Category: Great Lakes
What experts think bacteria, that summertime scourge, will do to Lake Erie this season
Beachgoers, boaters and commercial fishers can expect mostly smooth sailing on Southwestern Ontario’s algae-prone Great Lake this summer.
Burlington man pronounced dead after being recovered from Lake Huron
A 50-year-old man from Burlington was pronounced dead after being pulled from Lake Huron near Sauble Beach Wednesday. According to a Grey-Bruce OPP media release, just after 8:16 a.m. on Wednesday emergency services responded to a report of an individual who entered the water in Lake Huron at the Saugeen First Nation. The man was […]
OPP identify drowning victim
A man from Burlington has been identified as the individual who drowned in Lake Huron this week.
Spots open for Lake Huron Coastal Centre youth conservation corps program
The Lake Huron Coastal Centre (LHCC) is encouraging youth ages 14 to 18 to join their Coastal Conservation Youth Corps program (CCYC) in Goderich and Port Elgin this July, August, and September. The free outdoor education program uses Lake Huron as a classroom to teach youth about coastal ecology, helping them learn new skills in […]
Transmitters in Lake Huron whitefish to reveal movements
Lake Huron whitefish are being tagged with transmitters to track their movements, the first time an acoustic telemetry project of this scale has been done in Lake Huron. The “pings” from transmitters surgically implanted in the fish are detected by receivers placed on the bottom of the lake at various locations. Information recorded at these […]
Elgin County hosting search and rescue training exercises this week
Elgin County is set to play host to a large-scale multi-agency search and rescue training exercise this week.
Hopes dashed, mystery deepens in 1970 Lake Erie plane crash vanishing
“I was pretty confident we had the right guy,” a Norfolk OPP detective said.
Huron water board ‘thrilled’ to supply Oneida First Nation
A decision to extend the Lake Huron water supply system to a London-area First Nation earned the full support of water board members on Thursday.
Oneida Nation on verge of joining Lake Huron water supply system
The Oneida Nation of the Thames could soon be the first London-area First Nation to join one of the region’s two largest water supply systems.
London photographer on his latest stunning images of wild Lake Erie waves
Most people don’t like to go to the beach when it’s below freezing, and wind gusts are 75 kilometres per hour. But Dave Sandford is not most people.