]

Early one May morning in 1889, a lumber schooner called the Bavaria was being towed across eastern Lake Ontario. As the night gave way to dawn, a forceful gale hit … Continued

The post Have you ever heard of the Marysburgh Vortex, a.k.a. the Bermuda Triangle of Lake Ontario? appeared first on Cottage Life.

By Anna Ironside Recent research on Great Lakes coastal wetlands suggests native plant communities can respond quickly after invasive phragmites australis is removed.