Category: Great Lakes
Shoreline residents urged to stay away from ice on Lake Huron
The deceptively stable-looking ice can hide large cracks or caverns and a person can easily slip through the cracks and get trapped in frigid waters.
OPP hope sweater logo can help identify body found in near Long Point
Area police are appealing to the public both here and in the U.S. for help after human remains were found during a coast guard training exercise in a bay southeast of London.
Body found in Lake Erie near Long Point
OPP are asking for the public’s help identifying the deceased man who was found in the water off the south shore just before 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Great Lakes report assesses condition as “Fair”
Lake Erie had the worst grades of the five major lakes.
Police identify missing boater, urge citizens to keep searching
The missing man whose boat was found empty on the shores of Madison, Ohio, has been identified by police as Jack Glaves of Tillsonburg.
Boat belonging to missing Port Burwell fisherman found in Ohio
OPP confirmed the unoccupied 21-foot Striper vessel was located by a person walking along the shoreline in Madison Township, Ohio just before 9 a.m. Thursday.
Missing man’s boat, last seen in Port Burwell, found on Ohio shore
A boat that went missing earlier this week after leaving a Port Burwell marina has been found across Lake Erie in Madison, Ohio. The man aboard hasn’t been located.
Lake Erie boater missing, local marina owners say
A search was underway Wednesday for a missing boater not seen since leaving Port Burwell one day prior.
Citizens aiding police, Coast Guard in search for missing Lake Erie boater
The search continues for a boater who didn’t return to Port Burwell when expected Tuesday, prompting a massive air and water search that continued Wednesday, including police, firefighters, local citizens and Coast Guard crews from both sides of the border.
Chantry fishing ‘was fantastic,’ chair says at close of derby
The salmon were chunky, the bait fish plentiful and about as many people fished the Chantry Chinook Salmon Derby this year as in pre-COVID times, derby chair Mike Hahn said Sunday. Top fish were caught by Mark Aljoe of Durham, with his 26.44-pound Chinook salmon on Aug. 1, and by Gaige Jackson of Saugeen Shores, […]