Mining created these Lake Superior black sand beaches. One’s a tourist destination, the other a Superfund site.

Mining created these Lake Superior black sand beaches. One’s a tourist destination, the other a Superfund site.
Great Lakes Commission
Mining operations left behind uniquely colored beaches in Minnesota and Michigan, but the materials are different. Minnesota’s Black Beach in Silver Bay contains stamp sands from taconite tailings and is […]
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Erie in the dark: Michigan teens swim all the Great Lakes in one day

Erie in the dark: Michigan teens swim all the Great Lakes in one day
Great Lakes Commission
leven Michigan teenagers from the Grand Rapids Triathlon Club successfully completed swimming in each of the Great Lakes in 24 hours, beginning in Lake Erie and ending in Lake Superior. […]
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Swimming across Whitefish Bay to remember the Edmund Fitzgerald

Interlochen Public Radio
raverse City's Lisa Kohler participated in the open water swim aimed at symbolically finishing the journey of the freighter, which sank in 1975.
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Blue-green algae is making a home in the warming waters of Lake Superior’s watershed

Blue-green algae is making a home in the warming waters of Lake Superior’s watershed
Great Lakes Commission
ong a threat to southern Ontario lakes, climate change is allowing cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, to thrive in even the coldest of the Great Lakes. Read the full […]
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A Superior race: Trans Superior Yacht Race stretches across Lake Superior

A Superior race: Trans Superior Yacht Race stretches across Lake Superior
Great Lakes Commission
he Trans Superior Yacht Race, created in 1969, is one of three races that draw in members of the sailing community from near and far to test their mettle on […]
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Great Lakes lore: A look at 4 ghost stories or tall tales about the Great Lakes

Great Lakes lore: A look at 4 ghost stories or tall tales about the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Commission
he Great Lakes have a rich history of ghost stories and maritime lore. Lake Superior’s “Shipwreck Coast” is known for numerous shipwrecks and ghost ship sightings. Read the full story […]
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Lake Superior Day filled with appreciation and education

Lake Superior Day filled with appreciation and education
Great Lakes Commission
n the third Sunday of July, the community in Superior, Wisconsin, shows its appreciation for the great lake with Lake Superior Day. Read the full story by WDIO-TV – Duluth, […]
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‘Significant meteotsunami & seiche’ on Lake Superior changed water levels by nearly 4 feet in 2.5 hours

‘Significant meteotsunami & seiche’ on Lake Superior changed water levels by nearly 4 feet in 2.5 hours
Great Lakes Commission
AA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory has released information following last month’s  “significant meteotsunami and seiche” on Lake Superior. The strong low pressure system moved across Lake Superior on the […]
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Swimmers to honor the Edmund Fitzgerald by covering ship’s remaining 411 miles

Swimmers to honor the Edmund Fitzgerald by covering ship’s remaining 411 miles
Great Lakes Commission
Fifty years after the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank into Lake Superior, 68 open water swimmers will symbolically complete the ship’s failed voyage. Read the full story by MLive.
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Lake Superior water levels fall below long-term average

Lake Superior water levels fall below long-term average
Great Lakes Commission
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Superior’s water levels are sitting roughly 18 centimeters below the long-term average, and 16 centimeters below the level of a year […]
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World’s largest environmental cleanup of its kind resumes on St. Louis River

World’s largest environmental cleanup of its kind resumes on St. Louis River
Great Lakes Commission
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractors resumed the deployment of 8,100 tons of activated carbon used to remediate industrial pollutants along the St. Louis River – Lake Superior’s largest river – […]
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Plan to reopen a commercial port on Lake Superior gets a financial boost

Plan to reopen a commercial port on Lake Superior gets a financial boost
Great Lakes Commission
The Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation announced that it will contribute $1 million toward reestablishing Ontario’s Peninsula Harbour Port as a modern, functional transportation hub. Organizers have said the facility, to […]
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