Tag: Lake Erie
This old farm: One London-area family, nearly 200 years of history
From a bucolic photograph of a family out haying on its farm came questions – and a backstory about determination to stay on the land.
Operation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River | Great Lakes Now
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Manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn) or wild rice was once very common in coastal marshes along the Detroit River and has always been sacred to First Nations.
Advocates, local political leaders discuss health of Lake Erie since the 2014 Toledo water crisis – Great Lakes Commission
In Lucas County, Ohio, advocates and local leaders brought people out to Lake Erie to see first-hand the lack of progress on the blue-green algae problems, which are still prevalent […]
Fishing scandal costs Lake Erie Walleye Tournament cheaters $100,000 boat and more – Great Lakes Commission
The attempted cheating during a Cleveland-based competition in September 2022 drew worldwide attention. The two Lake Erie walleye anglers lost their nearly $100,000 boat, were fined and lost fishing rights for […]
Serious crash closes stretch of Hwy. 401 in Elgin County
A stretch of Hwy. 401 in Elgin County was closed early Saturday in the fallout of a serious single-vehicle crash, Elgin OPP report. An Ornge air ambulance was called in and the section of the highway between Orford and Furnival roads, southwest of London, closed in both directions, police said. The two roads intersecting the […]